Largest Triple-7 Operator In The World
Boeing and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced Wednesday the
airline will add Boeing's Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
Installation Kits on its entire fleet of new and existing 777s.
Singapore Airlines has 58 777s in service -- the largest 777
fleet of any airline -- and has an additional 19 on order. With
this order, SIA becomes the first airline in the world to operate
multiple e-Enabled Boeing maintenance and performance products on
the same fleet of airplanes.
"The Boeing Class 3 EFB is a key aspect of our vision for an
e-Enabled aircraft," said Bey Soo Khiang, senior executive vice
president (Operations and Services) for Singapore Airlines.
"Boeing's EFB solution creates a link between the aircraft and our
airline enterprise systems. With this link, coupled with the
software applications on the ground and in the EFB, Singapore
Airlines will be able to realize significant operational
benefits."
Boeing's vision of an e-Enabled air transport system is one
where data, information and knowledge can be shared instantly
across an air-transport enterprise. As an early adopter of Boeing's
Airplane Health Management and Integrated Materials Management
systems, and because it is a major customer of Connexion by Boeing,
SIA already is a leader in the e-Enabled airplane environment. The
Electronic Flight Bag kit is designed to fit seamlessly with these
other leading-edge technologies, giving the airline the ability to
connect aircraft with its enterprise systems.
"An order like this from Singapore Airlines gives us two big
reasons to celebrate," said Lou Mancini, vice president and general
manager of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. "First, this
represents another market validation for our Class 3 Electronic
Flight Bag, which has enjoyed terrific momentum in recent weeks.
And second, given SIA's reputation for and commitment to quality,
the decision reaffirms that commitment."
Boeing will begin fitting the Electronic Flight Bag Installation
Kits on the 19 new 777-300ERs starting in November this year. Each
EFB Installation Kit includes two pilot displays in the cockpit
from Astronautics Corp. of America and two electronic processors.
The kit also includes engineering for the installation of hardware,
video surveillance equipment to monitor the cabin entry to the
flight deck, a network file server to be located in the cabin and a
terminal wireless LAN unit (TWLU). Boeing software will include the
first delivery of the Boeing Electronic Logbook (ELB) and the taxi
positional-awareness moving map from Boeing subsidiary
Jeppesen.
Delivery of the retrofit kits for the existing airplanes will
begin in February 2007; the final kit is scheduled for delivery in
December of the same year.