Honeywell’s LED wingtip navigation lighting lasts up to 40 times longer than current halogen technology, resulting in significantly lower maintenance costs for airline operators. The drop-in replacement for the existing lighting does not require any aircraft modification and does not add additional weight, unlike other available lighting.
Volaris will retrofit wingtip lighting on 20 Airbus A320 aircraft beginning in December 2009, with completion scheduled by early 2010. After December 2009, Honeywell LED lighting will be standard on new production Airbus A320 aircraft.
Honeywell has pioneered technology advances in the field of LEDs, many of which are now being applied in consumer electronics applications such as large screen TVs, computers, and other display systems around the world. The LED technology has been used for commercial and military planes for more than a decade. For more than 80 years, Honeywell has designed and manufactured lighting products and complete lighting systems for virtually every configuration of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.
Honeywell International is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with: aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.
