Fokker Services and SriLankan Airlines partner to introduce EFB solution for iPad on Airbus fleet
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, September 6th 2012
Fokker Services and SriLankan Airlines have concluded an agreement covering the introduction of Fokker Services’ EFB solution for iPad® on SriLankan Airlines’ A320, A330 and A340 fleet. SriLankan will be the first airline to implement this solution on all Airbus narrowbody and widebody types.
The Fokker Services EFB solution for iPad® is a Class 2B, EASA-certified installation including mounting and power supply. Its simplicity allows the advantages of an EFB to be achieved at a fraction of the cost and downtime of other solutions currently being offered.
SriLankan Airlines will initially be using the EFB solution for iPad® to allow flight manuals to be carried in digital format. Thereafter, other functionalities such as aircraft take-off/landing performance calculation applications will be added. This will provide savings in weight, as well as enhanced accessibility of information and performance data. Ajith Welihinda, Flight Ops Manager for Aircraft Performance and Publications, and one of the EFB implementation team at SriLankan, stated ‘We are truly enthusiastic about the EFB solution for iPad® offered by Fokker Services. It provides a simple, fully approved solution to be able to implement this program quickly and cost-effectively.’
After a successful introduction on the Fokker, Bombardier and Boeing market, this is a breakthrough for Fokker Services in the Airbus narrow-body and wide-body market as well as in the Asian market. ‘We are extremely proud to be partnering with such a professional and well-known airline as SriLankan on this project’, says Tom Milder, Director Modifications at Fokker Services. ‘We are very impressed with the speed of implementation SriLankan shows with this concept and hope that this will generate more interest from other airlines in the Asia Pacific for this cost-effective EFB option.’
The Fokker Services EFB solution for iPad® covers not only the hardware to mount and power the iPad®, but also the associated certification and supporting data, such as manual supplements, to ensure that airworthiness compliance can be demonstrated. This will simplify regulatory approvals and enable quick implementation as has been demonstrated by SriLankan Airlines.
About Fokker Services
Fokker Services' is a Netherlands-based company whose core business is supporting the Fokker fleet consisting at present of more than 600 operational aircraft across the world. It is currently the Type Certificate Holder for the Fokker types and consequently has extensive engineering, logistics and maintenance capabilities in-house. However, Fokker Services is also applying this extensive range of expertise to developing innovative engineering and logistics solutions for other aircraft types such as the EFB solution for iPad which has now been sold to operators of Fokker, Bombardier, Boeing and Airbus aircraft types.
Fokker Services is part of Fokker Technologies, which develops and produces advanced components and systems for the aerospace industry, and supplies integrated maintenance services and products to aircraft owners and operators. In 2011, the group achieved a turnover of € 685 million with 3,980 employees.
About SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines, the National Airline of Sri Lanka, is an award winning carrier with a firm reputation as a global leader in service, comfort, safety, reliability and punctuality. Launched in 1979, SriLankan is currently expanding and further diversifying its wide range of products and services in order to drive the country's ongoing boom in tourism and economic development.
The airline's hub is located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, providing convenient connections to its global route network of 60 destinations in 33 countries in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Far East, North America and Australia.
SriLankan Airlines operates a modern fleet of 8 A320, 7 A330 and 6 A340 aircraft.
* iPad® is a trademark of Apple inc., registered in the US and other countries.
For more information, please contact:
Fokker Services B.V., P.O. Box 1357 2130 EL Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
Jorgen Tesselaar: jorgen.tesselaar@fokker.com
Phone +31 88 628 0555 www.fokkerservices.com