Honeywell announced that it has been selected to provide the full-suite of avionics and its Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for Kingfisher Airlines.  Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The agreement covers avionics for new Airbus A320s, A330s and A340s, as well as 131-9A model APUs for new A320s.  Delivery of Honeywell avionics and APUs are underway and will continue through aircraft deliveries planned until 2011.

"Kingfisher Airlines will benefit from a common configuration of world-class technological equipment on its present and future aircraft with optimised inventory management and predictable maintenance costs," said Mike Madsen, Honeywell Vice President of Airlines.  "This important partnership demonstrates Kingfisher Airlines' confidence in Honeywell as a strategic business partner."

The Honeywell 131-9A APU is a small gas turbine engine that provides compressed air and electrical power for main-engine starting and operation of aircraft systems on the ground or in flight.

The selected Honeywell avionics systems for Kingfisher's A320 family, A330 and A340 aircraft include Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS II), Weather Radar with Forward-Looking Windshear Detection, solid state Flight Data Recorder (FDR) & Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR), Quantum Line Communications & Navigation System (CNS), Flight Management Systems (FMS) and Air Data Inertial Reference System (ADIRS).  Kingfisher also selected high speed Satellite Communication System (SATCOM) on its A330 and A340 fleet.