Lufthansa to Install Honeywell's Runway Awareness and Advisory System

Honeywell says Lufthansa Airlines has decided to use its RAAS (runway awareness and advisory system).

RAAS works in concert with Honeywell's EGPWS (enhanced ground proximity warning system) to improve situational awareness during airport operations and reduce runway incursions.  The system compares the aircraft's GPS-derived location against a database to provide aural advisories to the flight crew when:

• Their airplane is entering a runway and when their aircraft is on a runway.

• Their airplane sits on a runway for an extended period of time.

• They inadvertently attempt a takeoff from a taxiway.

• They take-off from a short runway or approach to land on a short runway.

It also calls out distance remaining during rejected takeoffs or long landings, and it has an optional advisory for identifying the runway when on final approach for a landing.

Honeywell says Lufthansa will begin to install the system on its aircraft during this year's second quarter.  The final fleet configuration hasn't been announced.  01-12-2006.

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