Transavia Airlines Orders CTT's Zonal Drying System for 20 B737-700/800 Aircraft; First Order Designed as Buyer Furnished Equipment for Boeing Aircraft.Business Editors NYKOPING, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003 CTT CTT Correios (Portuguese Postal Service) CTT Certified Technical Trainer CTT Charity Technology Trust CTT Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (collaboration) CTT Common Task Training Systems announced that Transavia Airlines has ordered its Zonal Drying(TM) System for four (4) B737-700 and sixteen (16) B737-800 aircraft. This is the first retrofit ret·ro·fit v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in order for the system that is now designed to meet Boeing's requirements for a future installation during the manufacturing process. Boeing earlier announced the future availability of such a Customer Option on the aircraft where the system will be installed as Buyer Furnished fur·nish tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es 1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for. 2. Equipment. Delivery is planned for the spring of 2003. The Zonal Drying System eliminates condensation of water on the aircraft structure. Airlines incur increased maintenance costs and fuel costs due to the effects of condensation, and periodic inspections are mandated to determine if there are any signs of damage caused by water from condensation. The Zonal Drying System is presently operated in approximately 100 aircraft. "Transavia requested that CTT and Boeing together redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re the Zonal Drying(TM) System so it could be offered as an optional system for new B737NG aircraft," said Arthur van der Wal, VP Fleet Management for Transavia Airlines. "Transavia salutes both Boeing and CTT in achieving this important goal for the airlines by working together." "Transavia's order is a significant step for CTT and positive endorsement which further demonstrates that dry air is the right choice for combating aircraft condensation," said Torbjorn Johansson, President of CTT Systems. "It has been our long-term objective to be able to offer our system to the airlines, and even have the cooperation of Boeing to get it installed during aircraft production. The integration work with the airframe manufacturer is running at full speed." The Zonal Drying(TM) System is the only solution that solves the problem of condensation in aircraft. It injects very dry air between the side wall material and the body skin. When standard cabin air hits the extremely cold metal skin, the humidity in the air condenses. It is then further iced up and in the descent it melts again. A wide body aircraft can be carrying a half-ton of water and ice that has condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. from the humidity. This water and ice represents additional weight, which requires the use of additional fuel. With the Zonal Drying(TM) System, the designers have found the solution to start at the cause of the problem and not to bring any other air than very dry air in that area of the cold skin. It even improves the humidity in the passenger cabin slightly as the humidity taken out, is dumped in the cabin. About CTT Systems CTT provides systems for humidity control Humidity control Regulation of the degree of saturation (relative humidity) or quantity (absolute humidity) of water vapor in a mixture of air and water vapor. Humidity is commonly mistaken as a quality of air. in aircraft. CTT Systems' offers the Zonal Drying(TM) System, and the Zonal Comfort(TM) System. The Zonal Drying(TM) System eliminates condensation on the aircraft structure and is installed in more than 100 aircraft in use today. The Zonal Comfort(TM) System provides humidification Humidification The process of increasing the water-vapor content (humidity) of a gas. This process and its reverse operation, dehumidification, are important steps in air conditioning for human comfort and in many industrial operations. of the extremely dry first and business class cabins without condensation in long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. aircraft. Customers include Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and many airlines, along with partnerships with Lufthansa Technik and Hamilton Sundstrand Hamilton Sundstrand, is a global corporation that manufactuers and supports aerospace and industrial products for worldwide markets. It was formed from the merger of Hamilton Standard and Sundstrand Corporation in 1999. . CTT Systems AB is located in Nykoping, Sweden and listed on the O-list of Stockholmsborsen in Stockholm. For more information about CTT Systems, go to http://www.ctt.se. |
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