First Boeing Next-Generation 737 with Goodrich DURACARB(R) Carbon Brakes Enters Service with Arrival of flydubai's Seventh Aircr
March 15 2010 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first
Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft equipped with Goodrich
Corporation DURACARB ® carbon brakes has been delivered to
flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline. This is the seventh
Next-Generation 737 the airline has received in less than 10 months
of commercial operations. Goodrich will supply wheels and carbon
brake equipment for flydubai's entire fleet of more than 50 Boeing
Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft and will retrofit the airline's
existing six aircraft. The wheels and carbon brakes will provide a
weight savings of approximately 700 pounds (318 kg) per airplane
compared to high capacity steel brakes, and 550 pounds (250 kg)
compared to standard capacity steel brakes. In addition to the fuel
cost savings from the reduced weight, the Goodrich DURACARB ®
carbon brake also offers airlines significantly higher brake life
compared to steel brakes. Jim Wharton, vice president of sales and
program management for Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes, said
"Goodrich is now able to offer a carbon brake option for all models
of the Boeing Next Generation 737 platform. Airlines have expressed
great interest in our carbon brake option due to the lower weight
and resulting fuel burn reduction. Our DURACARB ® carbon
material continues to demonstrate superior brake life performance
on other in-service programs and we now look forward to providing
the same benefit to new and existing 737 Next Generation
operators." Ghaith al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai,
said, "We believe that we are setting a new standard by being the
first airline using Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft to receive
Goodrich's carbon brakes. The many advantages of using these brakes
will enable us to keep our costs low and make savings which we can
pass onto our customers. The on time delivery of this new aircraft
also marks the arrival of flydubai's seventh Boeing Next-Generation
737-800 in a span of just 10 months since we started commercial
flights. It also ensures we can keep the expansion of the airline
on track with the start of services to our 12th and 13th
destinations, Muscat, Oman and Kuwait City, Kuwait." Owned by the
government of Dubai, flydubai is Dubai's first low cost airline and
started commercial flights on June 1, 2009. The airline already
operates six Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft on 11 routes,
making it one of the fastest growing start-up airlines in the
world. The airline's operational destinations are: Beirut-Lebanon,
Amman-Jordan, Damascus and Aleppo-Syria, Alexandria-Egypt,
Djibouti-Africa, Doha-Qatar, Khartoum-Sudan, Baku-Azerbaijan,
Bahrain and Kathmandu-Nepal. flydubai recently announced Kuwait
City and Muscat as its next double daily routes with flights to
Muscat starting on Sunday, March 28th, and Kuwait on Tuesday, March
30th, 2010. Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a
global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and
homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically
diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves
a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and
service facilities. For more information, visit
http://www.goodrich.com/. Goodrich Corporation operates through its
divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more
of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press
release. GR - Actuation and Landing Systems DATASOURCE: Goodrich
Corporation; GR - Actuation and Landing Systems CONTACT: Valerie
Francis +1-937-440-2313, or Laurie Tardif,+1-704-423-7048 Web Site:
http://www.goodrich.com/
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