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          Entry Point North
          delivers ATSEP training
          in Hong Kong
          Air traffic services academy Entry Point
          North has delivered on-site ATSEP
          OSTI And ATSEP Assessor courses to
          PCCW-HKT in Hong Kong. The training
          complied with ICAO standards and was
          reportedly regarded as a success. Later
          this year, Entry Point North will also be
          delivering ATSEP Training consultancy
          services to PCCW-HKT. “We are very
          proud to be chosen by PCCW-HKT
          for ATSEP Training and consultancy,”
          said Anders Halskov-Jensen, Client
          Manager at Entry Point North.
                                             P&w breaks ground on first Singapore
                                             manufacturing facility
                                             Pratt & Whitney Singapore Manufacturing has broken ground on a new facility at
                                             Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park that will produce fan blades and high-pressure
                                             turbine disks for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan engines. The new
                                             16,000-square-metre facility, which is expected to be ready by 2014 and begin work
                                             in 2015, will border the firm’s existing facility at Seletar: Pratt & Whitney Singapore
                                             Component Repair. “Pratt & Whitney is pleased to break ground on this new facility
                                             and further expand our already large presence in Singapore, which is well-known
                                             throughout the aerospace industry for its highly trained and technically skilled
          Air Astana arrives in              workforce,” said Pratt & Whitney President David Hess.
          Ho Chi Minh City                  Narita opts for Morpho’s
          Kazakhstan’s Air Astana has launched   CTX 9800 EdS
          a new service from Almaty to Ho Chi   Japan’s Narita International Airport
          Minh City in Vietnam, expanding its   Corporation has purchased 13 high-
          Asian network. The service will be   speed CTX 9800 DSi explosive detection
          operated via Bangkok, with a total flight   systems (EDS) from Morpho Detection
          time of nine hours, while the return   for hold baggage screening. The 13
          flight will be operated non-stop and   units are scheduled to be integrated into
          take seven hours. “Air Astana continues   Narita International Airport’s baggage
          to  grow  in  strength  and  reputation  as   handling system beginning this year, and   said, “By reducing false alarms and
          Central Asia’s leading carrier, with   deployment will bring the total number   time-intensive manual inspections of
          the development of our Asian network   of Morpho CTX EDS units in service at   checked luggage, CTX 9800 is [helping
          being a very high priority,” said Air   Narita  to around 40.  Brad Buswell,   to enhance the efficiency of the airport’s
          Astana President Peter Foster.     President and CEO of Morpho Detection   baggage screening programme].”



                              PROFILE
                              Dean Athans takes the lead at the Engine Alliance
                              The new President of the Engine Alliance, Dean Athans, has come to his new role from the GE Power
                              & Aero Derivatives business, where since 2010 he has been head of the LSM100 power turbine product
                              line. Before that, he spent 25 years at GE Aviation in a variety of leadership roles. He said, “I welcome this
                              opportunity to assume leadership of the Engine Alliance. The GP7200 engine is a great product with a
                              strong customer base and wonderful team behind it.” In addition, Athans’ predecessor, Mary Ellen Jones,
                              said, “I leave the Engine Alliance with great pride in the GP7200’s performance… I look forward to [the
                              engine’s] continued success on the A380 with Dean at the helm.”

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