Itronix X-6250 and GoBook taken up by Lauda Air

Citation

(2002), "Itronix X-6250 and GoBook taken up by Lauda Air", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 74 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2002.12774bad.009

Itronix X-6250 and GoBook taken up by Lauda Air

Keywords: Aircraft industry, Technology, Maintenance

Itronix Corporation, designer and manufacture of ruggedised, wireless mobile computing solutions, has announced an exclusive deal with Lauda Air to supply X-C6250Pro and GoBook notebook computers. The ruggedised mobile PCs will be an integral part of Lauda Airs aircraft maintenance programme (Plate 3).

Plate 3 Lauda Air engineer using Itronix X-C6250Pro

The Lauda Air organisation concentrates on quality, service and on defining itself as different from other companies in the same industry. At the same time Lauda Air has one of the newest fleets of aircraft in the world, maintained to the highest standards, and always with state of the art technology. "We concentrate on quality and service. Only those who pay attention to the most minute details can deliver perfection". This statement, made by the company's founder, Niki Lauda, applies equally to the aircraft. A maxim, which, particularly in the Technical Department, has literal validity: "To guarantee safety is our absolute priority – for our passengers as well as for our aircraft".

The Lauda Air fleet currently consists of 22 aircraft: 2 Boeing 777-200 IGW, 7 Boeing 767-300 ER, 2 Boeing 737-300, 2 Boeing 737-400, 2 Boeing 737-600, 1 Boeing 737-700, 2 Boeing 737-800 and 4 Canadair Regional Jets 100 ER. Being a very forward- looking enterprise, Lauda Air uses Itronix's robust Notebooks with integrated data broadcasting, the X-C 6250Pro and the GoBook, in the maintenance of their machines. The Itronix units can be used within the aircraft, whether in the hangar, on the airfield or in foreign airports. Lauda Air technical centres situated in Bangkok and Glasgow are already working on aircraft with the aid of "electronic manuals".

When maintenance has to be undertaken in airports which are not equipped with their own Lauda Air technical centre the integrated GSM Module, incorporated in the X-C6250Pro and GoBook, comes into its own which was a decisive factor in the choice of Itronix Notebooks. By this means the technician can be contacted by telephone, by voice mail, fax or, without the need for fixed access to the Internet, via a global provider.

Details available from: Itronix. Tel: +44 (0) 24 7660 4040; Fax: +44 (0) 24 7660 3060; Website: http://www.itronix.co.uk