China Eastern Airlines has become the launch customer in Asia for AlliedSignal's 131-9(A) APU for its order of ten Airbus A320s.
AlliedSignal's Rom Johnson, vice-president commercial auxiliary power, says: "This will give the airline commonality with their existing fleet of MD-90s. Our APUs will give China Eastern significant improvements in reliability and cost of ownership over previous APUs."
Source: Flight Daily News
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