SAS becomes launching customer for HelioJet

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Lufthansa Technik have signed
a contract for the delivery of HelioJet, making SAS the launching
customer for the new LED cabin lighting system. HelioJet is part of a
comprehensive cabin modification program for seven Airbus A330/ A340
aircraft which SAS is executing over the next months.

HelioJet has been designed and developed in a cooperation between the
German glass and lighting specialist SCHOTT AG and Lufthansa Technik
AG. It has the advantages of LED technology without the color changes
that normally afflict ageing LEDs. The latest version, HelioJet
SpectrumCC (Color Control), offers a full color RGBW (red-green-blue
white) LED system. HelioJet SpectrumCC will be installed and
certified in December 2014. The first aircraft equipped with HelioJet
is expected to fly in 2015.

“We are excited to present our new long haul cabin for SAS customers
in the beginning of 2015, and to be the launch customer for the
HelioJet LED lighting system. We always have the frequent traveler in
mind, and the innovative HelioJet LED lighting system will be an
important feature of our new long haul experience”, said Snorre
Andresen, Vice President Product Management at SAS.

“We are very proud to win a renowned customer like SAS to launch our
HelioJet LED lighting system. This decision puts an industry
respected stamp of approval on the innovation provided by HelioJet”,
said Andrew Muirhead, Vice President and Head of Lufthansa Technik’s
Product Division Original Equipment Innovation. “The contract with
SAS comprises the certification of the new system, the delivery of
the light units and a lighting control system and also includes
maintenance services. The latter will be integrated in the existing
Total Component Support which Lufthansa Technik is already providing
for the A330/A340 fleet of SAS, making the technical support for
HelioJet as easy as possible for the customer.”

Consisting of just a few elements, the system can be integrated into
cabins of every size. Heliojet is flexible enough to enable the light
to be controlled by the airline cabin crew using an integrated
touchscreen with Graphical User Interface. Classic LED systems
undergo uneven changes of color during the course of their
installations resulting in unpleasant interior lighting conditions.
HelioJet avoids this problem with an innovative, sensor-based control
system and the variable mixing of light at each diode. HelioJet emits
homogeneous light over its entire service life.