EN ROUTE TO FRANCE – A PPG enhanced-design
sliding cockpit window is packed at PPG’s Huntsville, Alabama, plant for shipment
to Airbus in Saint-Nazaire, France, to be installed in an A320neo airplane front section
that will be sent for final assembly and customer delivery. Pictured, from left, are
Stirling Macfarlane, PPG segment manager, commercial original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) transparencies; and PPG shipping clerks David Knoer and Tim
Clutts.
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SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, June 9, 2016 – Airbus has selected PPG (NYSE:PPG) enhanced-design
sliding cockpit windows for installation in an A320neo airplane. After the aircraft is delivered,
PPG will work with Airbus and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to gain Parts Manufacturer
Approval (PMA) to sell windows directly to airlines as replacements in the aftermarket in place of
the current design.
Operators can request PPG’s new-design sliding cockpit windows, as well as its latest-design
windshields and aft fixed cockpit windows, for installation in new aircraft of the Airbus A320
Family (including the A319, A320 and A321) and the recently launched NEO (new engine option) Family
with the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo airplanes.
PPG already sells enhanced windshields and aft fixed cockpit windows for the A320 Family directly
to airlines for replacements.
According to Art Scott, PPG global market director for commercial aircraft transparencies, PPG will
be able to offer airlines the full complement of its enhanced flight-deck windows for the A320
Family.
“PPG worked closely with Airbus to enhance the design and performance of the flight-deck
windows for the A320 fleet with advanced technologies to provide greater service life to our
customers,” Scott said.
PPG manufactures the Airbus flight-deck windows at its Huntsville, Alabama, facility. Since 1990,
PPG has manufactured and delivered more than 30,000 flight-deck windows for production and
aftermarket for A320 Family aircraft.
To purchase PPG flight-deck windows for Airbus aircraft, contact the nearest application support
center listed on the PPG aerospace website at www.ppgaerospace.com.
PPG’s global aerospace business offers coatings, sealants, transparencies, packaging and
application systems, and transparent armor, as well as chemical management and other services. For
more information, visit www.ppgaerospace.com.
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