Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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RTX’s Collins Aerospace and Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada subsidiaries scored a flurry of services and support deals from several Asia-Pacific airline customers this week at the 2026 Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA) inked agreements with Collins to renew FlightSense life cycle maintenance support programs, which include “advanced” aircraft prognostics and health management software. The former signed a deal that covers its Boeing 777 fleet, including three 777Fs, for an additional five years.
ANA renewed two separate FlightSense agreements. One contract is a five-year renewal for on-site support for the Japanese airline’s Boeing 737NG/Max, 767, 777, and 787 fleets, as well as De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s. This cost-per-flight-hour agreement provides guaranteed component availability, reduced downtime, and cost predictability. It also signed a three-year extension for repair services on electronic controllers, hydromechanical units, fuel pump systems, and variable stator vane actuators for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s that power ANA’s Boeing 787s.
Meanwhile, Thai Airways selected Collins’ flight operations and maintenance exchanger (Fomax) system for its Airbus A321neo fleet. Fomax delivers real-time data to pilots, maintenance departments, and back offices, improving situational awareness, predictive maintenance, and fleet efficiency. It includes ACARS over IP technology.
Rounding out the agreements, Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada inked a 15-year maintenance agreement with Scoot, Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary, for 24 APS5000 auxiliary power units on its fleet of Boeing 787s.

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