Orlando, Florida-based MRO, Sky Aerospace Engineering (SAE) has completed the successful aircraft test flight after the modification of the first Spirit Airlines' A320 family series aircraft. SAE has completed the installation of the first Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) system fitted on A320 family aircraft; the system provides high-speed web browsing and streaming.
In August 2018 Sky Aerospace Engineering entered into an agreement with Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar, Florida USA. The agreement provides maintenance checks, repair and modifications of Spirit's fleet of Airbus 319, 320 and 321 that are being accomplished at SAE's state-of-the-art hangar facility located in Orlando International Airport (MCO), Orlando, Florida, USA.
SAE also accomplished the modification and installation of the first of its kind within the A320 aircraft family – the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system, which will become mandatory by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 1, 2020.
