Aviation/Aircraft De-Icing & Anti-Icing Fluids

Kilfrost, the global market leader in the supply of de/anti-icing products for the aviation industry, has been named a Qualified Supplier by Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco) Beijing.

Ameco Beijing provides maintenance, repair and overhaul services for commercial aircrafts. As well as servicing Air China’s entire fleet, the company has partnerships with major international airlines and offers services to almost one hundred domestic and international carriers.

Kilfrost has been awarded Qualified Supplier status for an unlimited duration and will provide the company with its de/anti-icing fluids. Ameco Beijing de/anti-iced around three hundred aircrafts per day last winter at Beijing Capital Intenational Airport Terminal 3, which is the largest terminal in China.

Ameco Beijing first engaged with Kilfrost a number of years ago when it used the company’s Type I de/anti-icing fluid, DF Plus, and Type II fluid, ABC-3, to remove contamination such as snow, ice and frost from the critical aero-dynamic control surfaces of aircrafts to ensure safe flights.

Ameco Beijing worked closely with Kilfrost’s UK manufacturing facility and Kilfrost China to assess the quality of the fluids. This ensured that it could deliver a high class service to its clients using Kilfrost’s products.

Effective de/anti-icing solutions are essential during freezing conditions and precipitation for a number of reasons. Frozen contaminants can cause aircraft wings to be coarse and uneven, disrupting the smooth flow of air, increasing drag and reducing the ability to generate lift.

In addition, if large blocks of ice become dislodged during take-off, this presents a serious risk to engines and propellers. It is also essential that engine inlets and sensors on the exterior of an aircraft are free from ice or snow.

Nathan Zhang, Senior Vice President (Asia) at Kilfrost said: “Our de/anti-icing fluids are used by customers in 76 countries across five continents to ensure that flights can continue to operate even in the harshest weather conditions. We are pleased to be recognised as a Qualified Supplier by Ameco Beijing.

“Not only do our fluids have good storage stability and holdover times, they have very low toxicity levels. Kilfrost’s DFSustain is the world’s first approved sustainable wing de-icing fluid, manufactured from corn-derived glycol. Kilfrost’s fluids are also fully compliant with AMS 1424 and 1428 industry standards. This means the fluids have been proven to flow-off an aircraft during the critical take-off time without affecting its performance.