SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 03-17

Issue Features

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  AIRCRAFT | OEM
  Beginning of the End of Airbus-Boeing Duopoly?
  By R. Chandrakanth

  “While they will no longer have the market to themselves, we expect Boeing and Airbus to retain the lion’s share of the large commercial airframe market...

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | AIRCRAFT
  Regional Aircraft Market Abuzz with Activity
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The trend for mid- and long-haul operations will continue towards using jet aircraft over turboprops

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  MRO | QUALITY
  No Room for Error
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Although most airlines do their own line maintenance, 60 per cent of the world’s carriers outsource heavy work to lower costs

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  ENGINES | P&W
  Pratt & Whitney Research Forges Ahead
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 25 per cent of the world’s mainline passenger fleet

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  CIVIL | AIRLINES
  Azul Airlines Making Brazil Proud
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Azul is the fastest growing airline in Brazil since it commenced operations in December 2008 and currently has the largest airline network in the country in terms of cities served, with service to over 100 destinations.

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  INTERVIEW | AAI
  

  EXCLUSIVE

  Airports Authority of India on the Move

  In an exclusive interview with Neetu Dhulia of SP’s Airbuz, Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman of AAI gives details of the authority’s action plan for creation of infrastructure by investing Rs. 17,800 crore over the next five years.

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  PARIS AIRSHOW | PREVIEW
  Innovation to the Fore
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Paris Air Lab is a boarding pass to the future. It’s a new space totally devoted to mapping what the aerospace sector and more broadly tomorrow’s world have in store

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  FINALLY
  Second International Airport for Chennai
  By B.K. Pandey

  With the emergence on the scene in Chennai of a private company acquiring land for a greenfield airport, finally there is light at the end of the tunnel!