SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 05-17

Issue Features

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  ENGINES | TECHNOLOGY
  Engine Innovations for Enhanced Performance and Fuel Burn
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The Air Transport Action Group report indicates how fuel efficiency co-relates with the distance an aircraft can fly, the payload it can carry and, more importantly, offers better environmental performance

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  ENGINES | ENVIRONMENT
  Green Engines
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Engine manufacturers are investing heavily in alternative fuels and leading-edge technologies such as additive manufacturing and nanomaterials to make even greener and quieter engines

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  ENGINES | OEM
  Over 13,000 Engines and Still Counting
  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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  INDUSTRY | AIRLINER
  Re-Jigged A380plus Seeks Attention
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Airbus has to drive home the point that the A380plus will give good returns to airlines that are flying to congested airports using limited landing slots and delay-prone air corridors

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  INDUSTRY | AIRLINES
  Emirates Interest in A380plus Offers Airbus a Breather
  By Bikram Vohra, Dubai

  Dubai Air Show might well decide whether Airbus will close shop on the A380 and shelve the 380 Plus programme as the sales graph literally sinks to zero

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  INDUSTRY | AIRLINES
  Emirates 100th A380 Eases Airbus Heartburn
  By Bikram Vohra, Dubai

  What Emirates would really need as evidence is that the A380 has a tangible validity in the market of the future is at least a sale of another 50 aircraft to another carrier or two

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  INDUSTRY | TECHNOLOGY
  Airbus BizLab
  By A.K. Sachdev

  In BizLab, Airbus found an opportunity and zeroed in on India and Bengaluru was selected as its base as it is home to a well endowed ecosystem for entrepreneurs

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | RCS
  Regional Connectivity Scheme: An Appraisal
  By B.K. Pandey

  There is a long way to go for the Regional Connectivity Scheme and there are a host of challenges that lie ahead for this segment of the Indian airline industry

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | AIRPORTS
  Smaller Airports Spreading its Wings
  By R. Chandrakanth

  In the recent past, small airports, some new, some upgraded are coming up fast, thus connecting the vast hinterland of India with regional aircraft

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  SHOW PREVIEW | DUBAI AIR SHOW 2017
  All Systems go for 15th Air Show
  By Bikram Vohra, Dubai

  Dubai Air Show 2017 is going to be quite the display of air power in various categories and the highlight will still be the predicted match between Boeing and Airbus

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  FINALLY
  Conflict of Interest
  By B.K. Pandey

  Nine years after its closure, talks on the reopening of HAL airport to commercial flights have been revived and hopes of a positive outcome are high