SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 02-08

Issue Features

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  Environment - Green Engines Are Coming
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Looming large on the horizon are mandatory emissions targets, taxes, carbon trading allowance and further regulations towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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  Fuel - Powered by Green
  By A.K. Sachdev, Bangalore

  Biofuel, essentially, is fuel derived from biomass or organic material, such as sugarcane or corn, which stores energy from the sun in the form of chemical energy.

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  Flight Safety - Winged Danger

  Green laser technology that Sweeps airport runways to scare away birds could help civil aviation authorities combat a large threat to aircraft safety during take off and landing.

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  Air Cargo - In its Infancy & Raring to Soar
  By Sajal K. Dutt, New Delhi

  For India, there are clearly exciting opportunities ahead as this sector is practically starting from scratch. Like Dubai and Singapore, India has the attributes to emerge as a regional cargo hub.

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  Business Aviation - On a Roll, Uphill
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Despite the excellent outlook for Indian business aviation, it faces daunting challenges, including woeful infrastructure that’s showing signs of cracking under the current requirements, leave alone projected growth.

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  CRM - Communication Holds the Key
  By R. Srinivasan, Coimbatore

  Crew Resource Management is defined as a tool to use all available resources effectively to conduct safe and efficient flight operations. Pilot error is obviated when all personnel perform to achieve common objectives of safety and efficiency.

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  General Aviation - Redefining the Rules
  By Dr Ram Pattisapu, Texas, USA

  The SP/LSA ruling will drastically reduce the cost of developing general aviation in nations lagging behind in the sector. Some consider its impact to be as significant as that of the advent of the jet engine.

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  EBACE 2008 - Mercury Rising
  By Alan Peaford, Geneva

  Bombardier’s latest market study forecasts growth in non-US markets could drive business jet deliveries to 1,320 annually between 2008 and 2017, compared with the industry average of 620 from 1998 to 2007.

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  Airports - Critical Care
  By Dr U.S. Mohalanobish, Bangalore

  Are airports in India equipped to tackle aviation related emergencies?

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  Debut - SSJ100: First Flight

  Russia’s largest warplane maker is poised to launch the country’s regional passenger jet production targeted at the markets in the West.

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  Jet Airways

  The airline is already the biggest player in the domestic market—having successfully weathered the turbulence in domestic aviation—and is now preparing to conquer foreign skies.

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  Bangalore can raise a TOAST
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  With the Karnataka elections, the last of the impediments, outof the way, the Greenfield airport at Devanhalli has at last been thrown open to commercial operations on May 24.

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  Letter from Editor
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey - Editor

  Commissioning of the yetto-Be named Greenfield airport at Bangalore on May 24 is symbolic of the efforts being made by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to bring about qualitative change in the aviation infrastructure of the country.