SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 03-09

Issue Features

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  Fuel Efficiency - A drop Saved, a drop Gained
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Unless the aviation industry can make rapid progress in reducing fuel consumption, its future in a carbon-constrained world is likely to become increasingly untenable

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  Costs - Tab on Price Tag
  By Raju Srinivasan, Coimbatore

  With the major airports in India now following the PPP route, there is a need to regulate the charges levied—hence, the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority

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  Fuel- Oilgae Takes Over
  By Our Staff Correspondent

  Moving away from biofuel options based on crops, algae present an attractive option with the promise of continuous harvest and the possibility of yielding aviation fuel—after more research, of course

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  Airlines - A BOOM That Never Was
  By S.R. Swarup, Chennai

  In the aviation industry, a boom is not measured by the number of aircraft ordered or airlines launched. For aviation to prosper, traditions have to be established and nurtured through decades, if not centuries.

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  Expert Speak - Hope there will be less of Red-Tapism
  By Nigel A. Harwood, CEO, Inter Globe General Aviation Private Limited

  A corporate flight from abroad needs nearly 10 days to get a clearance to land at Delhi and a further one month for a trip to the Taj Mahal. Which MD or CEO can stay in India for so long?

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  Expert Speak - Helicopter operations hit by government Apathy
  By Air Vice Marshal (Retd) K. Sridharan, President, Rotary Wing Society of India

  A variety of factors—ranging from infrastructural bottlenecks to an inflexible bureaucracy—has long stymied the growth of Indian business aviation, preventing it from achieving its huge potential...

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  Expert Speak - A huge shortage of Skilled manpower
  By Captain Karan Singh, President, Business Aviation Association for India

  A variety of factors—ranging from infrastructural bottlenecks to an inflexible bureaucracy—has long stymied the growth of Indian business aviation, preventing it from achieving its huge potential...

• Expert Speak - Policy on tax should be Unambiguous
  By Colonel (Retd) Jayanth K. Poovaiah, Executive Director, Deccan Charters Limited

  In India, business aviation penetration is not yet commensurate with its GDP as compared to the rest of the world.... we have a long way to go to realise the full potential of business aviation. India’s geographic spread, infrastructure and pace of economic growth provides a potent mix that is very conducive for growth of the sector.

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  Security - A Stitch In Time
  By Our Special Correspondent

  India’s security infrastructure is bursting at the seams trying to contain increasing passenger traffic and is definitely in need of a big boost before the point is driven home by an unfortunate episode

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  Aero Sports - Plane Fun on the Beach
  By Vasuki Prasad, Manipal

  A first-hand account of a scarcely publicised aerofest that brought alive the Malpe beach in Goa to the roar and romp of microlights

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  IGRUA

  India’s largest fully integrated aviation training academy, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi boasts of highly qualified faculty complemented by an impressive training fleet

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  Lean Is In
  By B.K. Pandey, Bangalore

  The Indian government is today exhorting airlines to get lean and mean. Retrenchment, apparently, is no longer taboo.