SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 04-10

Issue Features

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  First
  SpaceShipTwo
  By SP’s Airbuz News Desk

  Virgin Galactic launches world’s first manned commercial space vehicle

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  TecKnow
  Self-Sufficient
  By SP’s Airbuz News Desk

  The VTOL drone would land, refuel and take off by itself

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  Operations / Air Space Management
  Managing Air Traffic
  By A.K. Sachdev, Bengaluru

  With air travel having become less expensive, the exercise of maximising the number of aircraft that can be packed into the finite air space available, has acquired greater importance

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  Business / Airlines
  India Lagging Behind
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Brazil could also come up with a new and larger airliner, leaving India as the sole member of the potentially world-beating BRIC group of nations, with a glaring dependency on foreign aircraft manufacturers

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  Business / Manufacturing
  Mission with Multiple Objectives

  The Airvan, unveiled by Mahindra Aerospace on June 26, is the first aircraft manufactured in Australia to circumnavigate the world

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  Interview / AAI Infrastructure
  AAI is now embarked upon improving its marketing efforts

  S.R. Raghavendra Rao, Executive Director, Planning, Airports Authority of India in an exclusive tête-ã-tête with SP’s AirBuz Correspondent Mahesh Acharya at Bengaluru.

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  Interview / AirAsia
  We’re looking at opening more routes to India
  By R. Chandrakanth

  “Believe the unbelievable. Dream the impossible. And never take ‘No’ for an answer.” With such a personal credo, Tony Fernandes, the Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia

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  Infrastructure / Pilot Training
  Golden Wings from a Silver Legacy
  By Vasuki Prasad, Bengaluru

  It is the dream of wannabe pilots in India to enter the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy, the best flying training institute of the nation

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  Technology / Pilot Training
  Hats Off
  By P.P. Rajkumar, Bengaluru

  The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying, a JV between HAL and CAE, has the potential to train pilots on any type of rotary wing machine

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  Technology / Airlines
  Flying at Low Cost
  By Joseph Noronha Goa

  For the first time since the aerospace giants Airbus and Boeing established near-total dominance of the single-aisle jet market with the iconic A320 and B737 airliners, they are bracing for a fight.

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  Operations / Helicopters
  Helicopters for Emergency Medical Services
  By Our Staff Reporter

  A helicopter properly equipped and modified for rescue and emergency medical evacuation substantially enhances efficiency of the exercise of rescue of accident victims and their speedy transportation to a medical centre

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  Operations / Helicopters
  Pawan Hans signs MoU with Met Department

  Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for further ensuring safety of helicopter operations. The MoU was signed by R.K. Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director, PHHL and Air Vice Marshal Ajit Tyagi, Director General, IMD.

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  Finally
  The Tide is Turning
  By B.K. Pandey, Bengaluru

  After two years of gloom, the tide seems to be turning not only for the private carriers but hopefully for Air India as well