SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 03-11

Issue Features

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  Aero Engines - Green to the Core
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Aviation’s contribution to anthropogenic global warming is small but increasing. Small efforts here and there add up to major emissions reduction. Everything counts. What is needed is a concerted effort by the entire aviation industry.

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  Fly Cheaper

  Low-cost Dassault Falcon 2000S unveiled

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  Highway in the sky

  The Carter PAV is an autogyro for take-off and landing and a fixed-wing for a cruise

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  Aero Engines - Flying Power
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Pratt & Whitney has already produced more than 73,000 engines, of which 47,000 engines are in service on over 25,000 aircraft in 198 countries.

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  Airlines - Systematically Safe
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Safety management system is the most promising system of averting aviation accidents available today. However, it is neither an alternative to compliance nor a substitute for effective supervision.

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  Airlines - Preoccupation Spells Peril
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  The captain’s inattention was attributable to preoccupation with the landing gear malfunction and preparations for a possible landing emergency

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  Maladies Galore
  By A.K. Sachdev, New Delhi

  The problems experienced by general aviation in India are acute and rendered more so in its perception that many of the maladies that afflict it are curable provided the government takes notice

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  The People’s Champion
  By Joseph Noronha, Goa

  The carrier is confident that the cheap-ticket bait to book early and book online has worked spectacularly across the Asian markets of Southeast Asia and will work just as well in price-sensitive India, China and other countries near and far

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  Aircrew - Sleep Attack
  By Dr Mani Sishta, Hyderabad

  Napping on the job is not an unusual phenomenon, but for a man in a flying machine it can be dangerous. It is better to accept the problem of fatigue arising from sleepiness and resolve it rather than ignore it.

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  Report - Centenary Voyage
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Indian civil aviation needs $30 billion ( Rs. 1,35,000 crore) investment, said Civil Aviation Secretary Dr Nasim Zaidi at the “Centenary Conference of Indian Civil Aviation,” organised by ASSOCHAM and MoCA

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  EBACE - All Business
  By Our Special Correspondent

  A record number of visitors, including 12,751 attendees from 108 countries, an increase from last year’s 11,186

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  Fatal Flight
  By B.K. Pandey, Bengaluru

  The single engine Pilatus PC-12 crash in Faridabad has generated a debate on a number of aspects related to the Indian civil aviation industry and has helped turn the spotlight on perhaps its most neglected sector—general aviation