SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 03-12

Issue Features

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  Jackie on the wings of Legacy 650
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Jackie Chan’s Legacy 650 has a 6,250-km range, enough to fly non-stop from Beijing to Dubai or Hong Kong to Adelaide, Australia, according to the manufacturer. It can carry as many as 14 passengers in its three-zone cabin on shorter trips.

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  Future Flight

  HyperMach’s SonicStar business jet

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  Cleaner & Faster

  Synergy Aircraft by John McGinnis will give a new future to aviation

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  Infrastructure - Alarming Reality
  By T.P. Srivastava

  There is no doubt that as compared with global standards, civil flying training in India is rated lower.

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  Technology - LEAP of Pure Power
  By Joseph Noronha

  The looming threat of CFM International LEAP-ing ahead seems to have persuaded the two partners, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, to bury their differences and cooperate more closely.

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  Finance - Going Unnoticed
  By Our Staff Correspondent

  The BAOA is trying valiantly to change the attitude of the establishment towards civil aviation in general and business aviation in particular.

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  ‘AAI is always there to provide the services required for business and general aviation’

  In the second instalment of the interview with SP’s AirBuz, V.P. Agrawal, Chairman, Airport Authority of India (AAI), lays out the plans and progress of various infrastructure projects undertaken by AAI.

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  India Aviation - Firming up Alliances
  By B.K. Pandey

  The five-day event, supported by DGCA, AAI, Air India and Pawan Hans Ltd, India Aviation 2012, served as a platform for new deals and joint ventures between Indian and foreign companies

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  Regional Aviation - The Growth Story
  By A.K. Sachdev

  Civil aviation worldwide is driven by local or regional dynamics.

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  Aircraft - Rugged & Legendary
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  From jagged trainers to high-performance turboprops, Florida-based Piper Aircraft, Inc. is giving wings to all—newbie pilots, adventure-seekers and business travellers

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  Airports - Growing Collaborations
  By B.K. Pandey

  Raytheon India perceives that in the coming years there are opportunities in four different areas of business in India.

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  Regional Aviation - A flight too far
  By Joseph Noronha

  Even two decades after the liberalisation of the airline industry, much of the country still has poor air connectivity.

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  EBACE 2012 - Good Show
  By SP’s Correspondent, Geneva, Switzerland

  With 60 aircraft on static display, 12,638 attendees, and a 10 per cent increase in ramp space, EBACE 2012 went on fine despite the slowdown in European economy

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  The Survival Mantra
  By B.K. Pandey

  Matters seem to have reached a point of no return and the government appears to be finally veering around to the view that “the days of the national carrier are over” and that if the airline is to survive, there is no option but to privatise