SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 01-13

Issue Features

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  Tool for Economic Growth
  By Shriniwas Mishra

  In order to reap the country’s demographic dividends, benefits of strategic location and rising urban population, the government must treat the aviation industry as a strategic tool for economic growth rather than as just a golden goose

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  Quicker Response

  Emergency medical teams will fly around in VTOL jets now

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  Hope Amidst Odds
  By Joseph Noronha

  Regional aviation is bound to take-off someday, if only because the industry is in the process of acquiring hundreds of new planes and is soon likely to resume sustained double-digit growth.

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  Finance - A Chain Long, Yet Strong
  By Joseph Noronha

  MROs themselves are under huge pressure. Their customers want them to reduce labour costs as well as costs of maintaining parts inventories.

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  Enhanced Safety
  By A.K. Sachdev

  An indirect factor contributing to helicopter operational safety is the shortage of trained and dedicated manpower in the DGCA to oversee helicopter operations.

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  Need for Revamp
  By P.C. Chopra

  The Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) is responsible for implementing, controlling and supervising airworthiness standards, safety operations and crew training in India.

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  A Distant Dream?
  By S.R. Swarup

  Safety and pilot efficiency are not solely functions of the West. The regulator along with the management needs to hold hands with the pilots and march towards a paperless cockpit.

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  ATR 72-600 - Easy to Fly
  By Vasuki Prasad

  Enter the new flight deck of the ATR 72-600 and you are impressed by the neat, uncluttered, modern deck with avionics from Thales.

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  CAE’s Cadet-to-Captain training in India

  In partnership with the Government of India, CAE operates ab initio flight schools in Gondia and Rae Bareli. CAE’s FTOs in India are rigorously controlled and reliably adhere to the highest standards of training quality.

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  Boeing 787 - The show must go on
  By Anil Chopra

  Boeing is confident about the design and performance of the Dreamliner and stands by the plane’s integrity. It is a safe and efficient airplane.

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  Labile Air Fares
  By B.K. Pandey

  The real task before the Indian carriers would be to ensure that in crafting the fare structure, the airline is able to achieve a healthy balance between welfare of air travellers and financial imperatives of the airline