SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 04-16

Issue Features

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | EMBRAER E2
  Redesigned. From Nose to Tail New E-Jets E2s
  By Byron Bohlman, Calgary / Canada

  Embraer’s competitors and industry analysts often characterise the Brazilian manufacturer’s second-generation E-Jets as having just a few superficial design changes compared to the first-generation.

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | AIRCRAFT
  Picking the Right Aircraft
  By R. Chandrakanth

  A report has forecast that India’s regional aircraft fleet will grow from 55 in 2011 to as many as 261 by 2025, a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12 to 13 per cent

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | EMBRAER E195
  The E195 is Celebrating 10th Birthday
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The largest of the four-member E-Jet family, the E195 offers mainline-jet capacity (up to 122 seats) and superior operating economics.

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  GROUND HANDLING | OPERATORS
  Firmly on the Ground
  By R. Chandrakanth

  With the expected phenomenal growth in passenger and cargo traffic and the government opening up the aviation sector, there is going to be an incremental rise in ground handling

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  TECHNOLOGY | ENGINES
  Excitement About Engines!
  By Joseph Noronha

  Glowing forecasts for airliners obviously translate into far higher figures for engines since each aircraft has at least two, while wide-body jets such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 need four power plants

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  ENGINES | LEAP-1A
  Powering the A321neo
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The LEAP-1A engine has demonstrated the promised 15 per cent fuel efficiency and we are quite familiar with the reliability inherent in CFM products and the impact that this has on our operations, said Tony Fernandes of AirAsia

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  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | BELL
  Bell Helicopter – Upbeat about India

  Next five to eight years will see a large delivery share of helicopters in India. Neetu Dhulia from SP’s AirBuz interacts with Sameer A. Rehman, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Bell Helicopter, on the sidelines of Farnborough International Airshow 2016.

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  INTERVIEW | BOEING
  Boeing Sees $265 Billion Business in India in Next 20 Years
  By Neetu Dhulia

  Boeing projects a worldwide demand for 39,620 new airplanes over the next 20 years (2016-35), valued at $5.9 trillion. Indian carriers are predicted to be requiring more than 4.6 per cent of the total global demand, forecasting 1,850 new airplanes in India worth $265 billion.

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  AIRLINE | BRITISH AIRWAYS
  British Airways Reaching Out to Students

  India is British Airways’ second largest market outside the UK after the US. Fuelled by the burgeoning Indian middle class with increasing purchasing power, increasingly number of people are looking to travel internationally for leisure and business. In an interview with R. Chandrakanth, British Airways’ Regional General Manager, South Asia, Moran Birger talks exclusively to SP’s AirBuz giving details of the student market.

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  SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2016
  Defies Industry Expectations
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The Farnborough International Airshow 2016 recorded orders and options to the value of $123.9 billion defying industry expectations

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  FINALLY
  Empowering DGCA!
  By B.K. Pandey

  With the policy changes being introduced by the government, Indian civil aviation can look forward to an effective regulator