SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 02-17

Issue Features

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  HELICOPTERS | MARKET OUTLOOK
  Helicopters in Asia-Pacific
  By B.K. Pandey

  For the rotary-wing fleet in the Asia-Pacific region, the future appears to be promising as despite the uncertainties and impediments, demand for helicopters in the region appears set to grow

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  SPECIAL RECOGNITION
  SP Guide Publications Receives 'Special Contribution Award' at 3rd BizAvIndia Awards Event
  By Neetu Dhulia, Bengaluru

  The third edition of BAOA’s BizAvIndia Conference and Awards was held at the Leela Palace in Bengaluru on the eve of Aero India 2017.

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  MARKETING FEATURE
  Introducing L3's MatriX™

  A Modular ISR Package for the Black Hawk UH-60 Platform

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  HELICOPTERS | FORECAST
  Markets with Soaring Potential
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Various surveys have given different estimates on commercial helicopter deliveries, but they all remain positive about the Asia-Pacific region which has many areas that are poorly connected by air transportation

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  INTERVIEW | OEM
  Bell Helicopters Meet Diverse Needs of Asia-Pacific

  In an interview with Rohit Goel of SP’s AirBuz, the Managing Director of Bell Helicopters, Asia, Sameer A. Rehman talks about how the platforms fit the needs of Asia-Pacific.

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  HELICOPTERS | HELIPORT
  Rohini, India's First Heliport
  By R. Chandrakanth

  It is the first integrated heliport which is expected to further boost the plans of the government to increase remote and regional air connectivity

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  UNMANNED SYSTEMS | OPERATIONS
  Unmanned in Civil Airspace
  By B.K. Pandey

  The integration of unmanned aerial platforms into the civil airspace that is normally inhabited by routine civil air traffic would pose immense operational and technological challenges

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  FINANCE | AIRFARES
  Reinventing Airfares (Again)
  By Byron Bohlman, Vancouver/Canada

  Mainline airlines around the world are adopting low-cost carrier (LCC) fare structures in order to tap into the growing number of price-sensitive consumers. They’re also hoping that many of those travellers will pay slightly more.

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | TECHNOLOGY
  Jets vs Turboprops
  By B.K. Pandey

  When it comes to performance, both jet and turboprop aircraft in the regime of business aviation have attributes and limitations that a prospective buyer would need to take into account while selecting and evaluating the platform

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | RCS OPERATORS
  70 Airports for UDAN
  By R. Chandrakanth

  “The geographical spread of the airports covered is interesting.”
  — P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister of Civil Aviation

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  TECHNOLOGY | GREEN ENGINES
  Sustainable and Green Engines
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Jet aircraft in service today are well over 80 per cent more fuel-efficient per seat kilometre than the first jets in the 1960s

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  FINALLY
  VIP Culture — A Hazard to Air Safety
  By B.K. Pandey

  Unruly passengers onboard can be a major safety hazard for the aircraft and its occupants