SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 1-2020

Issue Features

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  LAUNCH | BOEING 777X
  Boeing’s 777X Glides into the Industry
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Being claimed as the largest and the most fuel-efficient twin-engine commercial jet, the aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2021

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  POLICY | REVIEW
  Amendment to Aircraft Rules 1937
  By V.K. Verma

  With the recent amendment in the licencing procedure, the MoCA has demonstrated that it is alive to the needs of its stakeholders and is willing to fulfill the responsibility of an enabler

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  AIRLINES | OPERATIONS
  Top Airlines in Asia
  By Joseph Noronha

  As the winners show, an airline simply needs to provide an all-round and consistent travel experience with service the watchword

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  AIRLINES | OPERATIONS
  IndiGo Hovers High While Air India Struggles to Sustain
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  While aviation industry is not having the best of its time in India, IndiGo has reported a huge profit for the third quarter of 2019 but Air India has invited bids for privatisation of the national carrier.

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  AIRLINES | OPERATIONS
  SpiceJet and Gulf Air Sign a Codeshare Agreement
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  The newly established partnership aims to enhance the reach of both the airlines through pilot training, coordinated cargo as well as engineering services, among other collaborations

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  ENGINES | TECHNOLOGY
  Next Gen Engines
  By Anil Chopra

  Performance of aircraft can be achieved by enhancing the efficiency of combustion engines and simultaneously exploring electric and hybrid propulsion systems

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  ENGINES | PRATT & WHITNEY
  PW100/150 Engines – Powering the Regional Airline Turboprops
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Since the PW100 engine family entered service in 1984, over 8,000 PW100/150 engines have been produced, accumulating more than 160 million flying hours due to their reliability, durability and operating economics.

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  AIRPORTS | ENVIRONMENT
  AAI Sets New Green Benchmark, Receives Global Recognition for Reducing Carbon Footprint
  By Team AAI

  Four airports upgraded to Level 2 in 4-stage environment standards programme to move towards carbon neutrality

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  SHOW PREVIEW | SINGAPORE AIRSHOW
  Asia’s Finest Air Show Ready for its Flight
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  With the aristocratic government and military delegations along with senior corporate executives from around the world gathered at one place, the Singapore Airshow brings golden opportunities to forge partnerships and seal deals in this region

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  FINALLY
  Another Attempt to Privatise Air India
  By B.K. Pandey

  The obvious answer is to sell off the national carrier and if this process fails, the Government will be left with no option but to shut down the airline

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  NEWS BRIEFS
  Carroll Lane Named President of Commercial Engines, Pratt & Whitney

  Pratt & Whitney announced that Carroll Lane has assumed the role of President of the company’s Commercial Engines business, reporting to Pratt & Whitney President Christopher Calio. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp.

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  NEWS BRIEFS
  Pratt & Whitney Names Ashmita Sethi Managing Director-India

  Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., announced the appointment of Ashmita Sethi to the position of Managing Director for India.

• NEWS BRIEFS | AIRLINE NEWS
  IndiGo - First Airline to Reach 1500 Daily Departures

  Low-cost carrier IndiGo has become the first airline in India to operate 1,500 daily departures. The airline operates these flights to 83 destinations and with over 2,50,000 passengers daily.

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  NEWS BRIEFS | AIRLINE NEWS
  Inaugural Flight of Emirates to Mexico City

  Emirates celebrated the inaugural flight of its new daily service from Dubai to Mexico City via Barcelona. The Emirates Boeing 777-200LR touched down in Mexico City on the December 9, 2019 at 16:15 local time, marking the airline’s first passenger flight to Mexico.

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  NEWS BRIEFS | INDUSTRY NEWS
  Return to Service of Boeing 737 MAX

  Boeing has confirmed that it does not expect the grounded 737 MAX to return to service before “mid-2020”.

• NEWS BRIEFS | INDUSTRY NEWS
  NAL Plans to Design and Develop 70-Seater Aircraft

  As per the Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan, National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) located in Bengaluru that is currently developing a 19-seater indigenous light transport aircraft ‘Saras Mk2’ has plans...

• NEWS BRIEFS | INDUSTRY NEWS
  Domestic Air Passenger Traffic in November 2019

  Domestic air passenger traffic in November last year grew at the fastest pace in 2019, a year in which air travel has been hit by the twin blows of the closure of Jet Airways India Ltd and an economic slowdown.

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  NEWS BRIEFS | INDUSTRY NEWS
  MTU Maintenance Signs CFM56-7B Contract with Malaysia Airlines

  MTU Maintenance and Malaysia Airlines Berhad signed an exclusive ten year contract for the airline’s 100 CFM56-7B engines.

• NEWS BRIEFS | INDUSTRY NEWS
  Agreement between C&L Aerospace and Thai Aviation Industries

  C&L Aerospace has signed an exclusive supplier agreement with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand’s aircraft repair and maintenance service centre.

• NEWS BRIEFS | INFRASTRUCTURE
  New Airports for Karnataka

  On January 17 this year, speaking at the Wings India 2020 Summit organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Pradeep Singh Kharola, Secretary stated that five airports in Karnataka will become operational in the next two years.

• NEWS BRIEFS | INFRASTRUCTURE
  Water Aerodromes for Andaman and Nicobar

  Airports Authority of India (AAI) is seeking environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for three water aerodromes in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

• NEWS BRIEFS | AIRLINE FINANCE
  Headwinds for Domestic Airlines

  Brent crude oil price surged four percent on January 03 this year, following tension between Iran and the US. Domestic carriers are facing pressure with the increase in crude oil prices and low demand that has restricted hike...

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  NEWS BRIEFS | TRAINING
  Flight Simulator Technique Centre (FSTC)

  FSTC is India’s first registered standalone Approved Training Organisation (ATO). It is the largest ATO in the region with the most number of full flight simulators catering to all the airlines in India that fly various fleet types.

• NEWS BRIEFS | AIR SAFETY
  Heavy Fines for Flight Safety Violations

  In what seems to be a measure to tighten aircraft safety norms, in December last year, the government decided to amend an eight decade old law for a 10-fold increase in penalties in light of recent incidents of technical snags...

• NEWS BRIEFS
  Appointments

  In the first week of January 2020, Dassault Aviation appointed Charles Wemaëre as Vice President, Worldwide Spares, with responsibility for spare parts strategy and logistics efforts for the global Falcon fleet.

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  A Word from Editor
  By B.K. Pandey, Editor

  In an action that has come as somewhat of a pleasant surprise for the Indian civil aviation community especially civil pilots with high experience levels, but not current with flying and wish to obtain a civil pilot’s licence.