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Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd) Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad Shriniwas Mishra CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR N RECENT TIMES, THE Indian civil aviation industry has been much in the news Jayant Baranwal and for all the right reasons. This segment which has a vital role to play in the national PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT economic growth, has been the focus of the NDA government since it came to power Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel in 2014. The National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) that was unveiled in June 2016, ADMIN & COORDINATION was the first such exercise ever since independence. The major thrust of this policy is Bharti Sharma Ion boosting Regional Aviation, a segment of the industry that holds an immense poten- ASST - ADMIN, HR & INFRA tial for growth of the Indian airline industry. The potential is being exploited through Pooja Tehlani the Regional Connectivity Scheme, also known as Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN), that CREATIVE DIRECTOR Anoop Kamath is aimed at bringing the facility of air travel to the masses that have hitherto remained GRAPHIC DESIGNERS deprived of it. This issue of SP’s AirBuz carries a report by Rohit Srivastava on the brief- Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht ing by the Minister of Civil Aviation P. Gajapathi Raju and other senior functionaries, on Designer (3D animation): Kunal Verma UDAN II, the second round of bidding under this scheme. In addition Joseph Noronha has Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey a comprehensive review of the progress of UDAN since it was initiated. SALES & MARKETING While there has been considerable forward movement in the Indian civil aviation Director Sales & Marketing: Neetu Dhulia General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh industry in the last three years or so, there are a number of areas that still need correction. sP’s websItes The lead story by the undersigned in this issue of the magazine catalogues ten such areas Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish that need to be looked into to make the industry more dynamic and vibrant. Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma One area of the Indian civil aviation industry that needs urgent attention is the seg- © SP Guide Publications, 2018 ment of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services. Unfortunately today, bulk of SUBSCRIPTION/ CIRCULATION the Indian civil aviation industry continues to be dependent on MRO services abroad, not Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 only on account of lack of the required facilities in the country, but also because these E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] services are available abroad at a significantly lower cost. Sukhchain Singh has a detailed LETTER TO EDITOR analysis of the problem in this issue of the magazine. He is of the view that India, with its [email protected] growing civil aviation industry, strategic location, rich pool of engineering expertise and FOR ADVERTISING DETAILS CONTACT lower manpower cost, has a huge potential to be a global MRO hub. [email protected] In this edition of SP’s AirBuz, John Slattery, President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Avi- [email protected] ation, highlights another extremely critical issue that is a problem faced by the global civil SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD aviation industry today and particularly the airlines, that of shortage of pilots. The author is A-133 Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. of the view that with the robust growth in air travel likely in the next two decades, the prob- lem is likely to become more acute. Fortunately, the global airline industry is seized with Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 this problem and has begun initiating measures to mitigate the gravity of the situation. E-mail: [email protected] Another major change that the global civil aviation industry is definitely going to be con- BENGALURU, INDIA fronted with in the future is the lack of availability of fossil fuel. In this issue of the magazine, 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar A.K. Sachdev has a detailed review of this problem that is looming large over the horizon. Bengaluru 560043, India. He is of the view that with the growing alarm and awareness of depleting fossil fuels and Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 environmental concerns, the market for alternative fuels for aircraft is expected to grow sig- www.spguidepublications.com nificantly. Use of bio-fuels for the aviation industry appears to be the solution for the future. Owned, published and printed by Jayant All this and more in this issue of SP’s AirBuz. Welcome aboard and wish you happy Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and Published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite landings! Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. All rights reserved. MEMBER OF: B.K. Pandey A PPLI ED FOR Editor 2 • SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 1 • 2018 www.spsaIrbuz.com G Wings Ad.indd 13 01/11/17 2:12 PM Earlier, Buffet had admitted it was one of his few indulgences. Subse- quently, what elevated the business jet from a luxury toy to what is increas- ingly seen as a vital corporate tool? In the US, hundreds of Fortune 500 com- panies now flaunt their own aircraft, with companies arguing that this vital conveyance saves time and boosts pro- ductivity.NEWS A recentBRIEFS CNN report quoted ( AIRLINE NEWS Besides, a ground-handling agency, with the ‘Top 5’. Spanish LCC Vueling the most foreign ownership of 50 per cent or more of punctual airline, is ranked seventh with an its paid-up capital, has been barred from car- OTP of 85.25 per cent and a coverage of 82.2 BOEING 787-10 DREAMLINER NEXT-GEN rying out ground handling at civil enclaves or per cent of its flights. It is closely followed by PLATFORM joint user defence airfields, it said. another LCC, JetStar Asia with OTP of 85.08 The new norms also stipulate that aero- per cent and a coverage of 86.5 per cent. dromes clocking ten million passengers per In the ‘Mega’ airlines category, IndiGo annum or more, are required to have three is ranked fourth among all airlines in the ground handling agencies, including that of Asia-Pacific region. Mega airlines are the the airport operator/its joint venture (JV)/ Top 20 airlines of the world measured by its wholly-owned subsidiary or a JV or a sub- number of flights despatched. AirAsia India sidiary of Air India or any other agency ap- and SpiceJet join IndiGo in the global ‘Top pointed through a bidding process.