We Want to Continue Innovating, Finding Newer Ways to Delight Our Customers and Redefine Air Travel.” — LESLIE THNG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, VISTARA
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FIRST BIOFUEL CIVIL AIRCRAFT SHOW POWERED FLIGHT MANUFACTURING REPORT: IN INDIA IN INDIA FIA 2018 P 11 P 16 P 22 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 4 WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA EXCLUSIVE PAGE 8 “we wANT TO CONTINUE INNOVATING, FINDING NEWER WAYS TO DELIGHT OUR CUSTOMERS AND REDEFINE AIR TRAvel.” — LESLIE THNG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, VISTARA AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXCLUSIVE COVER STORY / INTERVIEW P8 “we’re not chasing the COMPETITION, BUT CREATING A Cover: FIRST BIOFUEL CIVIL AIRCRAFT SHOW “Vistara has naturally inherited POWERED FLIGHT MANUFACTURING REPORT: IN INDIA IN INDIA FIA 2018 UNIQUE SPACE FOR OURSELVES IN P 11 P 16 P 22 very strong values and stands the market” AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 4 committed to delivering WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with Jayant customer-centricity at every PAGE 8 “WE WANT touchpoint,”says Leslie Thng, TO CONTINUE Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief of SP’s INNOVATING, FINDING CEO, Vistara, in an exclusive NEWER WAYS AirBuz, Leslie Thng, Chief Executive TO DELIGHT OUR CUSTOMERS with SP’s AirBuz. AND REDEFINE AIR TRAVEL.” Officer of Vistara shares his optimism — LESLIE THNG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Cover Photograph: VISTARA AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION and outlines his vision and plans for Vistara RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 the future growth of the airlines. SP's AirBuz Cover 4-2018.indd 1 18/09/18 4:43 PM POLICY / AIR INDIA P14 AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT Debate on Air India disinvestment though, has been on for over two decades and the failed attempt at disinvestment earlier this year, was an anticlimactic episode in the ongoing saga. P11 TECHNOLOGY / BIOFUEL INDUSTRY / MANUFACTURING FIRST BIOFUEL POWERED FLIGHT IN INDIA P16 CIVIL AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING IN INDIA P12 OEM / BOEING HORIZONX BOEING HORIZONX INDIA The dream of getting an indigenously made INNOVATION CHALLENGE civil aircraft has finally got the government to set up a task force to draw a roadmap, P28 CONFERENCE / IATA providing a major boost to the ‘Make in India’ INTERNATIONAL AVIATION programme. Summit–INDIA DEPARTMENTS P2 A WORD FROM EDITOR P3 NEWS BRIEFS P32 FINALLY ENGINE / TECHNOLOGY SHOW REPORT / FIA 2018 P20 GET MORE FROM EVERY DROP! P22 ASTONISHING NUMBERS Airlines have their own incentive to Dispelling all speculation of a dull Awards 2017 increase fuel efficiency and reduce show due to the shadow of Brexit, SPECIAL emissions, because each tonne of CO2 Farnborough saw attendance from they avoid adding to the atmosphere, around 100 countries, 80,000 visitors and CONTRIBUTION TO represents significant saving on fuel cost. a record Chinese presence. BUSINESS AVIATION SP’S AIRBUZ • ISSUE 4 • 2018 • 1 A WORD FROM EDITOR PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. 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 HE FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR (FIA) 2018 was Jayant Baranwal held in July this year in its usual venue in the United Kingdom. Staged since PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 1948, this biennial event alternating with the Airshow in Paris, is today, the sec- Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel ond largest Airshow in the world and is a forum for networking in the domain PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENT of the global aerospace industry, both military and civil. Despite the shadow of Rohit Srivastava TBrexit, FIA 2018 was the high point for the global civil aviation industry as the event was CREATIVE DIRECTOR clearly dominated by Boeing and Airbus, the two global aerospace majors who only rein- Anoop Kamath forced their lead in the global airline market. A report on the Airshow by Rohit Srivastava GRAPHIC DESIGNERS of SP Guide Publications figures in this issue of SP’s AirBuz. Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht A Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture full service carrier Vistara that commenced Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey operations in India in 2015 has a vision for growth in the future that indeed is impressive. ADMIN & COORDINATION Bharti Sharma This issue of the SP’s AirBuz carries an exclusive interview of Leslie Thng, Chief Executive ASST - ADMIN, HR & INFRA Officer of Vistara wherein he shares plans of the airline for the future and his optimism Pooja Tehlani about the prospects of growth of the carrier. SALES & MARKETING Pratyush Kumar, President, Boeing India along with Ankur Kanaglekar, Director, Strategy Director Sales & Marketing: Neetu Dhulia and Business Development, Boeing India, write about the company’s new venture to exploit General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh the next generation of game-changing ideas, technologies, products and markets. Towards SP’s websITES this end, a new effort by way of Boeing HorizonX India Innovation Challenge 1.0 was launched Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish to catalyze innovation across the evolving aerospace ecosystem in India. In Boeing’s percep- Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma tion, India is home to the world’s third largest start-up ecosystem which is a testimony to the © SP Guide Publications, 2018 inherent innovation and the entrepreneurial streak that India’s talent pool harbours. SUBSCRIPTION/ CIRCULATION A major challenge that leading engine manufacturers in the world are confronted with Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 E-mail: [email protected] today, is the urgent need to improve fuel efficiency of aero engines and lower emissions. [email protected] The good news is that there has been significant progress in this area and hopefully aero LETTER TO EDITOR engines of the future will have much lower levels of emissions. In this issue of the maga- [email protected] zine, there is an article by J. Noronha on new engine designs that are aimed at addressing FOR ADVERTISING DETAILS CONTACT the issue of environmental pollution. While the Indian aerospace industry has notched [email protected] up moderate success in the design, development and manufacture of military aircraft, it [email protected] has made little or no progress in the domain of civil aircraft. In an article in this issue of SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD SP’s AirBuz, Sukhchain Singh has an in-depth analysis of the issue of the totally indigenous A-133 Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. production of a civil airliner by the Indian aerospace industry. 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Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd All this and more in this issue of SP’s AirBuz. Welcome aboard and happy landings! and Published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Jai Hind! Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. All rights reserved. MEMBER OF: B.K. Pandey Editor 2 • SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 4 • 2018 www.spsaIrbuz.com G 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 IndiGo’s rival SpiceJet has also shelved will lease 37 aircraft. Additionally, the airline plans of launching flights to London, citing has kept the option open to order four more high aircraft acquisition cost. “The ques- Dreamliners from Boeing. Chief Executive JET AIRWAYS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND tion is the cost. The high cost of ownership Officer Leslie Thng said he was convinced NETWORK of new-generation wide bodies is a major that the order would provide a fillip for On August 4, this year, Jet Airways said it impediment to the development of long- profitable operations as it would enable the will continue to expand its network and im- haul, low-cost air travel,” SpiceJet CMD Ajay airline to make its network denser and oper- prove customer experience even as its pilots’ Singh said. ate on more profitable international routes. union agreed to work with the company on “We will use the A320 and A321 to boost cost savings. However, it is understood that JET AIRWAYS INDUCTS THE NEW BOEING our domestic network as well as to launch pilots have not agreed to pay cuts proposed 737 MAX international destinations from our hub by the airline, which is battling financial in Delhi. Simultaneously, the Dreamliners woes amid rising fuel costs and low fares. would be used to start destinations on the “We are trying to assist our company in medium and long-haul international routes,” facing these challenges by meeting with the Thng said.