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Flying CARs READy FOR DRiVE Cover Design: SP’s Design GROWING FUEL EFFICIENCY NEXT GEN RESOLVE & LOW AIRLINERS TO GO GREEN EMISSIONS June-July 2021 | VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 3 Cover Photograph: P 12 P 19 P 22 Klein Vision SP's AirBuz Cover 3-2021-Final.indd 1 13/07/21 2:27 PM APPOINTMENT / FELICITATIONS ENGINES / ENVIRONMENT P3 | S P GUIDE PUBLICATIONS (SP’S) WELCOME P22 | FUEL EFFICIENCY AND LOW EMISSIONS: THE NEW UNION CABINET MINISTER AND THE RESPONSIBLE AVIATION MISSIONS MINISTER OF STATE FOR CIVIL AVIATION. The aviation sector contributes less than two per cent of the WE WISH THEM THE BEST FOR SETTING NEW total global carbon emissions into the atmosphere, yet the MILESTONES AND SERIES OF SUCCESSES IN ONE industry has taken proactive steps to improve fuel efficiency OF THE MOST EVOLVING SECTORS! and to reduce its carbon emission INNOVATIONS / FLYING CARS INDUSTRY / FORECAST P7 | F LYING CARS READY FOR DRIVE P25 | BOEING SAYS A 4-FOLD INCREASE IN FLEET OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS EXPECTED FOR INDIA Boeing also predicts that the country’s passenger traffic will double by 2030 and India’s civil aviation industry will require nearly 90,000 new pilots, technicians and cabin crew personnel during the next 20 years AIRLINES / OPERATIONS P28 | ThE NEW NORMAL While uncertainty looms large over global travel’s restoration, the airline industry has to overcome the financial grievances as well as innovate for transforming consumer behavior Flying cars do promise to cut the travel time, free us from the DEPARTMENTS traffic woes, and certainly transform the way urban landscape looks P2 | EDITOR’S NOTE P4 | NEWS BRIEFS INNOVATIONS / NEXT GEN AIRLINERS P12 | REDESIGNING THE SKY P32 | END NOTE The upcoming generation of aircraft is sure to look very different from what we presently witness, aiming for lighter, quieter, safer and more efficient aircraft AIRLINES / OPERATIONS P16 | INDIGO SELECTS CFM’S LEAP-1A ENGINE & SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A320NEOS The engines have been selected to power the airline’s fleet of 310 new Airbus A320neo, A321neo, and A321XLR aircraft ENGINES / TECHNOLOGY P19 | GROWING RESOLVE TO GO GREEN Awards 2017 If the various emerging avenues the aero-engine industry is determinedly pursuing – such as all-electric, hybrid and SPECIAL hydrogen propulsion succeed, air travel could change beyond CONTRIBUTION TO recognition in a few decades BUSINESS AVIATION SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 3 • 2021 1 EDITOR’s NOTE SP’s PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENT Ayushee Chaudhary CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) Innovation is an integral part of Aviation as the industry needs to S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad Shriniwas Mishra constantly reinvent itself. Be the innovations in airframes, propulsion, CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR Jayant Baranwal avionics or in the concept of transportation itself (urban mobility, air PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT taxis, flying cars, etc.), the aviation sector relies on innovations to Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel propel it forward and fly to new heights. GROUP DIRECTOR - SALES & MARKETING Neetu Dhulia It is no longer science fiction, or a fantasy of mankind! Cars that can fly will be soon DEPUTY DIRECtor – SALES Rajeev Chugh seen plying on the roads and flying in the air. Straight out of comic books and sci-fi mov- MANAger – HR & ADMIN ies, flying cars are here and will be a game changer in mobility. Operating within the Bharti Sharma existing urban infrastructure, they are expected to redefine the personal transportation DEPUTY MANAger – CirCULATION landscape. In this issue of the magazine, Ayushee Chaudhary profiles the major flying Rimpy Nischal cars in the offing and the kind of innovations that have been carried out to make flying GROUP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE cars a reality. In another feature, Ayushee covers the innovations taking place in tech- Survi Massey nology leading to the development of new and more advanced platforms in a feature on GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu S. Bisht Next Gen Airliners. SP’s websites Another major area in aviation where innovation is happening is the aircraft pro- Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish pulsion. The goal set by the civil aviation industry is to achieve net zero emissions by Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma 2050 to avert the possibility of climate change. The focus of the industry is to develop © SP Guide Publications, 2021 aero engines that are more fuel efficient which will not only reduce emissions, but also SUBSCRIPTION/CIRCULATION reduce consumption of fuel thereby lowering operating costs as well. This issue of the Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 E-mail: [email protected] magazine carries an article on the subject by Joseph Noronha. There is second article [email protected] on this subject in this issue of the magazine by Isha Jaiswal that has in depth coverage FOR ADVERTISING DETAILS CONTACT of the problem and the steps that the industry has taken to improve fuel efficiency to [email protected] reduce carbon emission. [email protected] With a marked drop in cases of infection by the Coronavirus, the restrictions imposed SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD A-133 Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), on air travel were being lifted. Unfortunately, with the emergence of new variants of the New Delhi 110003, India. Coronavirus, governments in a number of countries across the world, have once again Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 imposed restrictions on air travel. This issue of SP’s AirBuz carries a detailed analysis Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 E-mail: [email protected] by Ayushee Chaudhary on the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the global airline Bengaluru, India industry and what the industry should expect as the new normal. 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar, Boeing has a highly optimistic forecast for the global airline industry after the world Bengaluru 560043, India. recovers from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Boeing expects air passenger traffic in India to Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 double by the end of the current decade leading to a four-fold increase in the size of the www.spguidepublications.com fleet presently with the airline industry in India. This issue of the magazine carries the Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and Published annual Boeing forecast by Rohit Goel, of the prospects of rise in demand for air travel at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), leading to growth of the global as well as the Indian airline industry and the consequent New Delhi 110003, India. need for new airliners as well as trained manpower. All rights reserved. All this and more in this issue of SP’s AirBuz. Welcome aboard and we wish you many happy landings! Jai Hind! MEMBER / PARTNER OF B.K. Pandey Editor 2 SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 3 • 2021 www.spsaIrbuz.com G APPOINTMENT FELICITATIONS SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS (SP'S) WELCOME THE NEW UNION CABINET MINISTER AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR CIVIL AVIATION. WE WISH THEM THE BEST FOR SETTING NEW MILESTONES AND SERIES OF SUCCESSES IN ONE OF THE MOST EVOLVING SECTORS! Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (centre), the new Minister of Civil Aviation being welcomed by the outgoing Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri (right). General V.K. Singh (left), the new Minister of State for Civil Aviation was also accorded a warm welcome. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia @JM_ Scindia Delighted to take the baton of the MoCA_GoI from Sh @HardeepSPuri ji. I resolve to discharge my duties with : PIB earnestness & continue the good work undertaken by him. — Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of Civil Aviation PHOTOGRAPH SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 3 • 2021 3 NEWS BRIEFS AIRLINE NEWS which currently has both Airbus A320 and the approval from the National Company A320neos planes in operation. With a mar- Law Tribunal (NCLT) of the resolution plan TATA SONS, SINGAPORE ket share of 7.8 per cent in March 2014, the submitted by the winning consortium.