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A SUPPLEMENT TO Sp’s AVIATION 12/2019 India VolumeBizAv 5 • issue 4 WWW.SPS-AVIATION.COM/BIZAVINDIASUPPLEMENT P 4 INTERVIEW: R.K. BALI, MANAGING DIRECTOR, BAOA P 9 GULFSTREAM CASTS A SPELL WITH THE LAUNCH OF G700 P 13 A TALE OF PAGE 7 EMBRAER PRAETOR: DIFFERENT BY DESIGN. DISRUPTIVE BY CHOICE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS P 17 SHOW REPORT: QATAR AIRWAYS - ON CONSISTENT SPREE NBAA 2019 TOWARDS INTEGRATING BUSINESS AVIATION + MORE... PRAETOR 500: THE BEST MIDSIZE JET EVER. The Praetor 500 surpassed its design goals in range, takeoff distance and high-speed cruise. The disruptive Praetor 500 leads the way in performance, comfort and technology. As the farthest- and fastest-flying midsize jet with 3,340 nm range and a high-speed cruise of 466 ktas, the Praetor 500 makes nonstop, corner- to-corner flights across North America. Miami to Seattle. San Francisco to Gander. Los Angeles to New York. It also connects the U.S. west coast to Europe and South America with just one stop. 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Additionally, more G500s and G650s P 4 INTERVIEW: R.K. BALI, are to be added this year and the MANAGING DIRECTOR, BAOA P 9 next year, followed by the most GULFSTREAM CASTS A SPELL WITH THE LAUNCH OF G700 P 13 recent G700. A TALE OF PAGE 7 EMBRAER PRAETOR: DIFFERENT BY DESIGN. DISRUPTIVE BY CHOICE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS P 17 SHOW REPORT: QATAR AIRWAYS - ON CONSISTENT SPREE NBAA 2019 Cover Photograph TOWARDS INTEGRATING BUSINESS AVIATION + MORE... BizAvIndia Cover 4-2019.indd 1 05/12/19 10:25 AM Qatar Airways CONTENTS PAGE 4 EXCLUSIVE iNTeRVieW BAOA Group Captain R.K. Bali (Retd), BAOA PAGE 7 oPeRATioNs QATAR EXECUTIVE A Tale of Accomplishments BY Ayushee CHAUDHARY PAGE 9 i NNoVATioN GULFSTREAM Gulfstream casts a spell with the A VIEW OF STATIC DISPLAY AT THE DUBAI AIRSHOW 2019 launch of G700 BY Ayushee CHAUDHARY PAGE 20 PAGE 11 Why the Show Was a Must-Attend EXCLUSIVE BY Ayushee ChAUDHARY iNTervieW GULFSTREAM Nicolas Robinson, Gulfstream PAGE 22 SHOW REPORT DUBAI AIRSHOW 2019 PAGE 13 Business Aircraft turn heads i NNoVATioN EMBRAER at the 2019 Dubai Airshow Different by Design. Disruptive by Choice. BY Ayushee ChAUDHARY BY sP’s CoRRESPoNDeNT PAGE 16 REGULAR DEPARTMENTS iNTeRVieW ACASS 2 from the editor’s desk Crew Shortage and Opportunity: A Pilot’s Perspective BY sP’s CoRRESPoNDeNT SHow rePORT NBAA 2019 Awards 2017 PAGE 17 SPECIAL Aimed at a Sustainable Future of Aviation CONTRIBUTION TO BY Ayushee ChAUDHARY BUSINESS AVIATION www.sps-aviation.com/bizavindiasupplement BizAVIndia | ISSUE 4 | 2019 1 FROM the editOR-in-CHIEF PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal GROUP EXECUTIVE EDITOR Vishal Thapar ADVISORY BOARD Air Vice Marshal S.S. Chauhan (Retd) President, BAOA Group Captain R.K. Bali (Retd), Qatar Executive is perhaps a Managing Director, BAOA CHAIRMAN & MaNagING DIRECTOR benchmark that may well be followed Jayant Baranwal not only by some of the top airlines in PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT the world but also by the top carriers Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel in India, as to how to integrate and DESIGN Creative Director: Anoop Kamath how to expand with yet another great Designers: Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu S. Bisht business activity. GROUP DIRECTor – SaLES & MaRKETING Neetu Dhulia Dear Reader, DEPUTY DIRECTor – SaLES For the business aviation industry, constant innovation with not just design but also technol- Rajeev Chugh ogy and comfort is becoming a growing demand. With so much choice at hand, customers are MANager – HR & ADMIN looking for a complete package and the business aviation leaders are offering the best to not Bharti Sharma disappoint them. ASSISTANT MaNager – HR & ADMIN Embraer has constantly challenged, created and outperformed, accentuating aviation Pooja Tehlani history with disruptive moments of industry-leading progress and innovation and the most DEPUTY MaNager – CirCULATION recent example of that are Embraer’s remarkable Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 aircraft. This Rimpy Nischal issue of BizAvIndia contains a report on the same by our special correspondent. GROUP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Another major player in the business aviation industry, Gulfstream is constantly expand- Survi Massey ing the horizon of imagination for the industry with its latest technical innovations. In an interview with BizAvIndia Nicolas Robinson, Regional Vice President International Sales, SP’S WEBSITES Sr Web Developer: Shailendra P. Ashish Middle East and South Asia, Gulfstream shares the insights of what goes behind in creating Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma these statement aircraft. The business aviation industry was left under awe by the company once more with the launch of its latest aircraft G700, which is being called the harbinger of a © SP Guide Publications, 2019 new era for Gulfstream. A report on its details by Ayushee Chaudhary is a part of this issue. ADVERTISING Qatar Airways’ business aviation journey, under its Executive Jets’ arm namely Qatar [email protected] Executive, is another success story with the highest standards of service and excellence that [email protected] it offers. This issue traces Qatar’s journey and their rapid expansion onto making Business SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD Aviation as one of the most key offerings for their customers’ base. Qatar Executive became A-133 Arjun Nagar, the launch customer of G700 which was unveiled by Gulfstream during NBAA in October this (Opposite Defence Colony) New Delhi 110003, India. year. Qatar Executive is perhaps a benchmark that may well be followed not only some of the Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, top airlines in the world but also by the top carriers in India, as to how to integrate and how to 24644763, 24620130 expand with yet another great business activity. Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 While business aviation is expanding on a global level, India is still struggling to find sta- E-mail: [email protected] ble ground in this sector. Indian business aviation industry is in the dire need for supportive Owned, published and printed by Jayant steps to be taken by the Government and the regulator. In an interview with Vishal Thapar, Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd Group Captain R.K. Bali (Retd), Managing Director of Business Aircraft Operators Associa- and published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite tion (BAOA) talks about issues engulfing the Indian business aviation industry. Defence Colony), New Delhi 110 003, India. All Show reports covering NBAA 2019, held in October this year and also the recently con- rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, cluded Dubai Airshow 2019 are also a part of this edition. or transmitted in any form or by any means, All this and much more in this issue of BizAvIndia. photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise Welcome aboard and we wish you many happy landings! without prior written permission of the Publishers. J. Baranwal Editor-in-Chief 2 BizAVIndia | ISSUE 4 | 2019 www.sps-aviation.com/bizavindiasupplement “The flight crews ACASS provided exceeded our high standards and the entire team goes above and beyond to keep safety the number one priority.” AZIZ OJJEH, Vice President, TAG Group S.A. WITH “We turned to ACASS to sell our G550 because of their reputation for integrity, international reach, and optimal results. 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