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SET TO RULE AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 Cover Image: Boeing SP's Airbuz Cover 05-2013.indd 1 22/11/13 3:51 PM COVER STORY / DUBAI AIRSHOW 2013 P18 MIDDLE EAST SET TO RULE THE WORLD Deals worth $200 billion were struck at the Dubai Airshow with Emirates Airline making a record-breaking announcement of 200 aircraft deal (150 Boeing 777X and 50 Airbus A380) at a combined value of $99 billion in list prices. INTERVIEW / AMBASSADOR P8 DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN DELHI AND MADRID LIKELY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR In an exclusive interview with the Editor- in-Chief of SP’s AirBuz, Jayant Baranwal, the Ambassador of Spain in India, Gustavo de Aristegui, talks at length about the opportunities that are opening up for enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries. AIRCRAFT / REGIONAL AVIATION P12 CHANGING THE WAY YOU FLY The E-Jets family of E170, E175, E190 and E195 have proven their worth with airlines and continue to grow at a healthy pace. Airlines appreciate E-Jets for their configuration flexibility. P10 INFRASTRUCTURE / REGIONAL AVIATION INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE P22 AIR TRANSPORT / AIRLINES EXPANDING ACROSS ASIA P27 SAFETY / AIRPORT RUNWAY MISHAPS P29 SHOW REPORT / NBAA 2013 BUSINESS AVIATION ON THE REBOUND DEPARTMENTS P2 A WORD FROM EDITOR GENERAL AVIATION / OEM INTERVIEW / OEM P3 NEWS BRIEFS P16 DREAMLINER IS A SAFE AIRPLANE: P24 ‘We see veRY STRONG POTENTIAL BOEING ACROSS THE WHOLE Region’ P32 FINALLY Boeing is developing new fuel-efficient Mark Dunnachie, Vice President, Asia Pacific, airplanes to address the needs of its Commercial Aviation, Embraer, in conversation customers. with SP’s AirBuz. SP’S AIRBUZ • ISSUE 5 • 2013 • 1 A WORD FROM EDITOR PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey ASSISTANT GROUP EDITOR R. Chandrakanth (Bengaluru) ASSISTANT EDITOR Sucheta Das Mohapatra CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev, Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra, HE CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY in the Middle East appears to be clearly Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, on the upswing as was evident at the air show at Dubai held in the recent past. S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad, On the opening day of the air show itself, the state owned carriers of the Gulf Shriniwas Mishra placed orders for airliners valued at an unprece-dented $193 billion, signalling a CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR determined and rapid expansion of the airlines in the Middle East in the wake Jayant Baranwal Tof the obvious increase in demand. PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT At the Dubai airshow, Boeing unveiled its latest product, the Boeing 777X widebody Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel jet, successor to the Boeing 777. At the air show, the company logged orders for 259 air- ADMIN & COORDINATION craft valued at over $95 billion at list prices from Etihad Airways, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Bharti Sharma the three major Gulf carriers as also Lufthansa Airlines of Germany. European aerospace CREATIVE DIRECTOR major Airbus also cornered a decent share of the pie, receiving orders for 160 aircraft and Anoop Kamath commitments worth $44 billion . GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Meanwhile, the news back home from the airline industry does not appear to be as Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, comforting. One of the better performing low-cost carriers in India, SpiceJet, has reported Sonu Singh Bisht a loss of `559 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, three-and-a-half Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey times the figure reported in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The SALES & MARKETING airline had posted a net profit of `50 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year. Director Sales & Marketing: Neetu Dhulia General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh Overall, prognosis for the Indian airline industry at this point in time, however, does not appear to be inspiring. Estimates by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) suggest SP’s websiTES Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish that the combined loss of all the Indian domestic carriers in the second quarter of the Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma current financial year could be as high as around `3,150 crore. As per a report from CAPA, this is attributable to the fact that “Indian carriers face the dual challenge of a hostile cost © SP Guide Publications, 2013 environment and soft yields”. The question that is agitating the mind of the Indian travel- SUBSCRIPTION/ CIRCULATION ler today is whether more domestic carriers would go the Kingfisher way. Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 E-mail: [email protected] But there are some developments in the offing that could usher in some fresh hope [email protected] for the industry. Two new players, AirAsia and Singapore Airlines, in collaboration with LETTER TO EDITOR Indian partners, primarily the house of Tatas, are set to enter the Indian market. Both the [email protected] foreign partners in the joint ventures are well known and could have the potential to turn FOR ADVERTISING DETAILS CONTACT the Indian airline industry around. But their entry would also raise competition to a new [email protected] level that may aggravate difficulties for the existing carriers if they do not get their house [email protected] in order. It is noteworthy that the Minister of Civil Aviation Ajit Singh did raise the need SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD for privatisation of the national carrier Air India, a suggestion that was quickly smothered A-133 Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), by the loud protest from the opposition parties. New Delhi 110 003, India. The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) held its 66th annual convention Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 and meeting in the US where it was evident that the adverse effect on business aviation of Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 E-mail: [email protected] the global economic slowdown appears to be fading. A detailed coverage of the event by R. Chandrakanth is included in this issue. BENGALURU, INDIA 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar All this apart from the regular features. Welcome aboard and happy landings! Bengaluru 560043, India. Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 www.spguidepublications.com Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and Published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110 003, India. B.K. Pandey All rights reserved. APPLIED FOR Editor 2 • SP’S AIRBUZ • ISSUE 5 • 2013 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 said the third quarter results would reflect ( BUSINESS AVIATION high seasonality, which will help improve yields. “Domestic fare revision at the end of SPICEJET IN TURMOIL the second quarter would have a positive FIRST FALCON 7X EQUIPPED effect on the rest of the year as the forward WITH FALCON SPHERE booking trends for the quarter appear Dassault is poised to deliver the first Falcon 7X encouraging. In the coming peak season, equipped with Falcon Sphere, a new-genera- more business-class seats will be on offer,” tion paperless flight software suite designed the airline said. It also said the surplus air- for use with the popular CMA 1100 electronic craft would be leased or sold in the coming flight bag (EFB) provided by CMC. Falcon months and investment from Abu Dhabi- Sphere consists of a Dassault-designed touch- based Etihad would help in repayment of based user interface and a full set of Falcon- high-cost debt. tailored EFB applications, including Dassault’s new Falcon Manuals that allow the crew to JET-ETIHAD DEAL CLEARED BY CCI access cross-referenced flight documentation Losses posted by low-cost carrier SpiceJet The Competition Commission of India customised to each aircraft configuration for climbed to a record `559 crore for the quar- (CCI) has finally cleared sale of 24 per cent quick, easy browsing and a virtually paperless ter ending September 30, 2014, from `163.5 stake by Jet Airways to Abu Dhabi-based cockpit.