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The Boeing 777X From APRIL-MAY 2020 `100.00 AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION (INDIA-bASED BUYER ONLY) VOLume 13 ISSue 2 SP’s www.spsairbuz.com RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 AN EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA WINGS INDIA SPECIAL 2020 VISIT US AT StaLL 7 IN HALL B PAGE 11 GREENER SKIES ENGINE MANUFACTURERS’ INITIATIVES ARE WE AT AIRPORT THE CUSP OF DRONES AS PRIVATISATION & SUPERSONIC THE FUTURE OF MODERNISATION AIRLINERS? TRANSPORT P 7 P 20 P 24 TOMORROW’S MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS. AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY. ADVANCING THE PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY AND HEALTH OF YOUR ENGINES. Pratt & Whitney’s complete EngineWise® service platform combines predictive technologies, tailored solutions and shared expertise to deliver unprecedented levels of support to your fleet. Reducing your costs and providing greater insights – it’s how we help you operate your engines worry-free. 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But the Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, India posals (RFP) to purchase six new airliners. telling figure is the cost per available seat www.wings-india.in An order of this magnitude would effectively per kilometre excluding fuel. This showed double the existing fleet of the airlines from a five per cent increase. If calculated as a 16–19 March the current level which is reported to be of profit per aircraft, SpiceJet in Q3FY19 made NBAA’s International Operators just six aircraft. The list of aircraft in the RFP 62 lakh per aircraft compared to 71 lakh per Conference (IOC2020) that has been floated recently, includes two aircraft during the same period last year.
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