Vol. 21 No. 9 November 2014 orientaviation.com MAN WITH A MANTRA Low-cost does not mean low quality insists IndiGo’s youthful president, Aditya Ghosh Aer Lingus boss Asia-Pacific leads Oil glut clouds new MAS CEO? cargo renaissance fuel hedging strategy Asia-Pacific SPECIAL REPORT MRO innovation:an update B: 8.5” T: 7.7” S: 6.9” ADVERTISEMENT Mobil Jet Oil™ 387: Reducing complexity for fleet maintenance Since the dawn of powered flight, ExxonMobil Aviation has deliver superb and consistent performance benefits and the been at the heart of aviation history. desire to reduce operational complexity. That’s why, today, successful airline fleets all around the world How will Mobil Jet Oil 387 help reduce complexity in fleet rely on the company’s family of Mobil Jet™-branded lubricants maintenance? and expert services. 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Magenta PUBS: None 111502.jpeg (CMYK; 576 ppi), energy_lives_here_80.eps, exmo_tech_ Yellow Black ISSUE: None grey_cmyk.eps, Mobil_Jet_H_4C-TM.eps TRAFFIC: Darcey Lund ART BUYER: None ACCOUNT: None RETOUCH: Steve Lakeman PRODUCTION: Len Rappaport ART DIRECTOR: None COPYWRITER: None CONTENTS Volume 21, Issue 9 COVER STORY 24 PUBLISHED BY ORIENT AVIATION MEDIA GROUP Mailing address: GPO Box 11435 Hong Kong Office: 17/F Hang Wai Commercial Building, 231-233 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel: Editorial (852) 2865 1013 Fax: Editorial (852) 2865 3966 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.orientaviation.com Publisher & Editor-in-Chief MAN WITH Christine McGee E-mail: [email protected] A MANTRA Chief Correspondent Tom Ballantyne Low-cost does not mean low quality says Tel: (612) 9638 6895 Fax: (612) 9684 2776 IndiGo’s youthful president, Aditya Ghosh E-mail: [email protected] COVER PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Greater China Correspondent Dominic Lalk Tel: (852) 2865 1013 Fax: (852) 2865 3966 COMMENT Lima via Los Angeles; Boeing and China’s COMAC E-mail: [email protected] 5 Cargo revival on the way? in biofuel project; China Aviation Supplies has North Asia Correspondent signed a General Terms Agreement for 70 A320s; Geoffrey Tudor Tel: (813) 3373 8368 NEWS Garuda Indonesia has confirmed its order for 50 E-mail: [email protected] 8 Asia-Pacific carriers lead cargo growth B737 MAX family aircraft; Kunming Airlines has India Correspondent 8 Government changing the rules to favour Jetstar ordered four B737-700NG and six B737MAX; EVA R. Thomas Hong Kong? Airways has leased two B777-300ER from BOC Tel: (852) 2865 1013 E-mail: [email protected] 8 India’s IndiGo sets Airbus record for A320neo Aviation; Mitsubishi has unveiled its first 92-seat 9 THAI president wants 6,000 staff to go MRJ test aircraft; Photographers Rob Finlayson, Colin Parker, 14 Aer Lingus boss tipped for MAS? Graham Uden 14 Etihad unveils new alliance model Design & Production 16 Oil glut clouds fuel hedging strategy Chan Ping Kwan Printing MAIN STORY Printing Station(2008) 20 Asia-Pacific leads air cargo revival ADMINISTRATION General Manager Shirley Ho 9 Qantas signs wage freeze with engineers E-mail: [email protected] 9 Pratt & Whitney to test Exxonmobil synthetic fuel ADVERTISING 9 Flight Safety and Abu Dhabi Aviation announce flight school South East Asia and Pacific Tan Kay Hui 9 Pan Am plans joint venture Bangkok training Tel: (65) 9790 6090 academy E-mail: [email protected] BUSINESS ROUND UP The Americas / Canada 10 Dreamliner costs drag on Boeing’s positive news Barnes Media Associates Ray Barnes 10 Tigerair Singapore subleases surplus jets NEWS BACKGROUNDERS Tel: (1 434) 770 4108 10 Spring Airlines’ IPO application approved 23 Scoot eyes Greater Japan Fax: (1 434) 927 5101 E-mail: [email protected] 10 Bangkok Airways IPO heavily oversubscribed 32 Support for global tracking system falters 10 Virgin Australia ownership boosts Tigerair 34 Australian aerospace on the hunt for Asian Europe & the Middle East REM International Australia business Stephane de Rémusat 12 SHORTTAKES includes: Cathay Pacific Airways Tel: (33 5) 34 27 01 30 Fax: (33 5) 34 27 01 31 updates Brushwing logo; All Nippon Airways will SPECIAL REPORT E-mail: [email protected] code share with South America’s Avianca to the Asia-Pacific MRO Innovation: an update © All rights reserved U.S. and with Ethiopian Airways to Europe via 28 Less still means more for Asia-Pacific MROs Wilson Press HK Ltd., Kenya and Addis Ababa; Korean Air and Lan Peru 29 European MRO breaks ground in Indonesia Hong Kong, 2014 have extended their partnership from Seoul to 30 Smart phones drive MRO innovation NOVEMBER 2014 / ORIENT AVIATION / 3 Pratt & Whitney. 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The air cargo market is growing in international freight volumes should increase at an annual line with long-term rates. What comes as even better news is compound rate of 4.1% to 2018, and that the fastest growing that despite a slowing economy China, responsible for 45% of routes would be between the Middle East and Asia, at 6.2%. the region’s air freight and a key to full long-term recovery, is In five years, six of the ten largest international air cargo performing well. markets will be in Asia. They will be China (2), UAE (3), Hong As Wang Zhiqing, deputy administrator of the Civil Aviation Kong (5), Republic of Korea (6), Japan (7), Taiwan (9) and Administration of China (CAAC) told an International Civil India (10).