EMIRATES-AIRBUS MRO G.K. CHAUKIYAL, A380 RESCUE PROGRESS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATION IN INDIA (RCS), AAI P 17 P 21 P 24 APRIL-MAY 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 2 WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER – WINGS INDIA 2018 VISIT US AT HALL ‘B’ BOOTH 28 PAGE 12 REGIONAL JETS IN INDIA EXTINCTION OR REBIRTH? THE ARTICLE ESTABLISHES THAT REGIONAL JETS ARE NOT EXTINCT BIRDS. INSTEAD, THINK OF THEM AS RISING LIKE A PHOENIX. AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover: EMIRATES-AIRBUS MRO G.K. CHAUKIYAL, It’s an intriguing prospect – A380 RESCUE PROGRESS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATION IN INDIA (RCS), AAI INDUSTRY / REGIONAL AVIATION smaller capacity Regional Jets, P 17 P 21 P 24 APRIL-MAY 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) P12 REGIONAL JETS IN INDIA HEADED VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 2 nonstop flights that bypass hubs, WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER – WINGS INDIA 2018 FOR EXTINCTION OR REBIRTH? higher yields, lower unit costs – VISIT US AT HALL ‘B’ BOOTH 28 that may just mean that Don’t think of Regional Jets as extinct RJs will once again find their birds. Instead, think of them as rising place in Indian skies. PAGE 12 REGIONAL JETS IN INDIA EXTINCTION OR REBIRTH? like a phoenix. Cover Image: THE ARTICLE ESTABLISHES THAT REGIONAL JETS ARE NOT EXTINCT BIRDS. INSTEAD, THINK OF THEM AS RISING LIKE A PHOENIX. AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Anoop Kamath RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 AIRLINES / BUSINESS P14 INDIAN CARRIERS — ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS MODELS As all the airliners are procured from abroad, it is the airlines’ economic models, operations and marketing strategies to attract and retain customers, are factors that make the difference. P8 INDUSTRY / ANALYSIS INDIAN CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY AIRLINES / EMIRATES — OVERALL MARKET ANALYSIS P17 EMIRATES-AIRBUS A380 RESCUE OP P19 AIR TRANSPORT / CATCHES INDUSTRY UNAWARES ENVIRONMENT Emirates has safeguarded its interests and also THE PLANE TRUTH ABOUT at the same time, been a ‘good friend’ to Airbus CLIMATE CHANGE without bruising its relationship with Boeing. P21 AIR TRANSPORT / MRO MRO PROGRESS IN INDIA P29 SHOW REPORT / SINGAPORE AIRSHOW COMPONENTS CALLED THE SHOTS AT SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2018 DEPARTMENTS P2 A WORD FROM EDITOR P3 NEWS BRIEFS P32 FINALLY EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW / AAI INTERVIEW / BIAL P24 SEAPLANES, CRITICS AND MORE, P26 “WE INTEND TO EXPAND TO MAKE HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BENGALURU A MAJOR GATEWAY TO Awards 2017 ABOUT UDAN INDIA” SPECIAL AAI’s Executive Director (RCS), G.K. Exclusive interview with Javed Malik, CONTRIBUTION TO Chaukiyal tells Arpita Kala of SP’s AirBuz Chief Operating Officer of Bengaluru why the RCS is going to work. International Airport (BIAL). BUSINESS AVIATION SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 2 • 2018 • 1 A WORD FROM EDITOR PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd) Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad Shriniwas Mishra CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR INGS INDIA 2018 IS a major event for the Indian civil aviation Jayant Baranwal industry being held at Begumpet airport at Hyderabad. An Interna- PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT tional event to showcase civil aviation and aerospace, this Airshow Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel began as India Aviation Airshow and the inaugural event was held in ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR October 2008. Wings India 2018 is the sixth edition of the event. Arpita Kala W In the lead story in this issue of SP’s AirBuz, Byron Bohlman, an aviation expert, analy- PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENT Rohit Srivastava ses the regional aviation scene in India and the issues related to profitability in operating CREATIVE DIRECTOR Regional Jets. The author states that currently, carriers in India largely operate turboprops on Anoop Kamath short routes as these aircraft offer better profitability. However, on the longer routes Regional GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Jets have the potential to offer significantly better profitability. There is a crossover point, Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht measured by distance, where the efficiency of a jet surpasses that of a turboprop. Longer sec- Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey tors hold the key to Regional Jet’s success where nonstop flights that replace hub connections ADMIN & COORDINATION can command higher yields. With the rapid growth of regional aviation in India, Regional Jets Bharti Sharma have the potential to play a major role in the future in the Indian regional aviation segment. ASST - ADMIN, HR & INFRA Pooja Tehlani Just prior to Wings India, the global civil aviation industry was involved in another major SALES & MARKETING event, the Singapore Airshow 2018 held in the second week of February this year. 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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 AIR INDIA’S LOSSES ESCALATE According to figures provided in Parliament EVENTS CALENDAR by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, ACQUISITION OF AIRCRAFT BY INDIAN Jayant Sinha, the state-owned carrier Air WINGS INDIA 2018 CARRIERS India registered a loss of `57.65 billion in the 8–11 March With the domestic passenger traffic crossing financial year ending March 31, 2017. This Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, India the ten crore-mark last year, the future for was `19.29 billion higher than `38.36 billion www.wings-india.in the Indian airline industry is undoubtedly loss suffered in the previous financial year. NBAA: INTERNATIONAL OPERATORS’ bright. 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