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Superior performance | Lower cost of ownership | Greater reliability MORE TO BELIEVE IN C32386.011_CFM_BEE_SPsAviation_267x210_v1.indd 1 15/07/2013 10:58 taBLE OF CONTENTS A350 XWB: INTERVIEW: MIKE SHOW REPORT: QUIET & ARCAMONE, PARIS AIR SHOW IMPRESSIVE BOMBARDIER 2013 Cover: P 14 P 21 P 24 JUNE - JULY 2013 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 3 Tony Fernandes, AirAsia WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.NET ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE M A G A ZINE ON C IVIL AVIA TION FROM I NDI A Chief, is buoyant about his airlines’ foray into the Indian market. He hopes to live up to his company’s motto: NOW “Now everyone can fly.” DESTINATION AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION INDIA RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 Cover Image: SP Guide Pubns SP's Airbuz Cover 03-2013.indd 1 30/08/13 11:31 AM AIR TRANSPORT / AIRLINES P12 AIRASIA’S FORAY INTO INDIA AirAsia Chief Tony Fernandes says that the market in India is now favourable and it’s the perfect time to enter as silly capital has gone out. AirAsia India will start operations from Chennai in October. GENERAL AVIATION / INFRASTRUCTURE P7 notHING GENERAL ABOUT IT! The nation already has elements necessary to support the complete range of general aviation activities–airfields, MRO facilities and market opportunities. However, the disconnect amongst these elements needs to be bridged through regulations as also support from all the stakeholders for the potential of general aviation to be exploited in full measure. AIRCRAFT / A350 XWB P14 QUIET & IMPRESSIVE The wide-body jetliner A350 XWB astonished visitors at the Paris Air Show with a show- stopping flying display in the skies above the Le Bourget Airport. P10 AIR TRANSPORT / TRAINING HUMAN faCTORS VitaL P17 AIR TRANSPORT / REGIONAL AVIATION THE RIGHT CHOICE? P21 INTERVIEW / OEM MICHELE (MIKE) ARCAMONE, PRESIDENT, BOMBARDIER COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT DEpartMENTS PW1524G P2 A WORD FROM EDITOR P4 NEWS BRIEFS AIRCRAFT / ENGINES SHOW REPORT / PARIS AIR SHOW P32 FINALLY P19 FOR A GREENER FUTURE P24 PARIS GIVES TRUE FLAVOURS OF AViation INDUstry Through massive investment in technology and operating procedures, aviation has This 50th International Paris Air Show was a managed to decouple its emissions growth great success with a record number of exhibitors, to around three per cent. confirmed orders for more than $150 billion. SP’S AIRBUZ • ISSUE 3 • 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, HE INDIAN CIVIL AVIATION industry has been witness to a number Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra, of profound changes in the recent past. Approval by the government of the Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, proposal for foreign direct investment (FDI) up to 49 per cent by foreign S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad, airlines into Indian carriers in September 2012 was a major turning point Shriniwas Mishra for the industry. After some initial uncertainty, finally, there appeared to be CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR some forward movement in respect of FDI in Indian carriers with the Abu Jayant Baranwal Dhabi-based Etihad Airways offering to acquire 24 per cent stake in the PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT financially beleaguered private Indian carrier Jet Airways. While the proposal got an early Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel T nod from the government, it appears to have hit some roadblocks. While the travelling ADMIN & COORDINATION public was looking forward to better connectivity, convenient routeing and wider options, Bharti Sharma there seems to be some controversy on account of which decision on the proposal has SENIOR ART DIRECTOR been deferred. At this point in time, it is not clear as to when the issue might be resolved. Anoop Kamath A major international event in the recent past has been the 50th Paris Air Show from GRAPHIC DESIGNERS June 17-23. The prevailing inclement weather failed to subdue the efforts of the industry Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, that is striving to emerge from the recent global slow down. Sonu Singh Bisht Then there is the arrival in India of AirAsia, the highly successful low-cost carrier of Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey South East Asia. The track record of the airline of providing no-frill affordable air travel is SALES & MARKETING likely to drive a chill up the collective spine of the Indian carriers. Perhaps the most seri- Director Sales & Marketing: Neetu Dhulia General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh ous threat to survival is being perceived by the national carrier Air India which is already on a life support system. In any case, entry of AirAsia is expected to usher in good times SP’s websITES Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish for the Indian domestic and international air passenger. Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma The enhanced focus by the government on the development of airport infrastructure espe- cially in Tier-II and III cities will open up new markets for the regional carriers, provided they © SP Guide Publications, 2013 have the right type of regional aircraft. The article on regional aviation analyses the emerg- SUBSCRIPTION/ CIRCULATION ing situation and concludes that in the foreseeable future, turboprops are likely to spearhead Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 E-mail: [email protected] the advance of regional aviation in the country. 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