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DEPARTMENTS P2 | EDITOR’S NOTE While environmental activists insist that the only way to P3 | NEWS BRIEFS reduce aviation emissions is to take some planes out of the sky, P31 | END NOTE engine manufacturers are making concerted efforts to reduce fuel burn. ENGINES / BIOFUELS P14 | THE PROMISE OF BIOFUELS IN POWERING AIR TRAVEL The term Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is the name given to any advanced aviation biofuel for jet aircraft that is produced from a sustainable, renewable feedstock. AIRCRAFT / LEASING P17 | A IRCRAFT LEASING AND FINANCE Awards 2017 Aircraft Leasing Aircraft financing is a big ticket activity which has SPECIAL seen an ascendency as aviation companies are buying additional CONTRIBUTION TO aircraft. BUSINESS AVIATION SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 2 • 2020 1 EDITOR’s NOTE SP’s PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia GROUP EXECUTIVE EDITOR Vishal Thapar STAFF CORRESPONDENT Ayushee Chaudhary In today’s dynamic digital age, where information is very fluid and fast- CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd) changing, grabbing and retaining attention of the readers is a constant Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad challenge for the publications. SP Guide Publications, the publisher Shriniwas Mishra of SP’s Airbuz, has always stayed ahead of the curve and has evolved CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR Jayant Baranwal with changing times and requirements. With this issue of SP’s Airbuz, a PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT totally new design is being presented which we hope will enhance our Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel GROUP DIRECTOR - SALES & MARKETING engagement with our valued readers. This design is friendlier, interest- Neetu Dhulia ing and much more pleasing to see and read. We hope our valuable DEPUTY DIRECtor – SALES Rajeev Chugh readers will enjoy it. MANAger – HR & ADMIN Bharti Sharma One major problem that the global civil aviation industry is currently grappling with is ASSISTANT MANAger – HR & ADMIN the ever increasing emissions of Greenhouse Gases that have adverse impact on the envi- Pooja Tehlani ronment. The problem is being addressed though the development of new technologies DEPUTY MANAger – CirCULATION to reduce emissions from the aircraft engines as also to develop alternative methods of Rimpy Nischal propulsion for airplanes. There is also the ongoing effort to enhance the use of biofuels in GROUP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Survi Massey aviation with the ultimate objective of replacing fossil fuels as the supply of this commod- CREATIVE DIRECTOR ity is limited. This issue of SP’s AirBuz carries reviews by Joseph Noronha on the options Anoop Kamath being explored by the global aerospace industry to contain the adverse impact of the avia- GRAPHIC DESIGNERS tion industry on the environment and also the use of biofuels for civil aviation. Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu S. Bisht The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation is currently embarked on a major exercise SP’s websites Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish to enhance the number of civil airports in the country as well as to upgrade many of Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma the existing ones. This programme is driven to a large extent by the newly launched © SP Guide Publications, 2020 Regional Connectivity Scheme of the Government that has come as a boon to the poten- SUBSCRIPTION/CIRCULATION tial air passenger as it will provide affordable air travel and aerial connectivity to areas Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 that were so far not accessible by air. 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Welcome aboard and wish you happy Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and Published reading! at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. All rights reserved. MEMBER OF: B.K. Pandey Editor 2 SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 2 • 2020 www.spsaIrbuz.com G NEWS BRIEFS AIRLINE NEWS induction. In fact, the expansion has come at a huge cost to the airline. SpiceJet had EVENT CALENDAR Ariana Afghan airlines to induct a revenue increase of 47 per cent against six new airliners a capacity increase of 59 per cent. Indeed 12–15 March Ariana Afghan Airlines, the national carrier compared to last year, SpiceJet expanded its Wings India 2020 of Afghanistan, has issued a request for pro- fleet from 77 aircraft to 119 aircraft. 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.