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Dramatic advances in aircraft seating technology are allowing airlines to offer more comfortable aircraft cabins than ever before
Record CFM Orders But Shortfall Continues
CFM remains confident about ramping up output this year. The engine maker is also handling queries from aircraft manufacturers about potential future increases in demand.
Will Our Airports Be Secure?
The recent bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has raised the question of security. It is in such a situation that the recent Airports Authority of India (AAI) tender for Ground Handling assumes importance. While a senior official has been caught by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly demanding a bribe from a ground handling company, many questions still remain unanswered. TIRTHANKAR GHOSH asks why to simply accommodate a handful of favoured few participants, officials, for reasons best known to them, went out of their way to welcome entities with questionable security clearances in the most security-sensitive zones in our country: Airports.
VR Prescription For Faulty Engines
The ways in which VR is being applied in the aviation industry are extremely useful and varied. Commercial aircraft faults are now being enhanced by the use of VR simulations, along with aviation training, component design, and several other uses. And now, Rolls-Royce and Qatar Airways are using Virtual Reality (VR) to train engineers, in a first for the two companies.
Simulation Can Augment Indian Aviation
As the Indian aviation industry story plays out, it is important that safety should be the topmost priority and simulation is a process that can help meet all the challenges.
Air Cargo - Readying For The Future
Representing prominent players from the air cargo fraternity in the country, the Air Cargo Forum India’s recent conference has set the ball rolling for India to become the third largest in the movement of both cargo and passenger traffic.