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Challenges In The Sky, Countered On The Ground @FSTC

If there is one organisation that has been working over the last few years to keep Indian carriers in the air, it is Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC). Having trained more than 1100 pilots – both Indian and foreign – the Centre feels that the government should help out and reduce taxes to enable it to be competitive, as TIRTHANKAR GHOSH found out.

Bangalore's Prepping To Unveil Its Airport In A Garden

A few years ago the word ‘Bangalored’ meant losing one’s job to outsourcing in dia, and more specifically, to Bangalore. Well, the manner in which Bangalore irport has chalked out plans for growth, it will probably ‘Bangalore’ all other rports in South India.

A380: Going, Going – Almost Gone

Is the lifeline deal for the A380 superjumbo between Airbus and Emirates on the brink? That is ever since Bloomberg put out a story on November 4, stating that the deal “has reached an impasse amid drawn-out talks involving the engines”.

VEECON ROK Ties Up With BSNL

Tie-up announced for citywide wi-fi network in 25 Indian cities; Veecon Rokit will launch mobile handsets that will include India’s first 3D glasses free handsets.

Air Cargo Means More Revenues

Domestic carriers are no longer averse to picking up cargo – thanks to e-commerce – to boost bottom lines.

Flying Abroad On Private Jets Becomes Easy

Flying Abroad On Private Jets Becomes Easy

Falcon 5X Ends Journey Even Before Flight

The first deliveries of 5X had to be pushed back to 2020, which prompted at least 12 customers to cancel their orders for the $45 million jet.

Brexit: Conundrums

No one really knows what will happen in the next 15 months to aviation stakeholders after the UK leaves the European Union in March 2019.

The Monarch Is Dead...And So Is Air Berlin And Niki

“Important! Monarch has stopped operating. Please do not go to the airport.” A simple enough message but one that Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was forced to send out. The October 2, 2017 message was blunt but what else could the CAA do when the 49-year-old Monarch airline stopped flying.

The Year Of The Upstarts

If there is one segment that most carriers are interested in, it is the middle of the market, often abbreviated MoM, the airliner market between the narrowbody and the widebody aircraft. Over the last year, a number of aircraft manufacturers have put their best foot forward to get into the hallowed MoM segment.

Sky High Demand For Onboard Wi-Fi

Inmarsat survey hints at Asia demand for onboard Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, the Indian skies don’t allow internet in the skies.

'We Try To Improve Quality Of Training'

...And it is done with the help of virtual reality, said a Dassault spokesperson to K SRINIVASAN. While there is no wastage of time, the process allows learners to get a better view and understanding of an aircraft.

Air Cargo - Mial Sets Benchmark In Pharma Handling

The Mumbai international airport’s partnership with brussels airport has made it the first airport in the country to embark on a community approach for the IATA CEIV pharma certification, Manoj Singh, senior vice president and head of cargo, Mumbai international airport told Tirthankar Ghosh.

‘Global Alliances Need To Innovate And Adapt'

Aviation alliances will continue to be effective only if they change, said Rob Gurney, in a speech he delivered to Aviation Club members on the alliance’s 18th birthday. We reproduce excerpts:

Harts Together

Harts Together

Delhi Lifeline For N-E's Perishables

GMR-led Delhi Airport has started a new service that seeks to open up markets for fruits and vegetables from the North-Eastern states

Airbus To Chop Its Way To The Top

Light single- and twin-engined helicopters from Airbus will dominate, accounting for 16,234 combined sales, or 74 per cent of the total

ACAAI's Not Guilty

In the latest round of the battle over the Cargo Accounts Settlement System (CASS), Tirthankar Ghosh reports that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations levelled by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) against the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) of unfair practices.

Advocate Who Hates 'Jerks'

Were it not for a jerk that Advocate Yashwant Shenoy felt every time his flight landed at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati International Airport, the High Court of Bombay would not have taken notice of the gross violations in building constructions taking place at the end of the airport’s runway.

The Win-Win JV?

The much-hyped Boeing-Embraer deal is still a “work in progress” and faces a lot of hurdles before it receives the final nod. Life after the deal will not be easy for the likes of China’s Comac, Russia’s Sukhoi and Japan’s Mitsubishi. Perhaps, more important, it could set the ball rolling for Boeing’s Midmarket Aircraft – unofficially, the 797. A report.

Done Deal?

The Airbus-Bombardier deal – it has yet to be cleared by antitrust bodies — promises to give the European air framer a significant advantage in the single-aisle front. And, now that the unions have given the tie-up a thumbs-up, the world of aviation will wait to see if Airbus has an ace in its hands. A report

No Problems With The US – Yet!

Donald Trump’s ‘Only America’ move has not had any effect yet on exports from India but air cargo stakeholders maintain that pharma products could feel the heat in the future. A report from TIRTHANKAR GHOSH.

november nod to numbers

“allaying clocked record growth of 22.4 per cent yoy (year-on-year) in the demonetisation month of november ’16,” tweeted union civil aviation minister ashok gajapathi raju.

All Set for the Connected Traveller

India aviation has been lagging behind its global counterparts as far as adoption and introduction of new technology. But all that is set to change with most airlines and airports increasing IT spending in 2017 to meet rapid passenger growth. A report

Ready for the Delhi-Kabul AIRBRIDGE

While the recent Heart of Asia conference sent out a strong message to the world community about Pakistan’s involvement in harbouring and fostering terrorists, it also saw the first steps by India and Pakistan to create an air cargo service that would be an important enabler of twoway trade between India and Afghanistan. Such a service comes on the back of the establishment of the Iranian port of Chabahar port.

‘Ease Operational and Regulatory Aspects to Spur General Aviation Growth'

Abdullah-Al-Sayed, Founder and Chairman of NEXUS Group, has been associated with general aviation in India for more than 20 years. Though 2016 was a good year for NEXUS in India, Al-Sayed while speaking to CRUISING HEIGHTS, said that the future looked good — now that the country was poised to witness regional services. NEXUS is the very first and only licensed company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to set up independent Flight Operations Service. Today, NEXUS has Flight Operations Centers in Kigali, Rwanda; Mumbai, India, and Manila, The Philippines in addition to Jeddah and Dammam in KSA

High On Expectations, Low On Delivery

This year, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI-organised Wings India 2018 left much to be desired. While there were a limited number of aircraft on show, there were few exhibitors, fewer celebrities and a host of disappointed visitors. This, at a time, when the country is all set to leap into the big league of aviation nations

Dangerous Flying!

Pratt & Whitney may have found a solution to the unending woes for its engines powering the A320 new engine option (neo) aircraft, however, the fact remains that the grounding of the planes and Airbus' decision to stop delivery of planes with PW engines has dealt a severe blow to IndiGo and GoAir's growth plans. IndiGo is one the biggest buyers of the aircraft, with more than 350 aircraft yet to be delivered, while GoAir is the next in line with orders for 131 neos

Who Will Be India's JetBlue?

JetBlue was a dark horse when it began operations in the USA but rapidly moved up the ladder from being a low-cost carrier to a value carrier. Ameya Joshi lists out the similarities and dissimilarities between the US carrier and Indian LCCs, IndiGo and SpiceJet, that have been travelling on the path to becoming the JetBlue of the Indian skies.

Spicejet Makes King's Move

SpiceJet has left no stone unturned to expand its reach in the aviation sector — whether it is taking the slots of Jet Airways at airports or leasing the grounded planes of Jet Airways. Ameya Joshi questions SpiceJet’s moves.