BizAvIndia 1/2018 - Supplement to SP's Aviation 3/2018

Issue Features

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  MISSION

  BAOA: A Journey of Transformation
  By Group Captain Rajesh K. Bali (Retd), MD, BAOA

  BAOA’s biggest achievement has been to give the industry a unified voice to represent all industry matters

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW

  BAOA President Rohit Kapur Says It How He Sees It
  By Arpita Kala

  Importing foreign pilots to DIAL’s big brother role, seaplanes and more, the third-time chief of the association gets candid about aviation

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW

  Digitising Business Aviation 101: Kanika Tekriwal on How It’s Done
  By Arpita Kala

  India’s helicopter phobia, cloning herself and more, the CEO of JetSetGo chats about the new age aviation

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW

  Meet the Man Who Always Sees the Glass Half-full, Club One Air CEO Rajan Mehra
  By Arpita Kala

  The business aviation veteran tells us why lack of infrastructure, slow economic growth or even rivals won’t make him skip the spring in his step

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  STATUS

  State of Indian Business Aviation
  By Arpita Kala

  The Union budget snub notwithstanding, RCS, FBOs and more, here’s what the sector can look forward to

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  TECHNOLOGY

  All-new Gulfstream G500 & G600
  By Jason Akovenko

  A revolutionary aircraft family is not simply an exciting achievement for Gulfstream, but will shape and redefine business aviation, setting the standard for years to come

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  FACTFILE HONDAJET

  HondaJet - Premium Light Jet
  By Rohit Srivastava

  Considered as a game changer in compact business jets, HondaJet, a much awarded innovative design, is all set to storm the market.

• CONFERENCE

  Government's Priority Focus on Improving Air Connectivity Defines Favourable Prospects for Business and General Aviation in India

  Honourable Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha to deliver the inaugural address and set the tone for BizAVIndia Conference 2018

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Mahindra Aerospace and Viking Air Form Strategic Alliance
  By Rohit Srivastava

  Mahindra Aerospace has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Canada’s Viking Air to “leverage their unique and complementary resources”...

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Gulfstream Delivers fourth G650ER to Qatar Airways

  Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced it recently delivered a fourth Gulfstream G650ER to Qatar Airways for its Qatar Executive commercial charter service.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  HondaJet Finishes 2017 as the Most Delivered Jet in Its Category

  Honda Aircraft Company recently announced that the HondaJet was the most delivered jet in its category for 2017, based on numbers provided by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Pilatus Delivers PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to Launch Customer, PlaneSense

  In a ceremony held on February 7, 2018, at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd in Broomfield, Colorado, USA the first production PC-24 twin jet was handed over to US customer PlaneSense.

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  From the Editor-in-Chief

  Dear Readers, It’s that time of the year again. Close on the heels of Wings India 2018, the international exhibition and conference on civil aviation sector, the BizAvIndia Conference is all set to roll with more insider and expert insights of the sector.

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  MESSAGE

  Message from President, BAOA

  As we get together for the fourth edition of BizAV India Conference on the side-lines of the ‘Wings India’ event being held in Hyderabad from March 8-11, 2018, I am often asked a question on the role of BAOA, and what does it stand for in the present environment.