BizAvIndia 2/2025 - Supplement to SP’s Aviation

Issue Features

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  Business Aircraft Power Unprecedented Growth
  By Rohit Goel

  Pilatus achieved record sales and deliveries in 2024, propelled by surging demand for its business jets, the PC-12 and PC-24, which together drove the company’s strongest-ever financial performance

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  Trailblazing Green Skies
  By Rohit Goel

  Gulfstream became the first business jet manufacturer to secure a consistent supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through an agreement with World Fuel Services and has continued to lead the sustainability journey

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  FROM NBAA | SUSTAINABILITY

  Leading the Sustainability Push
  Courtesy NBAA

  Gulfstream has brought in a Chief Sustainability Officer to lead the charge of the company’s progress towards industry and internal sustainability goals

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  Celebrating Our Flight Attendants
  By Jean Kayanakis, SVP, Worldwide Customer Service & Service Center Network, Dassault Aviation

  Flight attendants are often the unsung heroes of aviation. In the most dire situations, they have undoubtedly saved lives. And in more routine situations, they make the passenger experience better

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  Are Safety Norms being Compromised?
  By Swaati Ketkar

  Is India’s Helicopter boom at the cost of lives? Time for a reckoning on SOPs, safety, and accountability

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  A Defining Moment for Aviation Safety in India
  By Swaati Ketkar

  Why the Ahmedabad Air India 787 crash must be a turning point for aviation safety in India

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  FROM NBAA | SUSTAINABILITY

  Passenger Cabins are Turning Greener
  Courtesy NBAA

  In the industry’s bold, new journey to shrink its carbon footprint and fully embrace sustainability, no part of the aircraft is being ignored, including the passenger cabin

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Gulfstream Delivers 50th G700

  Gulfstream Aerospace announced the 50th customer delivery of the Gulfstream G700. The aircraft was outfitted at Gulfstream’s Savannah completions centre.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Embraer to Offer Gogo Galileo Connectivity as aftermarket solution for Phenom 300 Jets

  Embraer will offer the Gogo Galileo HDX connectivity solution for its Phenom 300 aftermarket customers through a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) generated in partnership with Gogo.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  ExecuJet Middle East Elevates Global Travel with Fleet Expansion

  ExecuJet Middle East is expanding its managed fleet with a strategic, future-focused approach.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Archer Showcases Piloted Midnight Flight

  Archer announced it has begun the next phase of Midnight’s flight test programme showcasing piloted flight.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 Flight test Programme Advances

  Textron Aviation announced a major milestone for the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 flight test programme with the successful first flight of a second test article – P1.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  New CAE Vienna Training Centre

  Global aviation training leader CAE has opened CAE Vienna, its first business aviation training centre in Central Europe and welcomed its first customer in April.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Authorised Pilatus Centre Pro Star Opens New Facility

  Pro Star Aviation recently opened its new Authorized Pilatus Sales & Service Centre at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (KGRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

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  From the Editor-in-Chief
  By Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief

  ‘Safety of Passengers’ should be the primary concern of all Aircraft manufacturers and also be the nonnegotiable mantra for all operators. The significant loss of lives in recent crashes, that India has seen, of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, should be enough to shake and wake up the entire aviation ecosystem.

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  Message from President, BAOA
  By Harsh Vardhan Sharma, President, BAOA

  I am pleased to update you on the continuous and meaningful engagement that BAOA has been having with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over the past months.