SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 7-2017
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Continuing on this winning note, the organisers announced that the 53rd International Paris — Le Bourget Air Show, the world’s biggest aerospace fair, will be held from June 17-23, 2019.
There is considerable optimism in India that the meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump will usher in a new dawn in the relationship between India and the US
In the deteriorating security environment, the need to restore the strength of the combat fleet of the IAF to the authorised level is urgent and must not be ignored
ONE-ON-ONE
INTERVIEW | EMBRAER COMMERCIALCesar Pereira
Vice President of Commercial Aviation for Asia-Pacific
FACE-TO-FACE
INTERVIEW | ROCKWELL COLLINSColin R. Mahoney
Senior Vice President, International & Services Solutions, Rockwell Collins
FACE-TO-FACE
INTERVIEW | HONEYWELLNeelu Khatri
President Aerospace, Honeywell India
With the major hubs heavily congested, the question analysts ask is why operators do not connect regional airports with ‘right’ size aircraft without transiting through the major hubs?
ONE-ON-ONE
BUSINESS AVIATION | BAOA PRESIDENTSP’s Aviation speaks to Rohit Kapur who has taken over as President of Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) for the third time. During the conversation the new President of BAOA indicates on the journey the association has had till now since its inception in March 2011.
Boeing estimates that this year, 29,530 new airplanes will be needed in the single-aisle segment, an increase of almost five per cent over last year
Capitalising on the modern trend of digitalisation to provide more advantages to customers, Airbus optimises the use of data to allow insightful, fast and accurate decision making through innovative e-solutions and Airbus Smarter Fleet
The ‘hub bypass’ concept is to connect destinations without touching the hubs and analysts believe that Embraer is making the right noises at the right time as both developed and developing countries are looking at increased pan-country connectivity.
A proposal to develop Hosur airport in Tamil Nadu for commercial flights has given rise to talk about the reopening of HAL airport in Bengaluru. Commercial flights at HAL airport were discontinued nearly a decade ago after the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Devanahalli became operational.
In 1932, Howard Hughes set up the Hughes Aircraft Company in Glendale, California, with the dream of building the best racing planes in the world
In the last week of June this year, the Union Cabinet accorded approval to the proposal for disinvestment in the national carrier and its five subsidiaries