Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
As air show opens, forecast predicts 20-year demand for 1,330 business jets in India
India is expected to take delivery of 1,330 business jets and 4,000
commercial aircraft in the 20- to 149-seat category over the next 20
years, according to a market forecast by Bombardier Aerospace.
The growing importance of the market is one reason planemakers are
heading to India’s biggest international civil aviation air show this
week.
The biennial show, India Aviation 2012, will run Wednesday through Friday in Hyderabad.
India’s large land mass, large population and strong economic
performance are driving growth in domestic air travel in the country,
Bombardier’s market forecast said.
Bombardier will exhibit its Learjet 60XR, built in Wichita; Challenger 300 and Global 500 business jets; and the Q400 turboprop.
Boeing will exhibit its 787 Dreamliner, outfitted in Air India’s livery.
Cessna Aircraft is not participating in the show, said spokeswoman
Shanda Carney. Carney did not provide a reason for the decision.
Hawker Beechcraft will showcase its Hawker 4000, Hawker 900XP and King Air C90GTx.
Hawker Beechcraft said that more than 60 percent of all business
aircraft, including turboprops and super-midsize business jets,
delivered into India in the past decade have been Hawker Beechcraft
products. Its turboprop market share is 86 percent, the company said.
“In the segments in which we compete, Hawker Beechcraft is proud of
its market share leadership in India,” Dan Keady, Hawker Beechcraft vice
president for Asia, Australia and India. “For years, the family of HBC
business turboprops and jets has been in-country and proving they are an
excellent fit for this region.”
The company has also expanded its service and support capabilities in the region, he said.
Airbus to set up second pilot training centre in India
Airbus has signed an agreement with CAE simulator training to set up a second pilot and maintenance crew training centre in India. The centre, to be located in Noida near New Delhi, will train 5,000 pilots and crew annually. The agreement was signed Wednesday on the first day of India Aviation 2012, the international conference and exhibition on civil aviation. CAE Simulator Training is a joint venture between InterGlobe and Canada's flight simulator company CAE. The centre will be fully operational by 2013 and will have a capacity to train up to 5,000 crews annually, making it one of the biggest training facilities of its type in the region.
The new facility will be in addition to to the Airbus Training India centre (ATI) which was opened in Bangalore in 2007. "India is a strategically important market and we strategic partnership like the new training centre will help India's aviation sector to grow and to prosper," said Kiran Rao, Airbus Executive Vice President, sales, and President, Airbus India. "We are confident that in due course this facility will emerge as a centre of excellence for not just India but South Asia offering access to world-class training technology and solutions to commercial aviation industry," said Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director, InterGlobe.
Source: Times of India
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Indian bid to cut aviation emissions set for takeoff
Government body orders all domestic airlines and large airports to monitor CO2 output ahead of possible national registry
Indian airlines and airports have been asked to record their annual carbon emissions in what would be a first step towards creating a national inventory that could be used to reduce the aviation sector's CO2 output.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a note earlier this month requiring the monitoring of both emissions directly from aircraft and those arising from the operation and use of airports, including ground support equipment, power generation and ground transport.
The order covers all scheduled domestic airlines, airports with more than 10,000 flights in and out, and some non-scheduled operators, and appears designed to build up an overall carbon footprint for the aviation industry in India.
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