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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2740125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-37471422276619672762021-02-08T19:31:00.001+05:302021-02-08T19:31:37.930+05:30Aero India 2021 a glance <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello Folks </span></h4><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My contribution to a well organized virtual show. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wish you all the best for 2021 ! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Warmly</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Neelam</span></div><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">UNMANNED VEHICLES</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/aero-india-2021-indian-mro-opportunities-uavs/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Indian MRO opportunities for UAVs on the rise">Aero India 2021: Indian MRO opportunities for UAVs on the rise</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">8th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">As UAVs proliferate in the Indian military, future opportunities will abound for their indigenous maintenance and support.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">MILITARY LOGISTICS</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/mil-log/aero-india-2021-mro-military-civil-synergy-new-man/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Military-civil synergy is the new MRO mantra">Aero India 2021: Military-civil synergy is the new MRO mantra</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">7th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">Boeing is one example of a company seeking to boost its defence MRO footprint in India.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">TRAINING</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/training-simulation/aero-india-2021-iaf-issues-hal-rfp-basic-trainers/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: IAF issues HAL with an RfP for basic trainers">Aero India 2021: IAF issues HAL with an RfP for basic trainers</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">7th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">With India's acute need for basic trainers, an order for an indigenous platform has drawn a step closer.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">UNMANNED VEHICLES</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/aero-india-2021-micro-uavs-need-hour/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Micro-UAVs – the need of the hour">Aero India 2021: Micro-UAVs – the need of the hour</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">5th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">Micro-UAVs are seen as essential for internal security and military personnel; an Israeli company is teaming up in India to tap the market.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">AIR WARFARE</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/premium-aero-india-2021-hal-pushes-imrh-indian-mil/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: HAL pushes the IMRH the Indian military’s way">Aero India 2021: HAL pushes the IMRH the Indian military’s way</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">5th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">HAL feels confident about developing a medium-weight helicopter, but it requires the Indian military to feel the same way.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">DEFENCE NOTES</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-notes/aero-india-2021-small-gaps-remain-india-us-collabo/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Small gaps remain in India-US collaboration">Aero India 2021: Small gaps remain in India-US collaboration</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">4th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">While defence ties between India and the US are close, there is scope for further development.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">AIR WARFARE</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/aero-india-2021-naval-fighters-prove-their-mettle/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Naval fighters prove their mettle">Aero India 2021: Naval fighters prove their mettle</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">4th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem;">Boeing and other contenders display their proposed solutions for Indian tender to procure naval fighters.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">UNMANNED VEHICLES</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/aero-india-2021-indian-border-force-counter-rogue-/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Indian border force to counter rogue UAVs">Aero India 2021: Indian border force to counter rogue UAVs</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">4th February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">Foreign players and non-state actors are increasingly using UAVs to intrude across the Indian border.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">DEFENCE NOTES</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-notes/aero-india-2021-kras-takes-baby-steps/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: KRAS takes baby steps">Aero India 2021: KRAS takes baby steps</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">3rd February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">Indian-Israeli JV will start to deliver Barak 8 LRSAM midsection electronics in March.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; text-transform: uppercase;">AIR WARFARE</h4><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.333rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.611rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.611rem;"><a href="https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/aero-india-2021-rafael-showcases-spice-250-extende/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Aero India 2021: Rafael showcases Spice 250 with extended range">Aero India 2021: Rafael showcases Spice 250 with extended range</a></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">3rd February 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; position: relative;">New variant of Spice 250 is put on display during Aero India 2021; while there are no confirmed orders yet from India, manufacturer Rafael is selling its Spike ATGM to meet an urgent operational requirement.</p></li></ul></h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #d1d1d1; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.888rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.167rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.722rem; 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box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #295da4; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.666rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1rem;"><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.833rem;"><p class="date" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(30, 55, 101); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 0.555rem; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;">27th January 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.333rem;">France is attempting to tease India into buying aircraft and helicopters, but such a package deal may not be the ideal solution for Delhi.</p></li></ul></h2><div class="meta" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0.055rem; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 0.055rem; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding: 0.555rem 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #d8d8d8; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.555rem;"><br /></p></div>aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-65539861094777053082021-01-31T23:35:00.001+05:302021-01-31T23:35:20.910+05:30Wah! Innovative AeroIndia 2021<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> By Neelam Mathews</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jan 31 2021</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ONHSzaFcVNGzS-rLYtA6BKCBkILsaxPav51IjJf0L3-AD4A-CAA6wEMx7y2su0BquviPdjvvjTIL9Gb_wJ4hTpwDFrfL-RHhw8Da_MW0u8xee9erkra0DDcgljF1l7jd6NjQBj3abLk/s301/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ONHSzaFcVNGzS-rLYtA6BKCBkILsaxPav51IjJf0L3-AD4A-CAA6wEMx7y2su0BquviPdjvvjTIL9Gb_wJ4hTpwDFrfL-RHhw8Da_MW0u8xee9erkra0DDcgljF1l7jd6NjQBj3abLk/s0/download.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These are the best of times and the worst of times. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Best- Because for the first time India has led the way for innovation. We now have a hybrid model for AeroIndia 2021 -perhaps the first globally. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hybrid because one can be in Bengaluru virtually for every event- be it conferences, B to meetings,visiting stalls and talking to representatives - all this for free. Personally I am looking forward to the live air show that I was concerned about missing, given that I would not be physically at the show. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">CII took me kindly on a virtual tour made it worth my while and that too on a sunday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What's even better is they have a customer care number introduced to clarify any confusion or answer queries on any subject related to the show. I tried using it and it worked except the lady on the other side seemed to be in a slightly bad mood. But lets cut some slack. The guys at SIDM and CII have worked very hard to make the show a success in these tough times. For that I give them 100/100.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While the attendance one suspects will not be as in the past as a result of the pandemic and and restrictions on international travel, let me assure you, the buzz and tingling one feels before a show is still there. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As for me, I'm a happy customer and hope more will join me on this exciting 3 day journey.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YkcviQ8NcZaUXreFCyVIfMOmQR148bl0ELXWGKX3BRX6s4ySVD6mE4ECnP-_qXUG9JgYk0QLnarUZgZ0FUpXDSM43VR0qkM7vr79fD0hSYaIp5BwzBwq-HDJ_DjwzSsRdx6xhyphenhyphenNq9SE/s234/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YkcviQ8NcZaUXreFCyVIfMOmQR148bl0ELXWGKX3BRX6s4ySVD6mE4ECnP-_qXUG9JgYk0QLnarUZgZ0FUpXDSM43VR0qkM7vr79fD0hSYaIp5BwzBwq-HDJ_DjwzSsRdx6xhyphenhyphenNq9SE/s0/images.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And don't forget to keep your memories of 2021 air show intact by using the selfie option on the site-</span></span></div><p></p><div id="taw"><p aria-level="3" class="gqLncc card-section KDCVqf" role="heading" style="margin: 0.33em 0px 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjv0-_i3MbuAhUTxDgGHVNvC8MQFjAAegQIARAC" href="https://aeroindiavirtual.in/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://aeroindiavirtual.in/&ved=2ahUKEwjv0-_i3MbuAhUTxDgGHVNvC8MQFjAAegQIARAC" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span></p></div><div class="eqAnXb" id="res" role="main" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div id="search"><div data-hveid="CAgQMg" data-ved="2ahUKEwjv0-_i3MbuAhUTxDgGHVNvC8MQGnoECAgQMg"><div data-async-context="query:aeroindiavirtual" eid="pOwWYO_xCZOI4-EP096tmAw" id="rso" style="margin-top: 6px;"><div class="hlcw0c" style="margin-bottom: 40px;"><div class="g" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 0px; width: 600px;"><div class="tF2Cxc" data-hveid="CAEQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjv0-_i3MbuAhUTxDgGHVNvC8MQFSgAMAB6BAgBEAA" style="position: relative;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; line-height: 1.58;"><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; display: inline-block; left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px; position: absolute; text-size-adjust: none; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 Zu0yb tjvcx" style="color: #202124; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></cite></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> https://aeroindiavirtual.in/</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Cheers Folks! Look forward to meeting you virtually </span></p><p><br /><br /></p>aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-54736651918779137192020-09-14T12:55:00.003+05:302020-09-14T12:56:42.870+05:30Vistara - Stay Calmer <p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTxnZ-bIew">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTxnZ-bIew</a></p>aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-33220392192969558352020-08-16T23:10:00.002+05:302020-08-16T23:10:42.607+05:30Vistara faces in-seat IFE restrictions as it readies for 787-9 service<p> Neelam Mathews</p><p>Aug 16 2020</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation currently disallows the use of in-seat entertainment screens on board Indian carriers as a <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2020/07/24/india-adopts-touchless-travel-but-appetite-to-fly-is-mixed/" style="border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">health and safety measure</a></strong> to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. But sources tell Runway Girl Network that operators will be permitted to offer seatback IFE from 25 November.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Still, the news comes as a bit of a blow to full-service carrier Vistara, which presently plans to launch Boeing 787-9 service to London on 21 August, followed by 787-9 flights to Frankfurt and Paris.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It would seem that Vistara’s promise to “provide a .........more on </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2020/08/16/vistara-faces-in-seat-ife-restrictions-as-it-readies-for-787-9-service/" style="background-color: transparent;">https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2020/08/16/vistara-faces-in-seat-ife-restrictions-as-it-readies-for-787-9-service/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="An image of Vistara's new A321neo business class seat, which offers a full-flat position and 16" HD touchscreens. 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SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing’s 2019 ecoDemonstrator program, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad.<u></u><br />
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The program tests pioneering and promising technologies that aim to solve air transport industry challenges for airlines and passengers, as well as enhancing sustainability. The most recent program saw the implementation of such technologies onboard a Boeing 777 and tests a total of 50 different projects.<u></u><u></u></div>
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SITA’s involvement in the program highlights the strength of its SITA FOR AIRCRAFT portfolio, which delivers the promise of the connected aircraft by providing services that enable communication between aircraft, ground systems, ATC and other operators.<u></u><u></u></div>
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SITA is working in collaboration with Honeywell to optimize the transmission of digital information between pilots, ATC and airline operations centers (AOCs) using Internet Protocol Suites (IPS). The technology supports Boeing’s ambition of testing technologies that focus on the enhancement of flight operations and safety, with the potential to dramatically improve ATC communications and end-to-end data exchanges.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Following the completion of successful trials, the migration from ACARS protocols to IPS could benefit airlines by offering commonality across mainstream communications channels, as well as next-generation network compatibility and enhanced security.<u></u><u></u></div>
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SITA’s testing of these capabilities, through Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator initiative, has an important role to play in today’s ground-to-air connectivity landscape and the increasing pressure on traditional communications protocols.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Mike Sinnett, Vice President of Product Strategy and Future Airplane Development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said: “It’s exciting to welcome SITA onboard our debut 777 ecoDemonstrator to address some of the challenges facing airline operations and air traffic control. This is a key area in assessing the technologies that will make our skies safer and more efficient, for Boeing, and the wider industry.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Dominique El Bez, Vice President Product and Strategy, SITA FOR AIRCRAFT, said: “Reinforcing flight safety and optimization remain priorities for airlines and air traffic managers. That’s why SITA is working to build and optimize a multilink communications ecosystem. By working with the Boeing ecoDemonstrator to test these solutions faster and with greater fidelity, we hope to continue to develop our end-to-end, fault-resistant solutions for enhanced aircraft communications, whatever the satellite network or connectivity platform.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Indian aviation market is set on
a high growth trajectory. Currently the ninth largest civil aviation market in
the world, India is also now the fastest growing aviation market in terms of
domestic tickets sold. It is expected that in the coming years Indian carriers
will increase their fleet strengths while freight traffic will rise, and the
number of brown field and green field airports will continue to increase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Indian aviation has seen challenges in
the form of the demise of a few well-known carriers, the prospects for the
future remain strong. UDAN, the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) is an
important initiative of the government with a vision of “flying for all”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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government is ‘Digi Yatra’. Digi Yatra is promising as it seeks to employ the
best of technology to provide a hassle free and paperless airport experience.
Imagine an airport where entry, check-in, baggage drops and claim, and various other
aspects are driven by face recognition technology! Thales’ Live faceidentification
system overcomes the need for a physical ticket while providing a fluid and
secure traveller experience. These initiatives bring together scale and
technology which will power tomorrow’s aviation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Globally two out of three aircraft take off, fly
and land using Thales solutions. Overall, Thales solutions make life better and
safer for allthe stakeholders such as governments, airports, pilots, crews and
passengerseach day. From air traffic management, training and simulation solutions,
nose-to-tail aircraft connectivity and in-flight services, Thales enables and
connects all parts of the aerospace ecosystem in the air, on the ground, and in
between.Thales is a world leader in ATM and provides integrated gate-to-gate
solutionsensuring airport safety and efficient traffic handling operations and
seamless handover operations between territories.Thales is actively present in
the Indian civilian aerospace market and some of its successful references
includes <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">retrofit of avionics and in-flight
entertainment (IFE) for Air India, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>critical avionics to
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By offering its expertise and strengths in
aeronautics, defence, transport and digital identity and security markets, Thales
has been a perfect match for India’s ambitious objectives. The company’s engineering
competence centre (ECC), launched in Bengaluru last year, is focused on
providing high value-added software in the fields of air traffic management,
complex avionics systems, cockpit, flight management, connectivity & video
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At WINGS INDIA 2020, Thales, at
its stand 12A in Hall A, is showcasing a range of capabilities thatencompass
the broad verticals of Airport Operations and Security, support towards the
Government’s ambitious digital initiative – ‘Digi Yatra’ through its Live Face
Identification System, Air Traffic Management, Avionics and In-Flight
Entertainment and connectivity, among others.<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) of India and Pratt & Whitney have jointly released a report titled “Social Impact of General Aviation” to bring attention to benefits that accrue to the general public. The report was released yesterday at the opening of the four-day civil aviation business exhibition and airshow, Wings India 2020, in Hyderabad.</div>
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The report focuses on the social impact of general aviation in emergency medical services (EMS), remote air connectivity, and disaster management. It points out the need to address EMS due to an aging population, increased healthcare spending, and favorable policies.</div>
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Further, it said, remote air connectivity “can overcome barriers such as lack of physical infrastructure.” The study suggests how a comprehensive set of policies can help lift social and economic status of remote regions. Meanwhile, disaster management missions—such as firefighting, search and rescue, and humanitarian aid programs—is the need of the hour, according to the report.</div>
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“The study demonstrates the importance of policies and financing models to empower fellow citizens and boost our economy,” said BAOA managing director R.K. Bali.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here at IndiGo, the safety and health of our passengers, and of our employees, has always been our highest priority.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to help you understand everything we're doing as an airline to make sure that the risk for everyone in our care is minimized, and that you can continue to rely on us to help you reach your destinations safely and in good health, while also helping to contain the spread of COVID-19.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ground staff you meet at our international terminals – at check-in counters and boarding gates – will be wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) appropriate for their role. This gear may include masks, gloves, and shoe covers which are appropriately disposed of at regular intervals.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And because this disease is most easily transmitted through surfaces, each and every aircraft is cleansed with cleaning agents and disinfectants that are approved by the WHO and Airbus. Areas that are most often touched – tray tables, armrests, overhead nozzles, lavatories, galleys – are paid particular attention to.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On all international flights, we use a disinfectant used to sterilize surgical equipment in hospitals, to clean the cabin and cockpit. This is followed by thorough fumigation.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have especially taken note of aircraft that have arrived from affected areas and have disinfected each one thoroughly.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The air in our Airbus cabin refreshes itself every 3 minutes. So, the fresh air enters through the engines, passes through our High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters, and is then circulated in the cabin. HEPA ensures hospital-level filtration in our aircraft. In addition to all of this, personal protective measures are equally important. So wash your hands frequently. Avoid touching your face. And when you venture out, stand a few feet apart from people.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, as I previously announced, for those of you who feel it best to delay your trips, IndiGo will waive all change fees for any bookings through the end of March.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All of us at IndiGo want to do our part to protect you, our staff, and the population in general. As we have for more than 13 years, we will always put you, our customers, at the centre of every decision we make. And until things return to normal, we will do our best to help contain the scale and scope of this pandemic.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ronojoy Dutta<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Chief Executive Officer- IndiGo)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-26347187325268983772020-03-12T23:44:00.001+05:302020-03-12T23:44:05.636+05:30The Best!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mumbai International Airport </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">has been awarded the Best Airport by Size and Region in over 40 million passenger category, for the fifth consecutive year by the Airport Council International (ACI) World. The Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards represent the highest possible accolades for airport operators. The award lauds CSMIA’s efforts in delivering superior customer experience and providing the best facilities for its passengers.</span></div>
aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-14020713113966224902020-03-12T23:41:00.001+05:302020-03-12T23:41:23.577+05:30Embraer’s E195-E2 makes Wings India 2020 debut<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">Embraer’s largest commercial aircraft, the E195-E2, will be making its first appearance at Wings India 2020. Showcasing a stunning ‘TechLion’ livery that covers the entire aircraft’s fuselage, this aircraft is the largest member of the new generation E-Jets family, the E-Jets E2, and is designed to seat up to 146 passengers in its signature two by two seating.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">“Passenger traffic is growing tremendously in India and with the growth of the regional connectivity scheme, the next frontier for growth are the metro to non-metro markets as well as the non-metro to non-metro markets,” said Cesar Pereira, Asia Pacific Vice President of Embraer Commercial Aviation. “However, most of these routes are not dense enough to fill a 180 seat narrowbody, and that is why we believe that our aircraft size is the sweet spot for airlines to sustainably operate on regional routes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">The ‘TechLion’ livery on Embraer’s E195-E2 reflects the advance technology the aircraft features such as full Fly-By-Wire capability and the ability of the aircraft – the world’s most efficient single-aisle jet – to deliver outstanding operating economics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Outstanding Economics and Passenger Comfort</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">The E195-E2 is Embraer’s latest aircraft to enter into service and has been in operation with Brazil’s award-winning airline Azul and Binter Canarias, a Spanish airline operating inter-island services within the Canary Islands and other Atlantic islands. The aircraft burns 25.4% less fuel per seat than the first-generation E195 and features the lowest levels of external noise and emissions in its class. It is also 10% more fuel efficient than its direct competitor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">The E195-E2 is the most environmentally friendly aircraft in its class. It has the lowest levels of external noise and emissions. The cumulative margin to ICAO Stage IV noise limit ranges from 19 to 20 EPNdB, 4.0 EPNdB better than its direct competitor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">The design philosophy of the E195-E2 cabin is focused on increased personal space for passengers and their carry-on luggage. Embraer’s two by two seating provides greater passenger comfort, faster boarding and deplaning. The windows have been redesigned to create the feeling of a larger cabin with abundant natural light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">The cabin features options for Wi-Fi internet connectivity and individual screens for in-flight entertainment, among other amenities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">Embraer is the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft up to 150 seats with more than 100 customers from all over the world. For the E-Jets program alone, Embraer has logged more than 1,800 orders and 1,500 aircraft have been delivered. Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleet of more than 80 customers in some 50 countries. The versatile 70 to 150-seat family is flying with low-cost airlines as well as with regional and mainline carriers.</span></div>
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-7911769684545550982020-03-12T23:36:00.000+05:302020-03-12T23:38:44.663+05:30Cathay -When the going is not so good<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Opening Remarks by Chairman Patrick Healy<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank
you for joining us today as Cathay Pacific announces our annual results for
2019.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What
I’m going to do is to talk first about 2019, and then I’ll say a few words
about the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">impact
of the coronavirus on our business in the first few months of this year. And
then<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">we’ll
take questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So,
2019 was very much a year of two halves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As
you will recall from our mid-year results, what we saw in the first half of
2019 was<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">further
evidence that our three-year transformation programme was continuing to deliver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">solid
improvements in profit. We reported a net profit of HK$1.347 billion at the
Group<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">level
for the first half, including a profit of HK$675 million at the airline level,
and both of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">those
figures represented very significant improvements on the first half of the
prior year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And
that was despite the global trade tensions which adversely impacted cargo revenue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in
particular. So all in all we were very encouraged by the progress demonstrated
in the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">first
half of 2019. Our transformation programme has made us stronger and more
resilient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Our
non-fuel unit costs continued to trend downwards year-on-year, decreasing 2.7%
per<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ATK
for the full year, and this reflects our relentless focus on productivity and
efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">On
fuel, we continue to invest in more modern and fuel-efficient aircraft, and
that played<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a
role in bringing our net fuel bill down by 13.4% in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The
second half of the year, however, was obviously a very different story.
Traditionally,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">as
you know, we would normally expect the second half of the year to be stronger
than<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">the
first, but clearly that was not the case in 2019, as we were severely impacted
by the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">social
unrest that disrupted Hong Kong in the second half of the year. Official
figures show<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that
tourist arrivals into Hong Kong were down 39% in the second half of 2019, and
we<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">certainly
saw a very substantial decline in demand for travel to and from Hong Kong at<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">that
time. In fact, our inbound traffic was down 36% for the second half, and
outbound by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">7%.
Now, we compensated for that decline to a certain extent by increasing our
focus on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">transit
traffic, which grew 7.5% in the second half. And while that allowed us to
maintain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">relatively
healthy load factors in the face of declining demand for direct travel to and
from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Hong
Kong – so overall load factor for the year was down by only 1.8%points to 82.3%
-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">it
did have an adverse impact on yield, with passenger yield down 3.9% to 53.6
cents. So<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">all
in all, our core airline business reported a HK$434 million loss for the second
half,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">compared
to a HK$675 million profit for the first half.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Nevertheless,
despite all the very significant external challenges we faced in 2019, we<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">were
profitable for the year as a whole at both the Group and the airline level. And
as you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">saw,
this afternoon we announced an attributable profit of HK$1.691 billion for the
Group<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in
2019, compared to HK$2.345 billion the previous year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I’d
just like to make a few additional comments on 2019 before I move onto 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Firstly,
in view of the difficult outlook for 2020, we successfully increased our
unrestricted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">liquid
funds to HK$20 billion at the year end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We
also launched our fantastic new brand campaign “Move Beyond”, which signals our<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ambition
to become one of the world’s greatest service brands. And we remain absolutely<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">committed
to that vision despite the external challenges that we currently face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And
last but certainly not least, we completed the acquisition of HK Express in
July. HK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Express
is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific and it will be a key
component<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in
our portfolio of brands as we develop our business over the long term. In
November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">we
announced that HK Express will begin taking delivery of 16 new A321neo aircraft
from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">2022
onwards, as we start to realise its development potential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So
that is my very brief summary of 2019 – very much a year of two halves as I
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Now
moving onto 2020. Clearly the outbreak of the coronavirus is causing widespread<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">disruption,
on top of what was already a very challenging environment. This is a time of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">tremendous
anxiety and concern for all our staff and customers. As you know Cathay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Pacific
has an unparalleled reputation for safety and in this situation as at all
times, we<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">are
of course prioritising the safety and wellbeing of our staff and passengers above
all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">After
a promising start in early January, we experienced our most challenging Chinese<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">New
Year period ever. Demand dropped dramatically and cancellations of bookings
have<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">continued
since then as governments as well as companies around the world impose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">travel
restrictions of various kinds, and as individuals themselves choose not to
travel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The
scale of the challenge we currently face is unprecedented. The outlook is very<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">uncertain.
Having said that, we remain confident in the future of Cathay Pacific. We are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a
resilient organisation, with an iconic brand, an outstanding team and a winning
customer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">proposition,
and we remain confident in the future of Hong Kong as an aviation hub and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">in
our ability to thrive in this region over the long-term.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In
the short term, however, what actions are we taking to weather this storm?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">First
and foremost, we have cut capacity (measured in Available Seat Kilometres) by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">approximately
30% for February and by 65% for March and April, with frequencies cut by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">approximately
65% and 75% over the same periods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Second,
we are asking all our vendors and business partners for relief in the form of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">deferrals
and discounts to help us preserve cash. Cathay Pacific is a very good customer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">when
times are good, but we expect all our vendors and business partners to come to
the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">table
now when we need them to. And those discussions are ongoing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Third,
we have invited our staff to participate voluntarily in a special leave scheme,
under<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">which
they may accept three weeks’ unpaid leave over the coming four month period.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And
I am touched and humbled to report that fully 80% of our entire staff have now
signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">up
for that voluntary programme. It makes me immensely proud to see the entire
team<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">come
together in solidarity to battle through this crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Beyond
that of course we are constantly reviewing all discretionary spend and cutting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">back
or deferring wherever possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">No
one can predict when these conditions will improve. I already gave you our
planned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">capacity
and frequency cuts for March and April. In addition, I can tell you that, as at
the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">end
of February, passenger load factor declined to approximately 50%, and
year-on-year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">yield
has also fallen significantly. We don’t yet have planned capacity cuts
available for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">May
but obviously we need to remain agile as we continue to monitor and match
market<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">demand.
Nevertheless, it is inevitable that despite all the measures I have just
outlined,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">we
will incur a substantial loss in the first half of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally,
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank every single member of the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cathay
Pacific team for the incredible professionalism, dedication and resilience they<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">have
shown in recent months during some very tough and anxious times. I couldn’t be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">prouder
of our amazing team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-58882581303923656172020-03-12T23:33:00.001+05:302020-03-12T23:33:36.945+05:30AIR ASTANA: MRO RUSSIA & CIS WINNER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Astana has been awarded winner of the MRO Russia & CIS Award for “Aircraft
Maintenance achievements in Central Asia”. The award ceremony took place on
10th March at the 15th MRO Russia & CIS exhibition and conference - Shaping
The Future, held at the World Trade Centre in Moscow.</span></div>
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honour for Air Astana to receive this award. It demonstrates a high
appreciation for the level of our performance in maintenance and we are
grateful our efforts have been recognised,” said Keith Wardle, Vice President,
Engineering and Maintenance at Air Astana. “Our primary aim is to expand
our maintenance capability and experience, while at the same time achieving
financial and quality benefits for the airline.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last
year, Air Astana received its EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)
certification to perform C-check maintenance on Airbus A319/A320/A321
aircraft. Previously, the airline performed only line maintenance on its
fleet and the aircraft of other airlines. In November 2019, Air Astana
conducted its first C-check of an Airbus A320neo aircraft at its own technical
centre in Almaty. Now Air Astana is developing plans to significantly increase
its maintenance capability at its other technical centre in Nur-Sultan, so that
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Russia & CIS Professional Aircraft Maintenance Award was established by the
Air Transport Review magazine. The prize is awarded annually at the
international conference MRO Russia & CIS, organised by ATO Events and
Infomost Consulting. This year the exhibition brought together more than 90
exhibiting companies from over 30 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-46284242189327933982020-03-12T23:30:00.000+05:302020-03-12T23:30:48.210+05:30IndiGo on Covid-19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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January and February 2020, IndiGo experienced modest impact from the
Coronavirus. We cancelled our flights to China and Hong Kong and reduced
frequency to certain other South-east Asia markets. This capacity was
redeployed in other markets without having a material impact on our
revenues.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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the past few days however, week-on-week, we have seen a 15-20% decline in
our daily bookings. Please note that the numbers could change from here
based on how the situation evolves.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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impacted because of the above. In addition, the rupee has also depreciated
sharply which will have an adverse impact on our dollar denominated
liabilities primarily on account of capitalized operating leases. </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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India will require 1,880 new passenger and cargo aircraft between now and 2038, in response to strong demand, according to Airbus’ latest India Market Forecast. Of these, up to 20 percent could be wide-bodies. Some 1,440 aircraft are for growth and 440 are needed to replace aircraft that will be retired. Taking into account the 440 retirements, India’s existing domiciled fleet of 510 aircraft will quadruple to 1,950 by 2038.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">India is set to become one of the world’s largest economies, with some of the world’s fastest growing cities in terms of GDP including Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru. In the next 20 years air transportation is expected to be a key enabler and a beneficiary of this economic growth. Rising wealth and urbanisation, and the Indian Government’s ambitious regional connectivity programmes are all growth drivers. In the next 20 years, Indian traffic </span><span lang="EN-GB">is forecast to increase at 8.2% per year, making it the world’s fastest growing market.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“India is at the forefront of global aviation growth and Airbus is proud to partner it as the country’s aircraft of choice. With our world-class engineering and training centres and our 45-strong supplier network, Airbus’ industrial footprint in India has set new standards among international aircraft manufacturers. Today, every Airbus commercial aircraft is partly made in India and we are working to double our sourcing volumes from the country to more than US$1 billion by 2025,” said Anand Stanley, President and Managing Director, Airbus India & South Asia. “This shows our commitment to the Indian aviation sector, to our customers and to the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Airbus product catalogue offers the A220 and the best-selling A320 Families in the single aisle market, as well as the popular A330, A330neo, the A350-900 and the A350-1000 in the Medium and Large categories. In the freighter market Airbus currently offers the new-build A330-200F and the Passenger-to-Freighter (A330P2F) programme.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Airbus’ 20-year Global Market Forecast is driven by long-term macroeconomic projections rather than short-term factors. The annual forecast takes into account the evolution of economic, geopolitical, environmental and societal trends.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (<span class="il">AAPA</span>) is urging Governments to roll back or refrain from introducing travel restrictions. Reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak has now spread to over 100 countries. In the majority of the countries, the spread is now predominantly through local transmission rather than from imported cases. WHO has repeatedly advised against travel or trade restrictions as such measures are generally ineffective.<div>
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Based on the latest situation report<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" shape="rect" style="color: #222222;">[i]</a> issued by WHO on 10 March 2020, although over 90 countries have introduced some form of travel restrictions, only 45 States have informed WHO of such additional measures and provided the associated public health rationale, as required<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" shape="rect" style="color: #222222;">[ii]</a>under the International Health Regulations (IHR).</div>
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Medical experts have stated that air travel is safe. To protect the travelling public, the airline industry has been adhering strictly to WHO and IATA guidelines on inflight hygiene and disinfection, including the stepping up of cleaning of aircraft and airline lounges, and the use of hospital grade HEPA air filtration systems on board aircraft. To date, we are not aware of any reports of COVID -19 infections attributed to inflight transmission.</div>
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Mr. Andrew Herdman, <span class="il">AAPA</span> Director General said, "The airline industry is fully committed to the safety and well-being of the travelling public. Asia Pacific airlines are well-equipped to handle health crises, and are strictly following established guidelines developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in consultation with the WHO and Airports Council International (ACI), covering the management of public health risks.</div>
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extraordinary times and governments are taking unprecedented measures.
Safety—including public health—is always a top priority. Airlines are complying
with these requirements. Governments must also recognize that
airlines—employing some 2.7 million people—are under extreme financial and
operational pressures. They need support,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s
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impose the measures they consider necessary to contain the virus. And they must
be fully prepared to provide support to buffer the economic dislocation that
this will cause. In normal times, air transport is a catalyst for economic
growth and development. Suspending travel on such a broad scale will create
negative consequences across the economy. Governments must recognize this and
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struggling with the severe impact that the COVID-19 crisis has had on their
business. On 5 March 2020, IATA estimated that the crisis could wipe out some
$113 billion of revenue. That scenario did not include such severe measures as
the US and other governments (including Israel, Kuwait, and Spain) have since
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add to this financial pressure. The total value of the US-Schengen market in
2019 was $20.6 billion. The markets facing the heaviest impact are US-Germany
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enormous cash-flow pressures for airlines. We have already seen Flybe go under.
And this latest blow could push others in the same direction. Airlines will
need emergency measures to get through this crisis. Governments should be
looking at all possible means to assist the industry through these extreme circumstances.
Extending lines of credit, reducing infrastructure costs, lightening the tax
burden are all measures that governments will need to explore. Air transport is
vital, but without a lifeline from governments we will have a sectoral
financial crisis piled on top of the public health emergency,’ said de Juniac.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WHO Recommendations</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The World Health
Organization (WHO) continues to advise against the application of travel or
trade restrictions to countries experiencing outbreaks. On 29 February 2020 the
WHO issued revised guidance which included the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Travel measures that
significantly interfere with international traffic may only be justified at the
beginning of an outbreak, as they may allow countries to gain time, even if
only a few days, to rapidly implement effective preparedness measures. Such restrictions
must be based on a careful risk assessment, be proportionate to the public
health risk, be short in duration, and be reconsidered regularly as the
situation evolves.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other governments that have placed travel restrictions to follow the WHO
guidance. This is fast evolving. Health and safety are the top priorities for
governments and the air transport sector. But the effectiveness and necessity
of travel restrictions must be continuously reviewed,” said de Juniac.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #004d8f; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Covid-19 pandemic
and disease-containment measures by governments, <o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #004d8f; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">most drastically the US
ban on flights from most of Europe, will shake up <o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #004d8f; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">the aviation finance
sector as airlines struggle to conserve cash amid a <o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #004d8f; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">collapse in
international traffic.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scope Ratings says the rising risk of airlines defaulting on
their debt payments – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">see </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3D4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUa-2B2voW-2F2jjdjjCIB9X4ShaQ4H9PCb9zuZSr90d6CxLt-2FWZaa3rLgb-2FTpjlh-2FmQHFzq4-2F3arGPp98TfwhhbTCGXNxPR6vD74RDeihq-2FnzxEv0UVuUxJ1LZ5WbsA-2FYtatANRCFko3H5aSm38ADDniSY1FWzV2SmQW9FVPJT0Lxg8SYvOtlTbZzhJWszw6z-2FhfNF-2BmEDuLkMT2hPNjcQ9bbYBV39bcVOsOAQas5HjwJjYW-2FGSdrjeBFmiZOHGRfSFnKsTZGYIqgl8Paw2x2RMTBTNejPS1rgJDhNSNke0iT4DGuiK46va6ifyR6BEMPvz4V-2B40x-2FJO-2BP2lUQrytl5gMRLDbW8RawgXlUxm5BVC7yznb78l-2FdV-2BLDlvEAEeplWiDADemVD5C9jGQW-2Blz-2F8GGzJli18HUWkS3jrHHC2VkIMoC12oODZ2IqhJAHPUVd8AXEFuFy0iG9oloLZKKj26WLrzKqhdDp1wpUiVBH64pXEtzu6ZyrMseV2VO6ewVQN4IJ5a3szeMHqKSzG7FovGl4lM7zbsWcLdN8EuZ2KwrdkqEaUEb2a9zMMwWyJDDx1-2FL9PKsXeIF5a3YH-2BlPOyZxj88qamd1khN7CHGlxYLsvGy3onWMtAA-2FbDUPzeJQTJgn0p-2BJt-2BNqBQT6hnIIKRsxcWS6CcpueGEcYZYf-2BsRldn1s-2FAZdLcm4cTFOD4f0a8kTSB6MQVUbcubwdRiZmbW6xSv6NK5s1iDpKY6qMysDJu8rQA0wfdQZEEqm8skJehqLuB1XjiEHaGvW6rrjM3a8Fu6nLxhGp0XBGT4oYnSzg-2BrpSDePIjjyxyRHQf4pMYeg0csm-2FV11WAIh5UcGVrDGsbi5-2Fkyi-2FcagCBrjvzzuEwPHrzJYrc3X6BR8MeTPZ3k3-2Fw9bYvQqzV4Ld50uqjgVgbSEfl65pXhq-2FjP2-2BvqzLCdlW7Y_DDVZweF8dk1i3NhMl15ww-2FNKICH50bUbhJoWF8XAfHKj6fCqhZmPQ-2B8OKM5Mlrnd2yvknkWxdjlc1SmVeKcpGPFmovj2-2FFZbe7pgPRdxFVyCoyNctrO2vnrQiAH4j4qR1Qq5suxsIpg9vRMjeee5Z4K7UqDut2v4khCJVnzuBXfIfTIFbrSHgNDKzjf6j4xfoQA32kcKWE1Z85sKdEPX0Urogi3K7BOiyY2OXWtDBs8V9j7GnQ07bG3N6-2F-2Fsxsomvju6VaJVqw5lnYzyNo0Vn9i38Zc2D-2FxWPxp2jikhsq7ZLZurb0p5DmQlr-2FN1oH3TjqlIniy0ZMRoppxqM7cRcRtLgUQ4hyzCOfowZhvKLQ8-3D&source=gmail&ust=1584116346020000&usg=AFQjCNH_L39k9IKWdidocpxrP4s5jCQ1ug" href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUa-2B2voW-2F2jjdjjCIB9X4ShaQ4H9PCb9zuZSr90d6CxLt-2FWZaa3rLgb-2FTpjlh-2FmQHFzq4-2F3arGPp98TfwhhbTCGXNxPR6vD74RDeihq-2FnzxEv0UVuUxJ1LZ5WbsA-2FYtatANRCFko3H5aSm38ADDniSY1FWzV2SmQW9FVPJT0Lxg8SYvOtlTbZzhJWszw6z-2FhfNF-2BmEDuLkMT2hPNjcQ9bbYBV39bcVOsOAQas5HjwJjYW-2FGSdrjeBFmiZOHGRfSFnKsTZGYIqgl8Paw2x2RMTBTNejPS1rgJDhNSNke0iT4DGuiK46va6ifyR6BEMPvz4V-2B40x-2FJO-2BP2lUQrytl5gMRLDbW8RawgXlUxm5BVC7yznb78l-2FdV-2BLDlvEAEeplWiDADemVD5C9jGQW-2Blz-2F8GGzJli18HUWkS3jrHHC2VkIMoC12oODZ2IqhJAHPUVd8AXEFuFy0iG9oloLZKKj26WLrzKqhdDp1wpUiVBH64pXEtzu6ZyrMseV2VO6ewVQN4IJ5a3szeMHqKSzG7FovGl4lM7zbsWcLdN8EuZ2KwrdkqEaUEb2a9zMMwWyJDDx1-2FL9PKsXeIF5a3YH-2BlPOyZxj88qamd1khN7CHGlxYLsvGy3onWMtAA-2FbDUPzeJQTJgn0p-2BJt-2BNqBQT6hnIIKRsxcWS6CcpueGEcYZYf-2BsRldn1s-2FAZdLcm4cTFOD4f0a8kTSB6MQVUbcubwdRiZmbW6xSv6NK5s1iDpKY6qMysDJu8rQA0wfdQZEEqm8skJehqLuB1XjiEHaGvW6rrjM3a8Fu6nLxhGp0XBGT4oYnSzg-2BrpSDePIjjyxyRHQf4pMYeg0csm-2FV11WAIh5UcGVrDGsbi5-2Fkyi-2FcagCBrjvzzuEwPHrzJYrc3X6BR8MeTPZ3k3-2Fw9bYvQqzV4Ld50uqjgVgbSEfl65pXhq-2FjP2-2BvqzLCdlW7Y_DDVZweF8dk1i3NhMl15ww-2FNKICH50bUbhJoWF8XAfHKj6fCqhZmPQ-2B8OKM5Mlrnd2yvknkWxdjlc1SmVeKcpGPFmovj2-2FFZbe7pgPRdxFVyCoyNctrO2vnrQiAH4j4qR1Qq5suxsIpg9vRMjeee5Z4K7UqDut2v4khCJVnzuBXfIfTIFbrSHgNDKzjf6j4xfoQA32kcKWE1Z85sKdEPX0Urogi3K7BOiyY2OXWtDBs8V9j7GnQ07bG3N6-2F-2Fsxsomvju6VaJVqw5lnYzyNo0Vn9i38Zc2D-2FxWPxp2jikhsq7ZLZurb0p5DmQlr-2FN1oH3TjqlIniy0ZMRoppxqM7cRcRtLgUQ4hyzCOfowZhvKLQ8-3D" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #118fdb; text-decoration: none;">Airlines:
coronavirus outbreak accelerates industry consolidation; conserving cash key
to survival</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> (5 March) - will lead to a steep decline in aircraft
values across the board.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Investors need to brace themselves for a direct hit on
aircraft values </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">which will increase the credit risk of</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">aircraft-financing transactions,” says Helene Spro, aviation
finance </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">analyst at Scope. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Investors exposed to some highly leveraged transactions are
likely to see a loss,”</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"> says Spro.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">One caveat concerns the degree to which governments,
particularly in Europe, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">will be willing to provide</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">financial support for airlines – notably national carriers -</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">to ensure their survival through the crisis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aircraft-leasing companies also face challenging times, sure
to find it harder </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">to efficiently remarket their fleets.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">The largest lessors, which have </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">diverse customer bases and the</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;"> cash resources to cushion their finances</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from a prolonged
grounding of aircraft, will have some measure of protection </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">from the market
turbulence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">Small lessors which do not have in-house, technical asset
management </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">capacity will be hit the hardest.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">“The sector at large will find it hard to escape the
consequences of a rapid slowdown in global economic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>growth and recessions
in some major economies,” says Spro.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aircraft makers Boeing Co. and Airbus Group also face
repercussions from the </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">pandemic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">For Boeing, the timing of return of the B737MAX jetliner to
commercial service </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">may be one casualty</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">if regulators turn their attention to pandemic-related </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">travel
issues rather than focus on the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">recertification of the aircraft. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">If the crisis results in many
airlines defaulting, the B737MAX might</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">be recertified amid a glut of aircraft on the market - at
least for a short period.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">Airbus and Boeing face the additional headache that long-haul
travel is </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">proving particularly </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">vulnerable to the
efforts to contain the virus. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">“This could mean a quicker end to the service
life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">of A380 superjumbos than previously expected,” says Spro.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">The decision by US President Donald Trump to ban flights from</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Friday from much of Europe</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">, including the Nordic region which is </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">home to specialist
long-haul airlines such as</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">Norwegian Air Shuttle and </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">Finnair, will lead to the grounding
of even more widebody aircraft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scope’s aviation finance analysis has factored in a possible
downturn</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">in the industry since </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">the end of 2018. </span><br />
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Finance Outlook 2019 – Lack of discrimination hints at a hard</span></strong></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Scope analysed 26 years of historical market value data.
The data suggested <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">that already in 2019 inflated aircraft values and lack of
discrimination </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;">had created a market </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;">vulnerable to external shocks. </span><br />
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Aviation Finance Outlook</span></strong></a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt;"> again</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>highlighted the
vulnerable state of the industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-75478077718294827882019-11-22T13:23:00.000+05:302019-11-22T13:26:57.354+05:30Fitting into Jet Airways Shoes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Neelam Mathews<br />
Oct 2019<br />
AerospaceRaes<br />
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-58009531975282472382019-11-22T13:18:00.000+05:302019-11-22T13:18:04.619+05:30Filling the Gap Civil and Mil<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Nov 21 2019<br />
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Neelam Mathews<br />
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To all my dear friends<br />
<br />
Thank you for bearing up with me these fast months and actually calling to ask re my missing posts.<br />
<br />
No reason-just procrastination for which I willmake up immediately.<br />
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Some reason posts with links.<br />
Love you all. Thank you!<br />
Neelam<br />
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-89684981597225019272019-11-22T13:03:00.002+05:302019-11-22T13:03:25.107+05:30Opinion-Future-proofing A&D manufacturing for Industry 4.0 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ndustry 4.0 has finally reached A&D manufacturing and according to Deloitte ‘</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/industry-4-0/aerospace-defense-companies-digital-transformation.html&source=gmail&ust=1574493857564000&usg=AFQjCNEAnPtDycONP-n0aXSZGIppTlJfMA" href="https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/industry-4-0/aerospace-defense-companies-digital-transformation.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">Aerospace & Defense 4.0</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">’ is going to be the key to unlocking future competitiveness. There is a clear and compelling case for A&;D manufacturers to leverage 4.0 technologies and incorporate digital transformation throughout their organizations, but adapting business processes may seem a daunting task, particularly for tier two and three organizations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The benefits of Industry 4.0 for A&D manufacturers are enormous but involve critical decisions on digital investments and an increasingly cyber-aware ecosystem. Here, <u>Evan Butler-Jones, Director, Defense Product Line, Aerospace & Defense Business Unit, </u></span><a href="https://www.ifsworld.com/corp/solutions/enterprise-resource-planning/manufacturing-erp-software/defense-manufacturing/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IFS</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>,</u> explores how A&D manufacturers can ensure they extract value from Industry 4.0 to stay competitive into the next decade and keep their business processes connected, configurable, intelligent and secure. That means getting the building blocks in place with a forward-looking software platform for such future-proofing initiatives. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In a </span><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/industry-4-0/aerospace-defense-companies-digital-transformation.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">recent report</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> Deloitte defines ‘Aerospace & Defense 4.0’ as the application of Industry 4.0 technologies for developing new cost-effective products and services, making existing products smarter using sensors and connectivity, and leveraging advanced manufacturing processes. A&D manufacturer BAE Systems has been using these principles in its New Product and Process Development Centre since 2017, where 3D printing and virtual reality technology are used to reduce costs and speed up manufacturing processes for combat aircraft.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Still, this may seem like a daunting task for many A&D manufacturers, particularly those tier two and three companies that play a vital supporting role in the manufacturing ecosystem but lack large manpower and monetary resources. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This really doesn’t need to be the case. In fact, IFS customer TEST-FUCHS is already seeing the real benefits of a dedicated digital twin approach for the ground support assets and test equipment it manufacturers, implemented as part of a company-wide push for digital transformation. Here I pinpoint four key areas, as well as some helpful feedback we hear across our A&D manufacturing client base, all of which highlight where the right software can help A&D manufacturers deliver on an Aerospace & Defense 4.0 strategy and future-proof their business. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1. Connectivity – “Connecting outside our four factory walls is as important as any new feature we get in software” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The significance of the digital thread as a communication network is huge in scale and consequently in importance.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It enables a connected flow of data and an integrated view of an asset across its lifetime through various isolated functional perspectives, through multiple factory walls. </span><a href="https://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/203158/Understanding-the-Digital-Thread-in-Aerospace-Defense-INFOGRAPHIC" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">According to LNS Research</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, the digital thread can increase supply chain efficiency by 16% and reduce the time required to take a product to market.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Alongside these digital initiatives, more manufacturers have realized revenue gains by extending asset management into the field to supply and service customer assets. This brings in service-based contracts with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) which must be met, and the best way to manage these contracts is by providing a suitable mobile platform for field workers and data feedback from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). This means A&D manufacturers need to rely heavily on their supporting enterprise software in order to provide this level of connectivity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Open frameworks, instant collaboration</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The right software tools can help them connect to this increasingly digital supply chain ecosystem by offering seamless interoperability with other solutions, either through an open integration framework or through pre-built solutions which meet specific government or industry integration standards. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">With servitization-based business models becoming commonplace among A&D manufacturers, new direct customer connectivity requirements are opened up—right down to IoT, customer systems, in-house Customer Relationship Management and connectivity with third party contractors who may be carrying out repairs on assets in the field. This means supporting enterprise software must be geared to connect these field-based requirements, with specific asset and service management functionalities bringing these various data streams together. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2. Configurability – “Every contract has new requirements. We’re running a dozen different models and we need our IT to support that”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">High-level manufacturing </span><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ch/Documents/consumer-business/ch-en-consumer-business-made-to-order-consumer-review.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">research from Deloitte</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> shows more than 50% of customers indicate interest in purchasing custom products or services. In the A&D sector this is even more prevalent, with manufactured parts and assets performing highly specific roles in often unique military and aerospace projects. We see A&D customers becoming more demanding in terms of delivery schedules and customization. In response to this, it is becoming a key differentiator for A&D manufacturers to have a wide range of project capabilities, who now have to operate on multiple projects for every customer, each with their own complexities. Reacting to these customer requirements means being as agile as possible. If inflexible incumbent software cannot adapt to these new demands this can result in long delays. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Agile capabilities across the business start from the inside </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Accepting a customer order and then finding out you don’t have the functionality available to implement and manage the contract can lead to lengthy delays and loss of business. The key to remaining agile to react to specific customer requests is having a broad functional capability from within the enterprise software you deploy. This should include fundamental manufacturing capabilities and flexible financial controls—particularly around the complexities of the assets in A&D, such as project-driven work and managing quality. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Then configure, don’t customize</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">But once A&D manufacturers know they have a complete set of functionalities they can rely on, they need to make sure they can deploy them in a modular approach when required, and configure them to adapt to both unique customer requirements and internally-driven lean initiatives—this is the difference between customization and configuration. This could mean configuring separate screens and interfaces for executives at the top level of the business looking at overall performance, and the engineers logging granular information into the software daily. But here companies can also take advantage of new technologies to introduce new Industry 4.0 manufacturing processes into the factory—such as additive manufacturing machines with their specialized requirements for material control and process monitoring. The pace of technology is rapid and predicting what may be required next year isn’t possible. In such cases, the relevant screens required to manage the new processes and statistics may not exist yet, but the tools within the software to quickly and easily create them should be there!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">3. Intelligence – “We made a big leap forward when we went live. Now we need to keep evolving”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A&D products produce vast amounts of information—for example the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engine generates four million data points on every flight. Less complex systems generate less data, but at all levels the value of telemetry is well proven. A&D companies should leverage this information not only for designing, manufacturing and operating their products but also for developing new, smarter, business models. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Standing still means losing out against more forward-looking competitors, particularly as connected machines become the standard, and Industry 4.0 technologies such as additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality mature and begin to deliver solid ROI. Witness IFS partner PTC and BAE Systems creating interactive mixed reality (MR) work instructions for Microsoft HoloLens. MR enabled BAE to train its first-line workers 30-40% more efficiently.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Adopting technology is a constant endeavor</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Enterprise IT lifecycles are long-term investments that can be expected to last for decades— ‘forever ago’ in manufacturing terms! As more intelligent technology enters A&D manufacturing facilities, supporting software has to keep pace. Locking into an inflexible system for a set amount of time can mean manufacturers are caught flat-footed and unable to capitalize on new tech initiatives. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In today’s market conditions, manufacturers should consider evergreen software built for compatibility through open integration standards. The goal should be to change IT operations from manual to automated processes, driven by intelligent software. The result is an approach where increasing technology investment is matched by software support comprised of components that are always up to date.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">4. Security – “We used to be insulated from the DOD’s cyber requirements—not anymore”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One element highlighted in the Deloitte Aerospace & Defense 4.0 report was the need for A&D manufacturers to adapt to the new cybersecurity paradigm. In commercial aviation, according to PwC’s </span><a href="https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/industrial-products/library.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2015 Global Airline CEO Survey</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, 85% of airline CEOs in the study viewed cybersecurity as a significant risk, likely reflecting the highly sensitive nature of flight systems and passenger data. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On the defense side there are increasing security expectations from military organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DOD). In fact, the U.S. DOD has just revealed plans for a set of contractor cybersecurity standards that are scheduled to be implemented by January 2020, called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Currently, companies supplying products and services to the U.S. DOD must meet 110 security requirements specified in NIST SP 800-171 or risk losing contract awards and new regulations are unlikely to be more lenient. Other countries have followed suit, including the UK with the Defence Information Strategy (DIS) and Australia with the Information Security Manual (ISM). The cybersecurity challenge becomes even more sensitive when combined with the proliferation of cloud-based solutions and the security implementations of access control and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).</span></div>
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India’s domestic carriers have found a temporary respite in their failing financials and capacity shortfall following the grounding of Jet Airways in mid-April. The reduced capacity and high demand in the market has provided an opportunity for domestic carriers to raise fares. The Jet shutdown has also given access to its slots at space-constrained airports, including Mumbai and Delhi.</div>
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“Guidelines mandate only airlines that add aircraft have access to those slots,” Vishok Mansingh, director of Mumbai-based consultancy CAV Aero, told <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">AIN</strong>. “SpiceJet and Vistara, as a result, have been quick to take Jet Airways aircraft on lease to get the slots.”</div>
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Jet’s misfortune has advantaged virtually all airlines in India. With 19 Boeing Max 8s grounded, Spicejet in the past month and a half has already inducted 13 Jet-configured Boeing 737NGs. In fact, SpiceJet plans to take over the leases on all 26 of Jet’s aircraft. Meanwhile, Tata-Singapore Airlines-owned A320 operator Vistara plans to take between 10 and 15 of Jet’s Boeing 737s on short-term lease. “This has helped in getting slots at airports,” said Mansingh. “Already, Vistara has increased its daily frequencies to five from Delhi to Bangalore.”</div>
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Following IndiGo’s earnings call early this week, CEO Ronojoy Dutta acknowledged Indian airlines have endured a tough fiscal year because of high fuel prices, a weak rupee, and an intensely competitive environment. “However, it is a tale of two halves for IndiGo, with the first half of the year incurring losses and the second half of the year experiencing a sharp recovery,” he said, attributing the improvement partially to Jet Airways’ cessation of services. “Overall for the quarter, we think that the Jet Airways failure effectively increased our unit revenue by 3- to 4 percent,” he said. “April revenues have been stronger than even March.”</div>
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Dutta said that as airlines add capacity to Jet Airways markets, its shutdown effects would dissipate by June “except in a few international markets, where we overlapped with Jet, as in the Middle East.”</div>
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May 27, 2019<br />
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Its been a while since I wrote a piece on lifestyle- not sure if this is a brief one on Bengaluru, Bangalore International Airport, design, management or strategy, but I do know by now, the greatest innovation of all - The Quad and BreaRoti.<br />
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Hail to the innovators who have designed this gutsy piece of community get together which very sadly will be moved by December. Can you imagine pubs and eating places outside of the airport within the premises where locals gather on weekends? What a revenue earner!<br />
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This quadrangle was empty space just outside the airport which now celebrates the cuisine, art, and heritage in a contemporary way of the IT city that has a buzz of its own. Archana, my friend and head of corp com - a very evolved lady- takes me around with pride. She knows her onions and every person who works there. This person to person connection is endearing I think.<br />
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Interestingly every shop is constructed with renewable materials that are not permanent and will not cost much when they have to be pulled down, she explains.<br />
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It is time to visit the Star of the Quad - Brea Roti - ( Bread and Roti). We order one BreaRoti with filter coffee. The result is a sinful freshly baked roll with equally sinful calories. Who would have thought a deceptive simple looking roll would generate such emotion? You'll have to try one and then feel disgusted with yourself days later when you look back and remember the need to bite into this sweetish butter filled concoction. Oh Lordy, memories are made of such experiences!!<br />
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neelam mathews<br />
May 10 3019<br />
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As the aviation world awaits the fate of Jet Airways with the last date of the bids today, we are looking at a scenario which may not have been seen by most of us.<br />
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There is no confirmation but what if-<br />
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Etihad bids with Tata group for Jet?<br />
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aerospacediaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07547078065660242770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541624174114257.post-52397839290784441432019-05-08T23:25:00.002+05:302019-05-08T23:25:36.064+05:30Kazakh LCC Launches Domestic Services with A320s<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em;">Kazakhstan’s first budget carrier—Air Astana subsidiary FlyArystan—on Wednesday launched services from its Almaty base to the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan with one of its two Airbus A320s. FlyArystan will initially operate six domestic routes, with journey times from one to three hours to Taraz, Shymkent, Pavlodar, Uralsk, Nur-Sultan (Astana), and Karaganda, most of which lie on the periphery of the country.</span></div>
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Aimed at computer literate first-time travelers, the Kazakh budget model resembles that of successful Indian budget carrier IndiGo, Air Astana president and CEO Peter Foster told AIN.</div>
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By mid-October to November, when two more A320s join the fleet, FlyArystan will start to fly regional international routes to neighboring Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) nations and Russia, said Foster. Plans call for the fleet to grow to 15 airplanes by 2022. Foster revealed the airline would establish bases through joint ventures in neighboring countries “much like Malaysia's Air Asia,” he added. </div>
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“They’ve got the planes, the know-how, and the first mover advantage,” opined Shukor Yusof, an aviation analyst at Malaysian consultancy Endau Analytics. “I believe they will make it work within two to three years, if not sooner.”</div>
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Foster said exposure to IndiGo’s operations and training at its headquarters and outstations had benefitted his team in a big way. “They [IndiGo] were very accessible and generous,” he explained. “It is a very high-quality product and we will replicate their model here.”</div>
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“Operating an LCC anywhere is broadly similar and there is no reason Central Asia would be different; high seat density and high utilization are two of the most important fundamentals," IndiGo chief commercial officer William Boulter told AIN.</div>
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Air Astana, meanwhile, plans to reduce slowly but steadily its domestic operation to a few metropolitan and oilfield airports with a high volume of business travel. Foster also told AIN that Air Astana would fly to New York using a Boeing 767 with “a north European stop” by early 2021. He added that Kazakh government subsidies would likely cover Tokyo and New York.</div>
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Foster insists FlyArystan will employ a classic low-cost model, including no premium seats, no global distribution system, no interlining nor alliances, and no free baggage allowances apart from 5 kg of cabin baggage.</div>
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