Aerospace Diary

Security Neelam Mathews  - IHS Jane's Airport Review 18 December 2017     Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), operator of Indira Gandhi International Airport, is continuing to evaluate different body scanning technologies. DIAL trialled the L3 Security & Detection Systems ProVision 2 scanner for about six weeks, but  Jane’s  understands it also intends to begin trials of a system from an Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) called Densho Solutions in January 2018. The Densho product is based on technology from....more in JAR

Jane's Airport Review Neelam Mathews 07-Dec-2017 China  CAMC Engineering Co (CMAC) has begun construction of New Pokhara International Airport, about 100 km from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Designed as the second international airport in  Nepal , Pokhara is scheduled for completion by ....Read more in JAR

Neelam Mathews - IHS Jane's Airport Review 11 December 2017     A programme of test flights has been completed at the new Platov International Airport in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, paving the way for all airline services to switch from the existing airport, which will shut down on 1 March 2018. Azimuth – the newest carrier in Russia – has confirmed that it will be based at Platov International, having signed an agreement with airport operator Airports of Regions. UK-based Twelve Architects designed the new airport, which is expected to handle traffic for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “The terminal building is organised on an orthogonal and repetitive 16 x 16 m grid and has been designed to easily accommodate future expansion,” Twelve Architects announced in a statement. To read the full article,  Client Login (116 of 156 words)

Pix Neelam Mathews (copyright) Neelam Mathews Dec 6, 2017 ShephardMedia The Indian military’s desire for UAVs will soon be boosted with further RfPs. While the army is already processing  an RfP  for mini-UAVs, India is looking to push on towards integrated army, navy and air force buys for   MALE   and HALE UAVs, for which RfIs have already been issued ...

Neelam Mathews Dec 5, 2017 To all cynics, often myself, who believe India will never take off in defense manufacturing, all I can say is Think Again. From becoming the world's largest supplier of hydraulic gear pumps, Bangalore-based Dynamatic Technologies has taken on the East and the West for aerospace manufacture. Dec 10 2017 will see the 100th shipset of airframe structures of the Su-30MKI being handed over to HAL that gave the company the  'Best Supplier Award 2017', making it a hat-trick. 

by  Neelam Mathews Dec 4, 2017 As Kazakhstan’s economy starts to bounce back after two years of currency devaluation, GDP declines and suppressed oil prices, Almaty-based Air Astana has resumed expanding its scope of operations in Russia, the Central Asian countries, South Asia and China. Located at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, Kazakhstan stands geographically well positioned to attract transit traffic, which accounts for a growing proportion of Air Astana’s revenues.   Air Astana flies to 46 international and 20 domestic destinations. “We are conscious the domestic market is very limited…That is why we are here [in India],” Air Astana CEO Peter Foster told  AIN  during a recent interview in Delhi. “Because of our geographical location, we can fly from nowhere to anywhere.” Seventeen Airbus A320neos, five Embraer E190s and three Boeing 787s have fueled Air Astana’s fleet expansion. It expects to take delivery of another two A320neos by...

Neelam Mathews Nov 21 2017 JAR GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) is leveraging advanced technologies as it expands to handle rising demand at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Passenger traffic totalled 14.34 million in 2016, and GHIAL predicts almost 18 million in the 12 months to the end of March 2018. The airport operator will complete a major terminal capacity enhancement programme by the end of 2019. “We are sweating assets and pushing capital,” said Chief Operating Officer Manish Sinha. So urgent is the need for more capacity ......Read more JAR