Aerospace Diary

AIN AIR TRANSPORT PERSPECTIVE  »  SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 by    NEELAM MATHEWS At Asia's current rate of growth, training capacity in the region, particularly in China, won’t keep pace with demand, according to Boeing. (Photo: CAE) September 23, 2013, 11:05 AM Ailing infrastructure in rapidly growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region has not kept in step with demand, creating huge challenges for airlines running out of pilots as fleets expand. Led by China and India, the region’s economies will grow 4.5 percent per year over the next 20 years, while Chinese airlines triple the size of their fleets, according to the 2013 Boeing Pilot  & Technician Outlook on Asia-Pacific. China alone will require 77,400 pilots and 93,900 technicians of the 192,300 new airline pilots and 215,300 new technicians needed in the region through 2032, said the Boeing report. “There is a very real, urgent demand…and the industry will n...

Neelam Mathews Feb 13, 2013 Now that we're hearing talk of possible suspension/blacklisting of  Agusta Westland, what happens to the JV with Tata Sons called Indian Rotorcraft  that was to produce AW119Ke light helicopter in India? This was a query that was addressed by a colleague. The facility in Hyderabad was to build helicopters for the Indian market and also become a part of the global supply chain. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has also tied up with Sikorsky to manufacture S-92 cabins, which they are doing already.

Aviation International News » May 2012 by  Neelam Mathews May 5, 2012, 5:53 AM   Judging by the dominance of business jets at India Aviation 2012, held at Hyderabad in southern India from March 14 to 18, predictions of double-digit general aviation growth in the country have inspired manufacturers and service providers to boost their presence in the market. India’s ailing airliner sector was conspicuous by its absence from the third biennial show, barring a static display of the Boeing 787 in Air India’s colors and a mock-up of the Russian Irkut MC-21 airliner. Instead, a spurt of announcements relating to India’s business aviation sector lifted spirits. AgustaWestland and Tata Sons inaugurated the final assembly line for the AW119 helicopter at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airpo...