BizAvIndia 1/2017 - Supplement to SP's Aviation 2/2017

Issue Features

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  SAFETY

  Safety in Business Aviation
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  In any aviation activity, be it scheduled airlines or business and general aviation, safety of the aircraft and its occupants remains the primary concern for all operators

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  SAFETY

  BAOA organises the first ever safety workshop for business aviation in India
  By Jayant Nadkarni, President, BAOA

  It is with great enthusiasm that the Business Aircraft Operations Association (BAOA) is organising the first ever safety workshop for business aviation in India. The event will be held at the Claridges hotel, New Delhi, February 10, 2017.

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW

  Greater understanding of business aviation needed among policy makers: Kurt Edwards, Director General, IBAC

  In an exclusive interaction the Editor-in-Chief of BizAvIndia, Jayant Baranwal, speaks to the Director General of IBAC, Kurt Edwards, about the immense economic benefits to the economy with the deployment of business aviation.

• SAFETY STANDARDS

  SMS Implementation and the Challenge of Transformational Change
  By A.M. Ganapathy

  Safety Management System (SMS) awareness is no doubt increasing, even though the pace is still slow and patchy at best.

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  INTERVIEW

  Office in the Sky Solutions

  Rockwell Collins ARINCDirect specialises in ‘office in the sky’ solutions for the business aviation operators. Michael Dupuis, Manager of ARINCDirect Asia Pacific, Information Management Services, Rockwell Collins, details on the company role to BizAvIndia.

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  FACT FILE G500

  Speed, Efficiency and Comfort
  By Scott Neal, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Gulfstream

  The all-new G500 pushes the boundaries of high-speed travel and is the only business jet in its class to combine incredible speed with significant range and customisable comfort

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  INTERVIEW

  Jet, Arrow Tie-up: To Better Serve Indian Market

  Interview with Kani Saritas, Director Sales & Customer Relations, Jet Aviation, Middle East, India & Turkey and Elisabeth Harvey, Basel Design Studio

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  REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY

  Relevance & Role of Business Aviation in RCS
  By Group Captain Rajesh K. Bali (Retd), Managing Director, BAOA

  The release of National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 (NCAP) by the government was the first recognition by national policy makers of the important role played by business aviation (BA) in a fast developing nation that aspires to be in the list of elite economies of the world.

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  INTERVIEW

  Business Aviation is about Necessity and Progress, Not Luxury

  “The objective of the industry report was very clear in our minds. It should become a reference book that people would like to pull out and read, repeatedly, and act on it,” says Jayant Nadkarni, President of BAOA. In an interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, BizAvIndia, he outlines the objectives behind the recently released...

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  BAOA REPORT

  BAOA Brings Out the First Ever Industry Report on Business Aviation in India
  By Rohit Goel

  The Indian Government’s RCS has created a lot of buzz in the media.

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Embraer delivers first Legacy 450 to Canada's AirSprint

  Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Legacy 450 mid-light business jet to AirSprint Inc., a Canadian privately held fractional...

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  NEWS AT A GLANCE

  Boeing Business Jets, GKN Aerospace introduce Skyview Panoramic Window

  Boeing Business Jets recently announced it will work with GKN...

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  From the Editor-in-Chief

  The Director General of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), Kurt Edwards, in an exclusive interview with us, has candidly stated that business aviation is less familiar to government officials and regulators than commercial, scheduled air transport, and, as a result, the sector is constrained by inappropriate policies and regulations in India and elsewhere.