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    flydubai expands its network in Europe

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    Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13June2021: flydubai has announced the start of flights to Budapest and Ljubljana. The carrier will operate three weekly flights to Ljubljana from 24 September and four weekly flights to Budapest from 30 September. Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer at flydubai, said: “As demand for travel continues to increase, Budapest and Ljubljanaare welcome additions to our growing network. With more countries lifting restrictions on international travel, we look forward to providingpassengers with more options for travelthis year following the launch of our wide range of summer destinations.” Jeyhun Efendi, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations and E-commerce at flydubai said: “We are pleased to see our network in Europe grow further with the start of operations to Budapest and Ljubljana. These destinations have much to offer andgive travellers the chance to explore new places that will help stimulate flows oftravel and tourism, particularly after a time when our customers haven’t been able to travel as much as they would have liked. Passengers travelling fromthese destinationswill also have the opportunity to explore Dubai and beyond on our network.” With international travel restrictions gradually easing, flydubai has grown its network to over 80 destinations.

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    Air Asia India Brings Sevantastic Sale on its 7th Anniversary

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    India, 12 June, 2021: On its 7th year anniversary,AirAsia India announced ‘Seventastic Sale’ on routes across India. Special sale fares will be on offer for advance booking from 12th June till 14th June for travel from 1st August 2021 onwards. The sale fares are bookable across all channels, with a special #BookFastFlyFree contest exclusively on the airline’s new website, airasia.co.in. AirAsia’s #BookFastFlyFree contest builds on the proposition of their new website airasia.co.in – fast bookings, fab value and fantastic deals. The contest challenges anyone to share a video of how fast they can navigate from the homepage (www.airasia.co.in/home) to the payment page while booking a flight on airasia.co.in. To win prizes, including free return flights for a couple and aircraft models, participants must upload the video on using #BookFastFlyFree and tagging @airasiaindia on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Anyone booking on airasia.co.in during the 7th anniversary celebrations can also help offset their carbon footprint and have a tree planted for free by AirAsia as one of their initiatives during Tata Sustainability Month.

    Civil Aviation

    Preparing Airline Industry for Post-Covid-19 Era Through Data Analytics Technology & Strategic Management

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    AVIATION WORLD FEATURE Dr. Rajee Olaganathan, faculty at the College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, USA,and a Fellow Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society has researched the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the airline industry. It was published in the Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances in its April issue. The title of the paper is“Impact of COVID-19 on airline industry and strategic plan for its recovery with special reference to data analytics technology.” The aviation industry is the pillar of the world’s social and economic development. This research paper highlights how the aviation industry was affected by the global pandemic, how the industry responded in the race against the virus worldwide and provides recommendations concerning going forward how the aviation industry and its stakeholders should be resilient to bring the industry back to normal. AVIATION WORLD is publishing the feature which highlights the significance of this research paper for readers’ interest. Air travel is a lifeline of the world transportation sector. The current coronavirus outbreak is creating havoc on the day-to-day life of people around the world. The initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world was slow and the airline industry operated as per its normal schedule till the majority of the countries prioritized public health over economic growth. This affected the aviation industry severely through increased flight cancellations, grounding of aircraft, travel bans, and closure of international borders. Both the aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues were negatively impacted. According to data from the International Civil Aviation Organization, passenger traffic decreased by 60 percent in 2020. Dr. Rajee Olaganathan, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide who also consults actively on Avionics Sales and Services recently outlined her research findings. She mentions “Like other business sectors, the airline industry is also susceptible to external threats like natural disasters, economic recession, oil crisis, terrorism, and disease occurrences. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the value of the airline industry decreased to an unprecedented level in 2020 with a USD 371 billion loss of gross passenger operating revenues. The research findings of her paper can help the airline industry to recover from the impact of the pandemic, and might help to prepare it for the post-COVID-19 era.” The data from Dr.Olaganathan’s research study showed that the Asia-Pacific region including India was severely impacted with a loss of 120 billion USD. The European and Asia/Pacific region together accounted for around 70% of the world’s international traffic in 2020. The impact of the pandemic is stronger on the international route than the domestic route. This study applied the PEST analysis to identify the factors that affect the global airline industry and suggested that the airline industry has to consider the political, economic, social, and technological aspects into consideration and keep airlines working to make their ecosystem as safe as possible. To recover from the impact of the pandemic and to prepare for the post-COVID-19 era, Dr. Olaganathan recommends “to utilize data analysis to identify the opportunities by tracking the COVID-19 progress and recovery at a global and regional scale analysis, flight demand analysis by identifying the air route for reactivation, tracking the demand for global air travel and customer-specific air travel demand tracking through e-commerce.” This research report also suggested that the greater use of data and digital technologies must be an essential part of the airline industry’s recovery and resilience planning. It also recommended other proactive technology and strategic plans to address covid-19 issues. The results of this study will benefit the global airline industry. Likewise, Dr. Olaganathan emphasizes that the industry needs a new perspective by adopting an interdisciplinary approach by incorporating business, management, and big data analytics technology for the recovery of the airline industry and its preparedness for the post-COVID-19 era. This needs strong coordination, cooperation, and effective communication between different data analytics teams (internal and external), between all the departments within airlines, and the stakeholders of the aviation industry.” This type of interdisciplinary research which has a practical application is essential for the recovery of the airline industry. Reference Olaganathan, R. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on airline industry and strategic plan for its recovery with special reference to data analytics technology. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 07(01), 033–046. https://doi.org/10.30574 /gjeta.2021.7.1.0050

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    Thales appoints Ashish Saraf as Vice-President and Country Director for India

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    New Delhi, 7th June 2021 Thales India as appointed Ashish Saraf as Vice-President and Country Director with effect from 1 June 2021. Ashish will lead the company’s India business and will be responsible for the strategic growth of Thales in the country across all of its markets, further strengthening local teams, collaborations and innovation. He succeeds Emmanuel de Roquefeuil who takes up a new role as the VP and head for Thales in the Middle East. Prior to joining Thales, Ashish served as the President and Head of Region for Airbus Helicopters – India and South Asia.He has also served as the Vice-President and Make in India Officer for Airbus, has headed the Tata–Sikorsky joint venture in Hyderabad and also worked with Deloitte Consulting and Dassault Systemes, mainly in the United States and Europe. “I am pleased to welcome on board Ashish Saraf to the Thales Group, who joins us in extremely challenging COVID situation.Under his leadership, Thales will continue its decades-long partnership with our Indian stakeholders to support the country in this time of need, and once the pandemic behind us, contribute to India’s longer-term vision of building an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.” Pascale Sourisse, Senior Executive Vice-President, Thales. “I thank Pascale for her confidence and I am very pleased to join Thales where I will apply all my experience and energy to serve our activities and staff in India.I would like to express our solidarity as the country bravely battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.We stand united with our employees, their families, our customers and the people at large, and look forward to overcoming this pandemic together, said Ashish Saraf.

    Defence

    Indian Navy’s oldest Hydrographic Survey Ship INS Sandhayak Decommissioned

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    04 June 2021,Visakhapatnam INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy’s oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam after serving the nation for 40 glorious years on Friday, 04 Jun 21. The ship was decommissioned in a solemn and low key event due to the ongoing COVID Pandemic when the National Flag, Naval Ensign, and the Decommissioning Pennant were lowered at sunset time in the presence of Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command, the Chief Guest for the ceremony. The Decommissioning Ceremony was also attended by Vice Adm Vinay Badhwar, AVSM, NM Chief Hydrographer to Govt. of India and by serving Hydrographers, outstation ex-crew members and veterans virtually through live streaming. During her 40 years of illustrious service in the Indian Navy, INS Sandhayak undertook over 200 major hydrographic surveys in Western and Eastern coasts of the Indian peninsula, the Andaman Sea, and surveys in neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The ship also took part in important operations like Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, 1987, Op Rainbow for Humanitarian Assistance in the aftermath of the Tsunami in 2004 and the maiden Indo-US HADR Exercise Tiger-Triumph in 2019. News: PIB (Defence Wing)

    Defence

    Rear Admiral Kapil Mohan Dhir Appointed as Jt. Secy. Navy & Defence Staff

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    04 JUN 2021, NEW DELHI Rear Admiral Kapil Mohan Dhir has taken over as the Joint Secretary (Navy &Defence Staff) in the Department of Military Affairs. He is the first Armed Forces officer to tenant this assignment. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy Khadakwasla, Pune and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 1985. He is the Senior most Serving Marine Commando (MARCOS) and has served in frontline afloat and ashore assignments including Command of the premier MARCOS establishment, INS Abhimanyu, Indian Naval warships INS Khanjar and INS Rana, and peacekeeping missions both within and outside the country, including ‘Op Pawan’ and ‘Op Jupiter’. He has held important operational and staff appointments, which include Fleet Operations Officer of Eastern Fleet and Commodore in charge Work up, Indian Naval Workup Team (INWT), Kochi. The officer has rich experience of Ministry of Defence, having worked in various capacities at Naval Headquarters, as well as Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff. As ACIDS (PP&FS) in the HQIDS, he played an important role in taking forward Govt’s focus on ‘ease-of-doing business’, as well as ‘Make in India’ initiative by streamlining acquisition processes with greater focus on indigenisation. Being the architect of major policies, some of his contributions inter-alia include ‘Strategic Partnership (SP) Model, revised ‘Make-II’ and ‘Make-III’ procedures, as well as the ‘Positive Indigenisation List’. He has also furthered tri-service integration in Capability Development, besides introducing systemic approach to defence planning. He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi. He is also a recipient of the ‘VishistSeva Medal’ and the ‘AtiVishishtSeva Medal’ for distinguished service. News: PIB

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    Aviation Safety Asia to Offer US $15,000 Incentive to Encourage Covid-19 Vaccination Among Corporate (Business) Aviation Community

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    4 June 2021, Hong Kong To support the global aviation industry and encourage the re-opening of international borders, Aviation Safety Asia has announced it is offering a USD $15,000 incentive to encourage vaccination participation. The incentive is open worldwide to any business and general aviation jet operator, including and extended to special mission, aeromedical, and any other jet aviation entity that is eligible for accreditation under the ICAO International Standard for Business Aviation Operations (IS-BAO). The initiative is offered in the form of one complimentary renewal accreditation audit, which is usually conducted over two-to-three days. The audit covers the full breadth of aviation management company operations, including safety management systems (SMS), security, and aircraft maintenance. To participate, operators must evidence that their full staff is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by 1 August 2021 whereby a winner will be randomly selected. Dane Williams, Director of Aviation Safety Asia, commented: “Increasing the vaccination rates of aviation staff is a key element to ensure the safety of all in our industry and those we serve. We see increased vaccination as being fundamental to protecting against the global pandemic. We are eager to do our part to support those operators that have been negatively financially impacted at this time. We want nothing more than for the international borders to re-open safely, for economies to be rebuilt, and jobs protected.” Aviation Safety Asia continues to encourage its own colleagues to get vaccinated to protect themselves and the people around them. In addition to the two days of special leave announced for their staff (to be taken after the second dose of the vaccine), the company today confirmed that they have achieved their goal of having all staff fully vaccinated by 30 May 2021. How to Access the Complimentary US$15,000 IS-BAO Registration Safety Audit Participating operators should be registered with IS-BAO as of 1 June 2021 and evidence that all permanent staff are fully vaccinated before 01 August 2021. One operator will be randomly selected in August 2021 and the audit must be completed prior to 15 December 2021. The renewal accreditation is available for an audit of Stage One, Two, or Three of the IS-BAO program. ( News based on press release recieved from Arena Group Associates)

    Defence

    MoD signs contract to procure 11 Airport Surveillance Radars for Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard

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    03 JUN 2021, NEW DELHI Ministry of Defence signed a contract with M/s Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Ltd., Mumbai for procurement of 11 Airport Surveillance Radars with Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar for Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard on June 03, 2021. The procurement, at a cost of Rs 323.47 crore, will be made under the ‘Buy & Make’ category. The installation of these radars will increase the air domain awareness around airfields and enhance safety & efficiency in flying operations of Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. The signing of this contract is an achievement of the Government towards ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ and the objectives envisaged in the programme. This would enable absorption of technology, skill development and indigenous manufacture, boosting employment opportunities. NEWS SOURCE: PIB DELHI

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    AAI’s Pune Airport transported more than 10 crore doses of vaccines across the country

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    New Delhi 03rd June 2021: As India fights the 2nd wave of COVID-19 pandemic, AAI Airports across the country are contributing by ensuring seamless transport & shipment of vaccines and other essential medical supplies across the length and breadth of the country. AAI’s Pune Airport has been playing its role dedicatedly as the hub for the distribution of Serum Institute’s Covidshield vaccine across India. More than 10 crore doses of CovidVaccinefrom 12th January 2021 till 27th May 2021,approximately 9052 Pieces (approx. 2,89,465 wgt. in kgs) have been transported through various airlines fromPune Airport to different destinations such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Goa, Jaipur, Port Blair, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Leh, Karnal, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Ranchi, Jammu, Cochin, Dehradun, Srinagar and Trivandrum. The entire team at Pune Airport including AAI and all stakeholders are ensuring seamless and smooth dispatch of Covishield vaccine.There is a dedicated team of AAI, AAICLAS, CISF, Serum Institute, Airlines and IAF which ensures coordination & priority handling of flights carrying vaccines out of Pune Airport. Also,the airport has also been transporting the vaccines internationally. Around 2,16,000 doses (570 kgs) of Covid Vaccine have beentransported Suriname, Saint Kitts, St. Vincent and Gernadines, Antigua and Barbuda,St. Lucia from Pune Airport by Chartered flight in February 2021.PVC Vaccine approx. 161 pieces (3670 kgs) was transported to Kolkata andCovid 19 Testing Kit were transported from Pune Airport to Delhi. Apart from this, PuneAirport is also following all the COVID19 related guidelines and protocols as per the instructions of Central and State Governments to ensure a safe journey for passengers.The airport staff makes continuous requests to all the passengers, stakeholders, visitors, employees etc. to always follow COVID appropriate behaviour and maintain staggered timing to minimise crowding. To create awareness regarding COVID appropriate behaviour, ensuring safety of passengers, theairport is also displaying instructions through severalelectronic and permanent displays at the terminal. AAI Airports are trying and joining every battle they can. PuneAirport has also organised Covid vaccination camp for employees of AAI and other stakeholders in collaboration and support from Govt. of Maharashtra,Indian Air Force, Pune Municipal Corporation and various hospitals in Pune taking all safety measures into consideration. (News Issued by Corporate Communications Directorate, AAI)

    FOREWORD

    Dear Reader’s,

     

    The current edition of Aviation World has covered many areas of Aerospace & Defence based on the latest development in the sector. The front cover highlights three different images, first for the Union Civil Aviation Minister ….. who is leading from the front to steer Indian Civil Aviation sector to witness one of the most interesting phases. He is also facing most tumultuous timing due to the ongoing financial stress in the Aviation sector due to ATF rising cost and long airspace restrictions resulting in mounting losses for Indian carriers. Despite of all the ground level challenges,the minister is addressing new things on regular basis which keeps the sector motivated. We have featured many such developmental works in this edition done under his guidance which will be interesting to read.

    Our lead story on “ The West War” is another important feature which covers the ground level reality of the challenges faced by the Aviation sector. Its though time ahead and we believe it will pass soon .

    There are features on Regional connectivity and MoCA revised rules on the UDAN 2.0 and how its going to transform the flying experience within India.

    In this edition, we have covered topics on MRO,Various Policy changes,Sea Plane Operations by SkyHop Aviation, TATA-Airbus joint project on C295 military aircraft under Make In India which is expected to roll out soon and many other interesting contents which will be good to read.

    We are covering Farnborough International Airshow 2026 from 20-24July 2026 in London and our next edition will be based on the same event.For features, you may contact our team on priority basis.

     

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