Wings India 2018 - Day 2

ISSUE FEATURES

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  LEAD STORY
  Wings India 2018 takes off
  

  Amidst the political twist and turn, Wings India 2018, the flagship event of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), was inaugurated by the K.T. Rama Rao, Minister for Industry, Commerce and IT, Government of Telangana, at the Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad.

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  BIZAVINDIA CONFERENCE
  Joint Secretary at Civil Aviation Ministry Usha Padhee Buoys Up BAOA BizAvIndia 2018 Conference
  

  The BAOA BizAvIndia 2018 conference held on Wednesday may just have been a sneak-preview of the good things to come for the business aviation sector this year.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Honda Aircraft Company expands HondaJet sales to India
  

  Honda Aircraft Company announced today that it has expanded sales of the HondaJet to India with the appointment of Arrow Aircraft Sales & Charters Pvt Ltd as an authorised sales representative based in New Delhi, India.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Helicopters are the New Buzz Word
  

  While many aviation industry experts lament the untapped potential of helicopters in the country, the situation seems to be on a mend. At a recent event on the sidelines of Wings India 2018 in Hyderabad, the government and private officials from the industry came together to discuss...

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  BUSINESS AVIATION / HONDAJET
  HondaJet: Milestones and Timeline
  

  1997: Michimasa Fujino first sketches out the design for the HondaJet. 2000: In October 2000, Honda R&D Americas establishes a research facility at the Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the purpose of researching, fabricating, and flight testing the HondaJet.

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  INTERVIEW | NAL
  Propelling Indian Aerospace Industry
  

  Jitendra J. Jadhav, has served the ADA for 17years and is currently the Director, CSIR-NAL. In an interview with Neetu Dhulia of SP’s ShowNews, Jadhav speaks about CSIR-NAL road map for civil aircraft development programmes.

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  CONFERENCE REPORT
  Air India Makes a Mark at Wings India 2018
  

  Air India made its presence felt at Wings India 2018, the sixth edition of the popular civil aviation Exhibition & Conference in India held at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad from March 8, 2018.

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  INTERVIEW | AIR ARABIA
  ‘India is One of Our Key Markets’: Adel Ali, Group CEO, Air Arabia
  

  Calling India one of its key markets, Air Arabia, Sharjah based low-cost carrier (LCC), expressed confidence in the growing Indian aviation market. Speaking to reporters Adel Abdullah Al.Ali, Group CEO, Air Arabia, on March 5...

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  BUSINES AVIATION
  Indian MROs: Problem or Paradise?
  

  Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) within the country are a major concern for many aviation operators. As Anurag Srivastava, CEO, Bird- Execujet said during the BizAV India 2018 conference, “Nobody likes to send their jets outside for maintenance.” And, Pradeep Panicker, Deputy CEO...