CONTENTS

SP’s

August-September 2023 | VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 4

TECHNOLOGY / TRENDS

P6 | CHARTING THE SKIES OF TOMORROW

Cover: Representing the Future of Air Transport, the ES-30 is a regional electric airplane developed by Heart Aerospace, a Swedish electric airplane maker with a mission to create the world’s greenest, most affordable, and most accessible form of transport.

Cover Design: SP’s Design

Cover Photograph: Heart Aerospace

REGIONAL AVIATION / RCS

P24 | DEVELOPING REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN INDIA

Connecting remote India, one route at a time

AIRLINES / AIR INDIA

P28 | AIR INDIA UNVEILS NEW GLOBAL BRAND IDENTITY AND AIRCRAFT LIVERY

From Electric Flight to Hypersonic Journeys, unveiling the Future Technologies ushering in a New Era of Air Transport

TECHNOLOGY / SUSTAINABILITY

P11 | PARIS AIR SHOW: PUSHING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION BOUNDARIES

The 54th edition of the Air Show brought out breakthroughs in sustainable aviation and advanced eVTOL technologies

TECHNOLOGY / ENGINES

P14 | THE NEXT GENERATION IS COMING!

Aeroengine makers today face a bewildering range of technological options for their next generation products –going all the way from simple upgrades of conventional designs to exotic configurations like the open fan to hybrid-electric installations to hydrogen-burning ones

INDUSTRY / ANALYSIS

P18 | INDIA’S CENTURY: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF INDIAN AVIATION

Witness the renaissance of India’s aviation industry as it takes flight towards a Century of Prosperity unlocking extraordinary opportunities in India’s aviation sector

P22 | RISE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR

The airline industry has again proved that whenever private enterprise is unleashed in any sector it takes that sector by storm

From recruiting, and upskilling to completely rebuilding the internal systems, everything is being done to directly or indirectly make the experience better for customers

Departments

P2 | EDITOR’S NOTE

P3 | NEWS BRIEFS

P32 | FINALLY

Awards 2017 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO BUSINESS AVIATION