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October 2017 Vol-1 Issue-3

Seaplanes to make a come back

A QUARTERLY NEWS DIGEST FOR INDIAN MROs

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A UNITING FORCE FOR THE INDIAN MRO INDUSTRY

Air travel for Shirdi pilgrims

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Issue 1 Vol 3 A October 2017

CONTENTS

COVER STORY :

(06) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates

Shirdi Airport

(07) Seaplanes to decorate Indian skies soon

IN THE NEWS :

(01) Trujet taking bigger steps for a greater India

(02) Air India’s MRO: A growth prospective for the

flag-carrier

(03) India’s ever-growing aviation traffic changes

Boeing’s forecast

(04) No AOG due to Engine issues, P&W assures

(08) Indian civil and defense MRO has begun

its vertical journey (10) Livewel Aviation interested in Air India’s ground handling operations

(11) Component storage facility, a requisite for

Pune Airport

NEW APPOINTMENTS :

(13) Rajiv Bansal – Air India

(13) Damon Bowden – AerSale

AVIATION EVENTS :

(12) International Aviation Forecast Summit

(12) JETNET iQ Global Business Aviation Summit

(12) JetExpo Moscow 2017

(12) Aircraft Asset Management Seminar 2017

Disclaimer : The views expressed in the articles are those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of the publisher or the publishing house. Unless otherwise noted,

the author writes in his/her personal capacity. They are not intended and should not be thought of, to represent official ideas, or policies of any agency or institution mentioned thereof. The

information in this newsletter is for information purposes only. MRO Association of India assumes no liability or responsibil ity for any inaccurate, delayed or incomplete information, nor for

any actions taken in reliance thereon. The information contained about each individual, event or organization is known to have been provided by such individual, event organizers or organi-

zation without verification by us. Sources of information may vary. Feedback is welcome.

BUSINESS DECLARATION :

(01) Boeing and China Airlines signs MoU to set up

MRO Facility

(03) Storm Aviation launches Base Maintenance

Services

(04) AFI KLM E&M to support Delta Airlines

(04) AAR to acquire two MRO facilities

(05) EgyptAir E&M acquired ECAA approval for

CFM56-7B

(05) HAL to supply 41 Advanced Light Helicopters :

MoU signed

(05) Able Aerospace to begin MRO services in India:

DGCA certification acquired

(08) Joramco adds Boeing B737 Max to its services

(08) ATR announced deals with Phitek for IFE streaming

(10) SITAONAIR to deliver personalized IFC experience

to Emirates passengers

(12) New IFEC suppliers announced for Embraer’s

E-Jets E2

LATEST TRENDS :

(02) Spirit AeroSystems introduces New Composite

technology

(05) AeroMexico goes live with AMOS software

(09) Jupiter’s moons exploration tests initiated in

Germany; JUICE radar antenna tested

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Issue 1 Vol 3 1 October 2017

Trujet taking bigger steps for a greater India

AVIATION in India is a forever flourishing sector, as the

demand and the supply rises day by day. To up the ante,

the Government’s ‘Regional Connectivity Scheme’ initia-

tive UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), has everybody’s

pulse racing. With this scheme, Government has aimed to

make air transport available to the un-served or under-

served airports. This scheme will play a major role in mak-

ing India as the third largest in the global Aviation market

by 2020 and the largest by 2030, as speculated.

Turbo Megha Airways Pvt. Ltd. which operates under the

brand name ‘TruJet’, has stood out as a competent com-

petition when it acquired 18 routes under the UDAN

Scheme. TruJet airlines, currently, flies within 10 destina-

tions, from 6 states, which includes Aurangabad, Benga-

luru, Chennai, Cudappah, Goa, Hyderabad, Nanded, Ra-

jahmundry, Turipati and Vijaywada. They have planned to

expand their fleet to 7-8 aircraft from the existing 4 air-

craft, which are the ATR-72 model aircraft, by the end of

current financial year. Trujet, which was started with an

aim of connecting Tier-2 cities, and has planned on servic-

ing middle-class travelers and pilgrims, will certainly re-

ceive more exposure, given its increased felt and routes,

under the Regional Connectivity Scheme. While address-

ing the PTI, the Managing Director of TruJet, Vankaya-

lapati Umesh, said that, “We are looking to launch all 18

routes under the regional connectivity scheme by the end

of next month.” TruJet is one amongst the five Airlines, to

fly under the Regional Connectivity Scheme Phase 1,

which connects 70 airports. Other airlines are Alliance Air,

SpiceJet, Air Odisha and Air Deccan.

Boeing and China Airlines signs MoU to set up MRO Facility

A memorandum of understanding has been signed be-

tween Boeing and the largest airline in Asia, China Air-

lines, with an intention to explore the airline’s capabilities

to deliver towards the MRO market in Asia. Boeing is ex-

pected to provide maintenance training and technical

support, to aid the airlines capability of servicing the Boe-

ing products. Additionally, Boeing has also planned to

work with China Airlines to empower it to be an approved

supplier for Boeing. Once the airline receives the approv-

al, it will be able to place its bid for acquiring work on a

wide range of products and services, offered by Boeing.

“We are pleased to further extend our partnership with

The Boeing Company. This MOU with Boeing provides a

platform that will allow us to enhance the world-class

capabilities of China Airlines Group. We look forward to

contributing to the steady growth of commercial aviation

in Taiwan, as well as the rest of Asia.” said Ho Nuan-

Hsuan, Chairman, China Airlines. Ihssane Mounir, senior

vice president, Sales and Marketing, Boeing Commercial

Airplanes, commented that China has been a prominent

partner of Boeing for more than 50 years, and this collab-

oration will further enhance China Airline's capabilities in

maintenance and engineering. Ihssane Mounir added by

saying that this relation will also allow the airline to de-

velop and deliver world class maintenance service to air-

lines around the globe, besides adding value to Boeing’s

network of global supplier partners.

With a prediction that 40% of the future market demand

for commercial aircraft would be from the Asia-Pacific

region, this alliance of Boeing and China Airlines in the

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the largest market, will provide flexibility for global air-

lines customers, and it will also contribute towards Tai-

wan’s growing commercial aviation industry.

Air India’s MRO: A new growth prospective for the flag-carrier

THE Indian air travel industry is deemed to be one of the

fastest growing markets, globally, with the estimated

growth is of about 20% growth annually. The key factor

essential to maintain the growth is the necessity in the

growth of country's infrastructure. Aviation has received

a helping hand from various parties, for the front-end

infrastructure; but the maintenance section still remains

a straggler, as compared to its global peers. The Air India

Engineering Services Ltd.'s (AIESL) MRO facility at Nagpur

is a correctional measure for the issue. The commercial

vitality of this facility depends on numerous factors like

the growth of air traffic in Nagpur, economic viability for

private airlines and the budgetary influence on the facili-

ty; to make it on par with the other MROs in India and

beyond.

The National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 (section 18.

Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) states. "The MRO

business of Indian carriers is around Rs. 5000 crore, 90%

of which is currently spent outside India – in Sri Lanka,

Singapore, Malaysia, UAE etc. Given our technology and

skill base, the government is keen to develop India as an

MRO hub in Asia, attracting business from foreign air-

lines." As per the policy, Center has aimed to develop In-

dia as an MRO hub for aircraft.

Since May 2015, since the first aircraft check, the facility

has successfully completed 21 checks, which includes the

recently completed 'C Check' on a Boeing 737 (operated

by SpiceJet). Air India had placed an order of aircraft with

Boeing, following which the facility was set up by Boeing

as a part of its commitment towards the national Flag

seek DGCA clearance for Boeing 737’s full maintenance

Spirit AeroSystems introduces new Composite technology

SPIRIT AeroSystems is known to be one of the largest

manufacturers of aerostructures in the world. They have

recently introduced a new single-aisle spoiler for the Air-

bus A320 family. Spirit AeroSystems have successfully

demonstrated the Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) technolo-

gy at their Advanced Technology Centre, located in Prest-

wick, Scotland. They are scheduled to begin production of

the Single-aisle Spoiler with the new RTM process in 2019.

Scotty McLarty, the Vice President and General Manager

of Spirit AeroSystems, UK & Malaysia, said, "We are

pleased to utilize this innovative technology to not only

bring improved quality and savings to our customer but

also to secure new work for our U.K. facility.” The new

Resin Transfer Molding solution developed by Spirit Aero-

Systems supports a high-volume production of spoilers

and other monolithic components, which assures delivery

of improved quality and significant cost savings.

Spirit aims at establishing a world class manufacturing sys-

tem, with a state-of-the-art automation and robotics to

meet its customer’s, more than 600 spoilers per month,

demands. Since 2014, Spirit and Airbus have been collabo-

rating on the research and development of new technolo-

gy. The Aerospace Technology Institute, a UK Government

aerospace research and development institute, also pro-

vided a funding match to the effort.

Spirit AeroSystems has design and build capabilities for

both commercial and defence aircraft. In addition to the

spoilers, the company currently produces A320 family

leading and trailing edges.

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Dinesh Keskar said, “Commercial aerospace de-

mand in India continues to grow at unprecedented

rates.”

Indian airlines have a fleet of more than 500 planes and

have about 880 on order. The current forecast graph has

steeply increased, as Boeing had expected India to buy

470 planes worth $350 billion over a span of 20 years.

The aviation traffic in India is growing at a rate of 20%

which is far greater than the global average of 7.3%. The

Domestic traffic increased by 23%, of which Low-Cost air-

lines made up 60% of the traffic. Air India is set to receive

the last planes amongst the 68 planes, $11 billion order

made in 2006. They include a fleet of three 787 Dream-

liner, expected to be delivered by October 2017 and a

fleet of three Boeing 777 long haul jets by early 2018.

SpiceJet and Jet Airways are also ready to receive their

orders of Boeing 737 Max from next year. Dinesh Keskar

also informed that some Boeing aircraft are also being

leased to Indian Carriers over the next few months.

India’s ever-growing aviation traffic changes Boeing’s forecast

LAST year, Boeing had submitted a forecast that India

would purchase 1850 planes, over a span of 2 decades.

But, Boeing has submitted an updated forecast that ex-

pects the world’s fastest growing Aviation market to pur-

chase as much as 2100 Aircraft within the next 20 years. In

March 2016 Boeing had a forecast that India would pur-

chase 1740 planes over the next 20 years. In July 2016,

Boeing updated its demand forecast for India, stating that

it expects Indian airlines to order 1850 new aircraft, worth

$265 billion. Senior vice president of Asia Pacific and India

sales, Dinesh Keskar stated that, “India continues to have a

strong commercial aerospace market and the highest do-

mestic traffic growth in the world.” However, this year,

Boeing updated the demand forecast for India again,

stating that Indian airlines are expected to purchase 2100

aircraft worth $290 billion, over the next 20 years. This in-

crease in demand forecast is attributed to strong local cur-

rency, high load factor, passenger demand, low fuel prices

and strong economic growth.

Storm Aviation has launched Base Maintenance Services

ONE of the leading line maintenance and technical train-

ing service providers in Europe, Storm Aviation, has an-

nounced the launch of light base maintenance at the

London-Stansted airport facilities, which is the head-

quarters of the organization. This UK based organization

holds part-145 and part-147 approvals and is planned to

provide base maintenance services namely, large com-

ponent change programs, modifications and equivalent

scheduled base maintenance up to 1C-Check to airlines

operating Airbus A320 and Boeing 757 aircraft.

carrier. It was known from another source that it would

be essential for the Air India Nagpur facility to generate a

revenue of approx. Rs. 500-600 cr. annually to be profita-

ble. The General Manager (Engineering) SS Quazi, men-

tioned to the Indian Express reporter, “We have DGCA

approval to carry out less complex 4A checks including

modification, structural inspection and repaid on A319,

A320 and A321 series aircraft fitted with certain types of

engines, and will be looking to seek approval for more

extensive checks once we have a customer on board.

We’re also planning to soon seek DGCA clearance for

Boeing 737’s full maintenance planning document. Once

we have the requisite approval, we would be able to con-

duct any kind of checks on that aircraft model.” Ajay

Singh, the Chairman & MD of SpiceJet, mentioned that Air

India has initiated a time & money saving efforts, by ser-

vicing their aircraft at the Nagpur unit. Considering that

SpiceJet does not have any Nagpur as a stop, they would

face a challenge when complying to their agreement with

Air India Engineering Services Ltd. It could also be deter-

rent for other private airlines to use AIESL's MRO in Nag-

pur.

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Storm Aviation has its MRO facility in the Diamond hang-

ar of the London Stansted Airport, which is renowned for

its wide-body aircraft housing capacity. Here, the aviation

specialists shall offer 24x7 AOG support, major & minor

modification services, engineering and maintenance plan-

ning, refurbishment and aircraft interior changes, as well

as, engine repair works & changes to airlines operating

Airbus A319, A320, A321 and Boeing 757.

This issue has severely affected the airlines, as the

grounding has led to a cancellation of numerous

flight with the operators.

IndiGo president and whole-time director Aditya Ghosh

said that “Regrettably, there have been days when we

have had to ground as many as nine A320 Neo (planes)

due to lack of spare engines. While we do receive certain

compensation from Pratt & Whitney for these ground-

ings, the operational disruptions are quite challenging

and we are not happy with that situation.” As per a

source, as many as 667 flights were cancelled by Indigo

between 21st June - 03rd July. This has led to Indigo in-

curring losses. These technical issues faced by Indigo and

GoAir certainly pose and 'safety issue' besides the eco-

nomic impediment. P&W has assured that they will en-

sure to have no aircraft-on-ground by September 2017;

as informed by a DGCA official.

AFI KLM E&M to support Delta Airlines

AIR France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance

(AFI KLM E&M) has announced an affiliation with Delta

Airlines, a US based operator, to provide component sup-

port to the airline’s Airbus A350 fleet, as well as a recipro-

cal component agreement which takes advantage of Delta

TechOps component capabilities. Besides the Component

agreement, Delta airlines will benefit from expertise and

reputation which AFI KLM E&M holds in terms of compo-

nent support in general and Airbus A350, in particular.

“Delta is one of the biggest airlines in the world, and AFI

KLM E&M is proud to help it operate a new aircraft type,”

said Anne Brachet, Executive Vice President AIR FRANCE

KLM Engineering & Maintenance. “With this new A350

contract, AFI KLM E&M is showing it is a major player in

this emerging market, with an extensive, expert, and com-

petitive service offer. This opportunity also opens the

door to further MRO collaborations and we look forward

to expanding our maintenance relationship.”

No more AOG due to Engine issues, P&W assures

INDIGO and Go Air have been facing issues with the A320

Neo engines. Failure in the No. 3 bearing and the com-

bustion chamber failure on P&W1100 engine, has led to

the grounding of 7 aircraft of A320 Neo variant operated

by Indigo and 2 operated by GoAir. A meeting held in Au-

gust 2017, to discuss the issue faced on the P&W engine,

was attended by the representatives of DGCA, P&W, Air-

bus, Indigo and GoAir. It is known that DGCA has been

investigating the issues which have arisen with the Pratt

& Whitney engines in A320 Neo narrow-body Jets, which

were brought in service over the past year by the two

Indian airline operators.

AAR to acquire two MRO facilities

THE global aviation service provider Allen Aircraft Ra-

dio (AAR), is deemed to acquire two of Premier Avia-

tion’s aircraft maintenance and overhaul facilities. One

facility is located at Trois-Rivières Airport in Quebec

and the second one at Windsor International Airport in

Ontario, Canada.

Premier Aviation had expanded its Trois-Rivières, Que-

bec facility to 150,000 square feet in 2011. This facility

can contain up to seven narrow-body aircraft. Premier

Aviation began operating in Windsor, Ontario in 2012

in a new 143,000 square feet hangar with full back

shop capability and capacity for six narrow-body air-

craft. AAR already operates a widespread, award-

winning network which also includes airframe mainte-

nance facilities in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Duluth,

Minnesota; Miami, Florida; Indianapolis, Indiana;

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Rockford, Illinois, as well as component repair facilities in

New York and Amsterdam, and landing gear services in

Miami.

AAR was ranked as the largest MRO services provider in

the Americas and third in the world, before this acquisi-

tion. AAR was founded in 1951 and incorporated in 1955

and the has since provided various aviation and expedi-

tionary services to the global commercial, government

and defence aviation.

EgyptAir E&M acquired ECAA approval

for CFM56-7B

EGYPTAIR Engineering and Maintenance has recently

acquired the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA)

approval for CFM56-7B type engines for the Boeing B737

-800 type aircraft. EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineer-

ing Chairman & CEO, Abou Taleb Tawfik, informed that

they have been upgrading their facilities to add the ser-

vices requisite for maintaining and overhauling the

CFM56-7B engines, since 2014. It has also been known

that EgyptAir has 9 new aircraft to be delivered by end of

December 2017. That would expand their Boeing B737-

800 fleet to 29, with the 4 spare engines would make it a

total of 62 engines of the above variant. These engines

were overhauled abroad which resulted in added

maintenance cost and longer time. Hence EGME worked

towards developing their facilities to achieve the approv-

al. This approval expands the company’s maintenance

scope besides saving a lot of currency.

AeroMexico goes live with AMOS software

AEROMEXICO Group has selected Swiss-AS software

AMOS for managing its complete scale of maintenance

activities post an extensive market review. AMOS had its

first go-live with Aero-Mexico in December 2016, when

AMOS was used for AeroMexico's long haul fleet man-

agement. Now the complete range of maintenance activi-

ties will be managed by the AMOS.

AMOS is the comprehensive, fully-integrated MRO soft-

ware solution developed and distributed by Swiss Avia-

tion Software. Besides AeroMexico, AMOS is also used by

airlines & MRO's like, SpiceJet, EgypyAir,

Able Aerospace to begin MRO services in India: DGCA certification acquired

ABLE Aerospace Services, a subsidiary of Textron Avia-

tion declared that they have achieved a certification

from DCGA, to provide a wide spectrum of repair, over-

haul and approved replacement part support for both

rotary and fixed wing aircraft in India. This has enabled

Able Aerospace to provide high-quality, cost efficient

maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Indian air-

lines, which operate aircraft by Airbus, Bell, Boeing and

other major aircraft platforms in India.

Able Aerospace Services serves a wide range of commer-

cial and military aircraft; in more than 60 countries. Be-

sides, the DGCA certification it has additional airworthi-

ness certifications from FAA, EASA, CAAC, JCAB, Thailand

DCA and Brazil’s ANCA. This organization is also an ap-

proved Bell Helicopter Service Center and an Airbus Heli-

copters approved repair facility, also holding Internation-

al Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001-2008 and

Boeing’s AS9100 certificates of registration.

HAL will supply 41 Advanced Light

Helicopters : MoU signed

HINDUSTAN Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed an-

other MoU to supply of 40 Advanced Light Helicopters

(ALH) to the Indian Army and 1 ALH to the Indian Navy.

The 41 ALH supply contract, worth Rs. 6100 crores and

will be delivered in the next 5 years. In March 2017, HAL

had signed a contract with the Indian Navy (IN) and Indi-

an Coast Guard (ICG) to supply 32 ALH. This contract

was in view of boosting the maritime security capabili-

ties of the IN and ICG.

Iberia, Kalitta Air, UMS Skeldar Aero Group, AirBerlin,

Belavia, Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp, etc.

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President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Shirdi Airport

HON’BLE President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Shirdi Airport on the 1st October, located in Ahmednagar district

in Maharashtra. Concluding the inauguration, Mr. Kovind has dedicated the airport to the people. The commercial

flights were scheduled for later that day, with a flight to Mumbai, operated by Alliance Air.

Shirdi Airport had acquired the aerodrome license from DGCA last month, and a successful test flight was flown from

Mumbai on 26th September 2017. The 40-minute test flight was conducted by Alliance air in its ATR-72 from Mumbai

to Shirdi, which took off at 03:20 pm and landed at 04:00 pm. One of the first passengers was Mr. Ram Shinde, the

state Water & Soil conservation minister and MLA for Ahmednagar district. Besides Ram Shinde, others accompanying

him were, Valsa Nair Singh - State Civil Aviation Secretary; Mukesh Bhatia – Regional Director, Western Region. Air In-

dia; Suresh Kakani - Maharashtra Airport Development Company Ltd Managing Director; besides others. The delega-

tion was received by Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil - Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

"With the first flight landing at Shirdi Airport, my dream has been fulfilled. Sai Baba's devotees will reach here faster

now," Vikhe Patil tweeted.

The Shirdi Airport is located 238 km from Mumbai, and is setup on a 350 hectare land in Kakadi village, 13km south-

west of Shirdi. The airport has a 2500 m runway, which is capable of handling larger aircraft like Airbus A-320 & Boeing

B-737. According to an estimate, Shirdi receives approx. 60,000 pilgrims every day, and the airport authorities plan to

divert 10-12% towards air transport. The Shirdi Aerodrome is owned and developed by Maharashtra Airport Develop-

ment Company (MADC). The Airport has been developed with an investment of Rs. 350 crore, which includes 50 crore

received from the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan trust.

This year marks the 100th year if Sai Baba’s Samadhi in Shirdi. The Shirdi airport commemorates this event and the air

transport will reduce pilgrims travel time to 40 minutes, by airways, against the 5 hours by roadways, at present; which

will allow the devotees to return the same day.

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Seaplanes to decorate Indian skies soon

AJAY Singh CMD of Spicejet said that his airline was exploring opportunities to buy seaplanes to increase its reach in areas which do not have air strips. SpiceJet plans to purchase more than 100 amphibians, estimated to cost US$400 mil-lion, as the no-frills airline looks to boost regional operations. The airline is already a participant in the Government’s regional connectivity scheme under which it operates flights to the country's hinterland. Spicejet entered into an agree-ment with Japan's Setouchi Holdings to explore the opportunity of bringing seaplanes back to Indian skies. Quest Air-craft Company, LLC—part of Japan’s diversified Tsuneishi Group—is a manufacturer of amphibian planes. The company is owned by Setouchi Holdings, part of Tsuneishi Group. Quest Aircraft also makes Kodiak 100 aircraft that can carry up to eight passengers, depending on the configuration.

There is a huge potential for their use in tourism, not just in the leisure segment but also in case of crises or emergen-cies, since they can reach the remotest areas and can land on water bodies. “These are rugged planes which can oper-ate from a small strip or from water. With constraints of airports high in India, I believe there is tremendous opportunity for seaplanes,” Singh said. Test flights of the aircraft have been held in Nagpur and Guwahati. Singh said that there is good opportunity to operate such planes in places like the north eastern parts of the country, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rajasthan, where tourism flourishes. However, he cautioned that the company would not venture in to the project if it didn't make commercial sense. “At the end of the day, SpiceJet is a commercial entity, and whether we will finally do it and how we will do it depends on the commercial viability of the project,” Singh said. “Under this association, we have already executed land plane demonstrations in Nagpur and Guwahati. As a next step, we would also like to go for seaplane demonstration soon,” said Go Okazaki, Executive Managing Director, Setouchi Holdings Inc. SpiceJet is trying to remodel itself with multiple initiatives such as longer version of regional aircraft Bombardier Q400, low-cost long-haul planes and now the seaplane initiative. This introduction of Seaplanes and the speculated MRO by Setouchi Holdings, will surely boost the MRO market in India.

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Joramco adds Boeing B737 Max to

its services

THE Amman based MRO, Joramco, which is the engineer-

ing section of the Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has

received approval for B737 Max from Jordanian Civil Avia-

tion Authority (JCARC) and United Arab Emirates Civil Avi-

ation Authority (GCAA). Presently, Joramco provides

maintenance repair and overhaul services to various air-

craft models of Airbus, Boeing and Embraer fleets, to a

wide range of customer based in Middle East, South Asia,

Africa, Russia, and the CIS countries.

“Adding the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft capability is consid-

ered a strategic milestone in our capabilities develop-

ment plans as it will expand our airframe and service

offerings to our customers. This addition shows our com-

mitment to support existing and future customers who

are operating the next generation of aircraft” said Mr.

Amjad Korshlow, the acting CEO of Joramco.

Joramco is strategically located in a free zone area at the

Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. They

have a facility which includes 5 hangers, with the capacity

to house 10 aircraft. Joramco is also certified by various

local and international aviation regulatory authorities

like, Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (JCARC), U.S. Fed-

eral Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation

Safety Agency (EASA).

service sector, which also includes MRO, is antici-

pated to grow phenomenally to $ 8.5 trillion in the

next 20 years. As per the changes in the forecast report in

Boeing, India would require 2100 aircraft, over the next

20 years, which is valued at 290 billion.

While the Civil Aviation in India has shown a growth tra-

jectory, the Defense Aviation is not far behind. There has

been a steady increase in India’s defense requirements

over the years which has compelled a relative increase in

Defense Aviation MRO. The Government of India is ad-

dressing these growth opportunities in various facets.

Earlier, the Defense Aviation MRO was restricted with Air

Force, Army and Navy. This has now been revised and has

been thrown open to private players. The Government of

India is planning reforms in its policies related to defense

sector, which will encourage the suppliers of defense avi-

ation spare parts to start endemic production in the

country, thus complying with the Make-in-India initiative

of the Government.

Envisioning the short-term perspective, the combined,

Civil and Defense, MRO market is anticipated to reach

$2.5 billion by 2025. This will serve to be a bonanza op-

portunity for the prospective players in the field.

Indian civil and defense MRO has be-gun its vertical journey

THE new National Civil Aviation policy laid down by the

Government aims at manifesting the enormous opportu-

nities provided by aviation. The new policy combines

measures like effective improvement in infrastructure,

improvement in Regional Connectivity Scheme and allevi-

ating the flying norms for new entrants, attempts at capi-

talizing on the growth prospects of Aviation market. Alt-

hough, the growth of aviation market effects significant

aspects of trade and economic growth of the country;

there is one sector which demands attention of entrepre-

neurs as it provides humongous opportunities. It is the

Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) sector. Accord-

ing to Boeing, the global commercial aviation

ATR announced deals with Phitek for IFE streaming

ATR has signed a deal with an Auckland, New Zealand

aircraft cabin technology supplier Amphenol Phitek Ltd,

for the provision of a standalone wireless In-flight Enter-

tainment System (IFE). This system is deemed to enhance

the passengers on board experience by allowing them to

read newspapers, download tourist guides, listen to mu-

sic and watch movies, series or other multimedia content

on their personal electronic devices. This service will be

made available from June 2018 and will be an optional

feature for all the new ATRs. They will also be easily ret-

rofittable for the existing ATRs.

This on-board streaming facility will be delivered by the

innovative, simple and flexible IFE Box solution. This IFE

system requires no electrical or mechanical solutions and

can be easily installed or removed, on every type of air-

craft models. Airlines can collaborate with IFE Phitek and

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determine the appropriate streaming content and consid-

er the relative revenue opportunities.

Chris van der Loo, Marketing Director of Phitek said: “We

are delighted to supply ATR with our innovative Wi-Fi

streaming products. This further enhances the flight ex-

perience on board the ATR aircraft. ATR’s position at the

forefront of regional aviation demonstrates the superiori-

ty of their products and the importance they attach to

remaining at the cutting-edge of aviation technology. The

fact that they have chosen Phitek is further proof of the

quality of our smarter cabin products and their success in

creating the ultimate in-flight experience.”

ATR’s Senior Vice-President Programs & Support, Tom

Anderson stated that ATR is constantly striving to im-

prove the in-flight experience which they offer to ATR

operators and their passengers. This IFE streaming will

allow passengers additional ways to enjoy their flight

while providing operators with added revenue potential.

JUICE will carry 10 most advanced instruments

which will include set of cameras, spectrometers,

ice-penetrating radar (RIME), altimeter, radio-science ex-

periment, and set of sensors to monitor Jupiter’s mag-

netic fields and charged particles. The radar sounder in-

strument, RIME, is developed for penetrating below the

moons’ icy surface, till a depth of 9m, while will provide

images with a resolution of 1 km x 10 km and a depth of

50 m. RIME will use a 16.6 m dipole antenna to work on a

central frequency of 9 MHz. The two antenna booms are

made of Carbon Fiber reinforced polymer and weigh 1.3

kgs.

The two-day RIME tests campaign was done to verify the

results of the computer simulation, and calculate the ra-

dio performance of the RIME antenna, as if it were

mounted on the spacecraft. The test was performed using

a specific 3m x 2m x 2m mockup (since the real spacecraft

cannot be take outside), on which the antenna was

mounted. The mockup was attached to a helicopter using

a polyethylene rope, which hung 120 m below the heli-

copter and flew 320 m above the ground. Due to the req-

uisite frequency range, the test was performed outdoors,

though it had to face external disturbances, electromag-

netic reflections and general weather conditions. The set

up was made to replicate the ‘spacecraft mounting’ cir-

cumstances as the test characteristics are impacted by

the electromagnetic coupling to the spacecraft and would

have to be monitored to ensure the antenna calibration.

To endure the flight and to combat the wind force, the

delicate, space designed, antenna booms were strength-

ened with fiberglass tubes.

Airbus is a prime contractor for JUICE spacecraft, and us-

es expertise from its various sites in Toulouse (France),

Friedrichshafen (Germany), Stevenage (UK) and Madrir

(Spain). Airbus has engaged around 150 space engineers

on the JUICE spacecraft.

October 2017

Jupiter’s moons exploration tests initi-ated in Germany; JUICE radar anten-na tested

THE European Space Agency’s mission, led by Airbus, to

explore Jupiter’s moons, has started in Airbus’ Frie-

drichshafen plant in Germany. The first step, to test the

Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) instrument, was

done in September 2017. This was executed by flying the

RIME instrument beneath a helicopter. The test was

done in an airfield, 30 km northwest of Airbus’ Germany

plant, where the 16.6 meter long antenna used for RIME

instrument was tested under diverse flight conditions.

AERO MRO DIGEST


SITAONAIR to deliver personalized IFC experience to Emirates passengers

SITAONAIR will be delivering their personalized inflight

connectivity to Emirates, through their onboard Wi-Fi

hub, ‘Internet ONAIR’, which will digitally harmonize the

inflight connectivity experience across over 200 aircraft.

The SITAONAIR project was awarded as the best personal-

ization innovation, at the APEX awards 2017. The Internet

ONAIR has been incorporated with Emirates Skywards,

which is an Emirates Airlines loyalty program, offering

special benefits to members.

In addition to the complimentary 20mb data, Emirates

Skywards’ is now offering a customized inflight Wi-Fi bun-

dle, to be used on the new Internet ONAIR portal, de-

pending on the membership tier and class of travel. This

provides a higher engaging means to Emirates’ customers,

and serves as a gratitude from Emirates. The Internet

ONAIR portal has been customized to accessible through

Wi-Fi, from any connected device.

“With Emirates we have made our open platforms vision,

presented at APEX EXPO 2016, a reality. This complex digi-

tal harmonization project marks a real accomplishment

for both SITAONAIR’s digital aviation specialists and our

long-standing airline customer and co-creation partner”

said Dominique El Bez, Vice President of Strategy at

SITAONAIR.

According to SITA’s 2017 Passenger IT trend survey, it has

been noted that UAE passengers show a great deal of ar-

dor for sending receiving emails, messages, images and

videos inflight. As compared to a global average 55% were

amongst the ‘would definitely use’ category. Also, SITA’s

survey has also reported that passengers prefer a more

personal, than a more generic, digital experience inflight.

The SITAONAIR-Emirates Internet ONAIR project will pro-

vide following value-adds for passengers:

• Portal for inflight login with Emirates Skywards

credentials, and a personalised welcome note.

• Provision of various customized offers, designed

to suit the seat and tier level, ranging from discounted

internet plans to unlimited internet access.

• Provision for inflight sign-up for the Emirates

Skywards loyalty program, real time.

Livewel Aviation interested in Air India’s ground handling operations

LIVEWEL Aviation’s Mumbai headquarters have shown

their interest in managing the ground handling business

of Air India, considering its debt. Livewel is a family-

owned business which is headed by Manek Davek and

Burzin Daver. It provides ground handling and mainte-

nance services to various Airlines. Apart from the inter-

est shown by Bird group has also shown interest in man-

aging Air India’s services. Civil Aviation Secretary R. N.

Chaubey informed that, in August 2017, Bird Group

wrote a letter to the aviation ministry, expressing their

interest in investing in Air India. Currently, Air India holds

a debt of nearly Rs. 52,000 crores. Amongst which, Rs.

28,000 crores, is the working capital debt and Rs, 4,000

crores, is the interest. Despite of receiving Rs. 24,000

crores of bailout package, Air India has failed to turn its

fortune.

In June 2017, the Cabinet had given an in-principle nod

for strategic disinvestment of the state-run airline. A

group of ministers led by the Finance Minister Arun

Jaitely are expected to meet for discussing the National

Carrier’s divestiture plan. Government is likely to Air In-

dia’s subsidiaries separately and expects to finish the

carrier’s disinvestment plans before the end of current

year. The Government of India has invited applications,

to appoint transaction advisors and law firms, for Air In-

dia’s strategic sale assistance. The Department of Invest-

ment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has in-

formed that they will appoint two transaction advisors

from consulting firms/ investment bankers, merchant

bankers and financial institutions. “The Government of

India has in-principle decided to consider the disinvest-

ment of the AI Group as a whole, or its constituents fully

or part thereof through strategic sale with transfer of

management control,” the DIPAM said in notice inviting

Expression of Interest.

So far, four companies have shown their interest in ac-

quiring the ground handling business of the National Car-

rier, including Bird Group and Celebi Aviation. Earlier,

IndiGo had expressed its interest in taking over Air In-

dia’s international operations.

AERO MRO DIGEST


Component storage facility, a requisite for Pune Airport

STOCKING of critical spares at the airport facility has been

made necessary by flight delays caused by the sudden

malfunctions of components, aviation experts say. Hence,

such a facility has been a requisite since the expansion of

the Pune airport is in progress; since Mumbai and Delhi

airports already have such a storage facility available.

"Flights have been delayed due to technical glitches. In

Pune, the current space doesn't allow for creation of

proper stores in which some basic spare parts can be

kept. However, with the airport expanding and plans to

increase the size of the apron area on the anvil in addi-

tion to the construction of a new terminal building, provi-

sions for the same might be made in the future," as in-

formed by an airline official to Times of India.

When Ajay Kumar, Pune Airport Director was contacted,

he informed that aircraft maintenance is not dependent

on spare space. One needs to contact the airlines.

Aviation expert, Dhairyasheel Vandekar, who has

served as a station manager for Air India, informed

that this issue was raised a long time ago and the Pune

MP, Anil Shirole had been contacted for the same.

"Though it is practically not possible for any airline to

have a stockpile of all the components for an aircraft in

one single place, here we are talking about some basic

and critical equipment which gets out-of-order often in

an aircraft. These include windscreens or wheel assembly.

If space can be provided, airlines can access and decide

upon what they want to store in the space provided by

the airport. For example, if there is a tyre burst and the

wheel assembly is present in the airport, fixing it takes an

hour," Vandekar said.

Vandekar added stating that the airlines must ensure that

a stock of important components and those recommend-

ed by the manufacturers are readily available. This will

ensure some control over delays and reduce the incon-

venience caused to the passengers and revenue loss for

facilitation of passengers and settlement of their claims.

AERO MRO DIGEST


New IFEC suppliers announced for

Embraer’s E-Jets E2

EMBRAER has announced its collaboration with Meggit

Polymers & Composites and KID Systeme as its new In-

flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) provider for

the second generation of E-Jets family of commercial air-

craft. Being one of the five amongst the Meggit divisions,

Meggit polymers & composites will be producing a high

performance radome assembly, for inflight connectivity.

Also, one of the market leading suppliers for electronic

cabin systems for passenger and corporate aircraft, KID

Systeme, will be providing its SKY-Fi club system – a wire-

less streaming onboard platform for commercial and ex-

ecutive aircraft.

“To best suit their operating environments, airlines and

lessors can choose from the E2's portfolio of in-flight en-

tertainment and connectivity products from multiple sup-

pliers. There are also common smart and modular provi-

sions that accommodate future equipment installation.

The IFE&C portfolio will include wireless streaming enter-

tainment to personal devices or seat backs, internet via

Ka and Ku bands and air-to-ground connectivity, and real-

time TV (iPTV).” informed Rodrigo Silva e Souza, Vice

President of Marketing, Embraer Commercial Aviation.

The design manufacture and assembly from Meggit will

include a radome, skirt seal, adapter plate and fittings. A

notable feature of this system is the Tri-band radome ca-

pability, which allows each aircraft services to be custom-

ized as per customers preference. The KIDSysteme’s SKY-

Fi club has been selected to enable the E2’s passengers to

choose the KID-System’s streaming solution. The SKY-Fi

club will stream the content directly to passengers’ per-

sonal electronic devices (PED). The content will include

entertainment options like movies, ebooks, magazines,

etc. This technology is based upon Airline Network Archi-

tecture (ALNA) connectivity program, which has already

been installed over 650 aircraft. This system will also ena-

ble the passengers to access internet services, inflight.

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Location: Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin, Ireland

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Date: 12th-16th November, 2017

Location: Airport Expo, Dubai, UAE

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AERO MRO DIGEST


Rajiv Bansal – Air India

RAJIV Bansal, Senior IAS officer, took charge of the CMD office of

Air India, in August, 2017, with a commitment to work on the air-

line’s profitability with a missionary zeal. Mr. Bansal is a 1988

batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre. He is a Civil Engineer by pro-

fession, graduated from IIT Delhi in 1986, and holds a bachelor

degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He also holds a

Diploma in Finance from ICFAI, Hyderabad and an Executive Mas-

ters in International Business from IIFT, New Delhi. He has worked

as Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC),

and also as Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries, Gov-

ernment of India and Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govern-

ment of India. Bansal also has the experience of working as part time official Director at Bharat Heavy Electricals Lim-

ited from July 14, 2009, to March 15, 2011. He has even served as Director of HMT Limited from August 03, 2009 to

January 11, 2010. He has also worked with the Board NACIL, Alliance Air and GITA. He has also served in the Ministry of

Electronics and Information Technology, where he looked after digital payments, IT Act, Aadhaar, and internet govern-

ance. Rajiv Bansal has replaced Ashwani Lohani, who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Indian Railway Board.

“He will be holding additional charge for 3 months and the government will then take a call on who the regular person

should be, whether it should be Rajiv Bansal or someone else,” Civil Aviation secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey said.

New Appointments

Damon Bowden – AerSale

AERSALE, a global supplier of mid-life aircraft, used serviceable materials

and MRO services has promoted Damon Bowden to Vice President Glob-

al Sales and Business Development (Airframe and Engine), Cardiff, UK.

Damon Bowden will be responsible for the aftermarket services for Eu-

rope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mr. Bowden joined AerSale in 2010

and recently have been the General Manager (EMEA), for Aersale, Car-

diff, UK; where he supervised a team of Sales Professionals. Mr. Bowden

has experience in commercial aviation, which involved business plan-

ning, operations, key customer account management, cross-divisional

selling, aircraft maintenance, and airworthiness.

Hearty Congratulations from MRO Association of India

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