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Air India One.

Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets. One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force. Other well known official aircraft include the Russian presidential aircraft, the British Royal Air Force VIP aircraft, the French “Cotam 001” operated by the ETEC 65, the Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft, the German Konrad Adenauer, the Royal Australian Airforce VIP aircraft, the Japanese Air Force One, the South Korean Code…

Is IPL Indian in its new Avataar?

The 2020 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 13, is scheduled from 19 Sep to 10 Nov 2020. The tournament will take place in UAE at three locations. A total of 60 matches would be played by 8 teams in the double round-robin and knockout format. Let’s take a closer look at this extremely popular festival of cricket to understand what makes it tick and how it all works- basically the economics of it. The IPL was valued at $3.2 billion dollars in 2014 and $5.3 billion after the 10th in 2017. Experts…

When it isn’t the Safest form of Travel….

On 7 August 2020, Air India Express Flight 1344, a COVID-19repatriation flight, part of the Vande Bharat Mission from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, overshot the runway during landing run at Calicut International Airport. The aircraft fell into a gorge killing 16 passengers, and both pilots. The remaining four cabin crew and 168 passengers survived, of whom over 100 were injured. A very tragic accident. The accident has rattled the nation, the aviation community, and especially all the pilots in particular. Flying is not inherently dangerous but it is terribly unforgiving. The aviation industry which was fraught with adversity and at times…

Every Job is a Self-Portrait

Safety in military/commercial aviation continues to depend on good crew performance. Good crew performance, in turn, is founded on standard operating procedures that are clear, comprehensive, and readily available to the flight crew. Development of SOPs is most effective when done by collaboration, using the best resources available including the end-users themselves, the flight crews.