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EDITOR
JEREMY TORR
jeremy.torr@gbp.com.sg
sIgns Of changE ExEcuTIvE PublIshER & cEO
ViTTORiO ROssi PRudEnTE
Just last year, india was the scene of unbridled optimism in the aviation market. vittorio.prudente@gbp.com.sg
Who needs trains when you can add a few hundred new planes to your fleet with the cOO & MaRkETIng DIREcTOR, asIa
stroke of a pen? numbers were climbing, new routes were being pioneered and the siVa sachi
sky was the limit. air asia was expanding its activities into the long haul business, siva.sachi@gbp.com.sg
with flights to Europe, australasia and the like. The sub-continent was catching aRT DIREcTOR
fire. in contrast, indonesia was struggling to keep Garuda going, Mandala was aRThuR chan
about to go bust and a series of incidents cast doubt on the training and capacity of WEb DIREcTOR
indonesian pilots to do the job. ElMER ValEncia
how times change. This year, almost all indian independents (and the flag elmer.valencia@gbp.com.sg
carrier) are either struggling, reported to be struggling, or being restrained by the cIRculaTIOn ManagER
authorities in some way. air asia x has suspended services to london, Paris and KhaiRul naEM
new Zealand. Meanwhile, indonesia’s lion air has placed the largest ever order for khairul.naem@gbp.com.sg
new boeing 737s (230), whilst subsidiary Wings air is now the largest operator in aDvERTIsIng REPREsEnTaTIvEs
the world of aTR-600s. Passenger numbers in indonesia ballooned by 18% to 51.5 EuropE, MiddlE East, south africa &
million travellers last year, almost all on domestic routes. south aMErica
cOnTacT: ViTTORiO ROssi PRudEnTE
and while indian aircraft are being wheeled back into the leasing companies’ TEl: +39 049723548 Fax: +39 0498560792 MOb:
hangars, boeing estimates that sE asia will need more than 2,500 new aircraft over +39 335.6119295
EMail: vittorio.prudente@gbp.com.sg
the next decade or two - not replacements, note, but extra ones. in an interview
in Forbes last month, Ralph boyce, President of boeing sE asia, said that in his asEaN, pEoplE’s rEpublic of chiNa, taiwaN,
hoNg KoNg & australasia
region, he expected “... the percentage of new planes to be 80%”. That’s what you cOnTacT: siVa sachi
could call expansion. TEl: +603-77812903/2909 Fax: +603-77812915
MOb: +6012-905 6825
as Embraer’s Regional sales director, bill Rossi, puts it, sE asia’s most populous EMail: siva.sachi@gbp.com.sg
country has the potential to be the big success story in asia over the next few usa & caNada
years. “That’s due to the growing wealth and prosperity of 238 million people living cOnTacT: JOsh MaYER
on an archipelago of 17,000 islands, where aviation is really the only way for the TEl : 972-816-6745 Fax : 972-767-4442
EMail : jm@mayeradvertising.com
population to get around,” he asserts.
Which just goes to show how rapidly things can change. Just like this magazine, in switzErlaNd
cOnTacT: RObERT ROTTMEiER
fact - we hope you like the new look, new team, and new content. it’s going to be TEl : +41216174412 Fax : +41 (21) 617-09-21
an exciting year, and a great year for those who deliver the goods - we intend to do MOb : +41792104466
EMail : robertrottmeier@bluewin.ch
exactly that for asia’s aviation industry. see you next issue!
israEl
cOnTacT: TaMiR EshEl
TEl : 972-544-508028 / 972-9-8911792
Fax : 972-9-8919965
EMail : eshel_tamir@yahoo.com

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