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CONTENTS | FEaTurES

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14 INDUSTRY TRAINING
10| Learning the Ropes

Over the next 20 years, Boeing estimates the industry will need 185,000 new
pilots in the Asia-Pacific region alone; China will make up 71,300 of those.
The US trails with a mere 69,000 pilots needed – but no matter where, the
message is clear. The rate of training will have to increase.

AIR CARGO
14| Safe and Sound
Cargo security has been scaled up, and upgraded to a sophisticated end-
to-end process. But this does not mean that the industry can relax. We still
need a comprehensive, global system to ensure security and safety for all
cargo carried in aircraft. Here is the current state of play.

AVIATION TECHNOLOGY
20| Bits, Bytes and Big Data: The Latest

Aviation Revolution
Take a flight you will likely book online, get confirmation by email and SMS,
check in online, print your own boarding pass, and check in your bags with a
barcode. We look at how IT is revolutionising air travel.
20 INDIA’S AIRPORTS

28| Capacity Challenge
India has too many people flying up above, and too few resolutions to the
problem of handling them once they get back on the ground.
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