Page 5 - AAA JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2014 Online Magazine
P. 5
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
10 06| News
ENVIRONMENT
10| Greening or Groaning?
Despite aircraft becoming quieter and more efficient, the aviation industry
is still highly visible. Noise, massive runways and non-renewable fuel usage
illustrated by vapour trails are all easy targets for green critics.
CONNECTIVITy
16 16| Regional Resurgence
According to Peter Foster, president of Air Astana, the role of the regional
carrier is about to change. Instead of the poor relation to the major
international carriers, it seems the time is ripe for expansion.
22 AIRCRAFT LEASING
20| To market, to market: To Buy or to
Lease?
The aviation business is booming. Aircraft at a few million a pop are purring
out of factories across the globe – but who is paying for them? Jeremy Torr
looks at the leasing business, and why it is fuelling the boom.
20 NAVIAGTION SySTEMS
26| Highways in the Sky
According to Airbus, the current doldrums afflicting the freight industry will
pass, and the world will see an ever-increasing number of freighters taking off.
32| India Market
34| Air Show
35| Rotary
26 12 36| Airlines
37| Airports
38| That’s Me
WWW.ASIANAIRLINES-AIRPORTS.COM
WWW.ASIANAIRLINES-AIRPORTS.C OM JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2014 ASIAN AIRLINES & AIRPORTS 5
