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COVER STORY
06 THE RISE & RISE OF 26 DIGITALLY CHARGED
ASIA-PACIFIC Big Data and Predictive Analytics.
Airlines are upbeat on their prospects
for the region in 2018

30 VIRTUAL TOWERS
Navigation service providers to
12 NO LIMITS reduce the operating costs of air
The future of seatback screens on tra c management.
narrowbody aircraft has come in
for plenty of debate.

33 TURNAROUND AWAITED
The business aviation market is
16 ESCAPE VELOCITY expected to improve in 2018.
Pratt & Whitney’s geared
Turbofan Engine Programme.

35 ROOM FOR MORE As an Airline MRO, Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has developed a unique
INTERVIEW portfolio of know-how and engineering capabilities reflected in its development of a wide range of
Pilot recruitment for airlines more
20 AGAINST ALL ODDS important than ever. value-adding innovations.
Air Astana has exceeded "The MRO Lab" is the program where all the innovations developed by AFI KLM E&M and its
expectations. COLUMN network of affiliates converge. Specially tailored to the challenges of aircraft maintenance, the
innovations are the fruit of continuous development aimed at satisfying the requirements of airline
37 DIGITAL TWINS operating performance.
The four technology developments The know-how deriving from mastery of these technologies benefits AFI KLM E&M clients by
22 MOVING AHEAD set to hit commercial aviation in generating scale effects and optimizing fleet performance.
The MRO industry in the Middle 2018.
East is likely to double in size over
the next decade.

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