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3rd Indian Business Aviation Expo (IBAE)

IBAE 2012 opens in Delhi next month and provides Business Aviation industry professionals with a detailed analysis of how the burgeoning Indian market is developing.

Last year at IBAE we heard that the GA market in India would be worth $9billion to 2020, with 360 additional jets being added to the existing fleet. Over the same period, India is expected to become the 3rd largest aviation market overall and the 6th largest global economy.

Business Aviation in India has real potential as the existing scheduled network provides limited options for those wishing to go off hub. Private Air Charter Operators are on the increase and IBAE 2012 will examine how operators are meeting demand and how the support network is adapting to the particular demands of the industry and how it will benefit the social and economic aspirations of a growing economy. The event will also hear from the OEMs as they consider what aircraft best suit missions in India and how they see the market unfolding.

As those operating in India are aware, the regulatory process is complex, bureaucratic and slow to change, with GA taking a back seat to commercial operations, so we will also hear from the policymakers as they get to grips with the expanding role of private aviation in India. 

With aircraft sales in Europe and the US still sluggish, Asia Pacific is expected to account for 17% of global sales this year. India is one of the few global economies showing strong and sustained growth and is also developing it's own aerospace capability. IBAE 2012 will provide participants with an intriguing insight into how the Business Aviation market will unfold in this vibrant and dynamic land.

 

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"Our industry is an important enabler to economic growth and a significant employer, directly and indirectly, across Europe. We need to convey these points more widely and more powerfully, which means sustained and cohesive communication to the general population and the business community, not least through politicians and national journalists" - Patrick Margetson Rushmore - CEO, London Executive Aviation, speaking at MIU's September 2011 BAE Expo at Biggin Hill Airport, UK.

"Sub cost pricing is corrosive to the industry and does not work - the market is more fickle than we may appreciate" - Glen Heavens, MD, Synergy Aviation, speaking at MIU's September 2011 BAE Expo at Biggin Hill Airport, UK.

"Proximity to final destination drives airport decision; Facilities, services, network, brand and pricing drive FBO decision; Once chosen, the FBO becomes the face of the community and the initial first impression" - Joe Gibney, Vice President and Managing Director, Signature Flight Support, speaking at MIU's September 2011 BAE Expo at Biggin Hill Airport, UK.

"The number of millionaires and billionaires is increasing but growth virtually non existent in US and EU. Growth rate of Pacific Rim will surpass US in less than a decade " - Phil Jordan, CEO, Business Air International, speaking at MIU's September 2011 BAE Expo, at Biggin Hill airport, UK.

MIU - Our events

MIU Events run aviation events and training seminars. We specialise in executive flight infrastructure, business aviation and finance solutions for aviation as a whole. We run a number of events focusing on the development of the Very Light Jet in regional markets. Our events are designed to cater for senior managers, charter/air taxi operators, high net worth individuals/entrepreneurs, owner pilots and those who shape the future of the aviation and aerospace industries. We concentrate on providing hard to access information and the exchange of ideas, knowledge and innovative thinking. An overview of the year ahead is provided below.

2011 Event Schedule

Indian Business Aviation Expo - 22 - 23 February, 2012

 

We heard at the 2011 event that India's GDP growth will average 8.7% in the period 2012/13 to 2015/16 and India will be the 6th largest economy and 3rd largest aviation market by 2020. By 2050 India will overtake the US to become the 2nd largest economy after China. 

Rising incomes are leading to rising aspirations and as the commercial aviation sector comes under increasing strain due to infrastructure constraints, there will be inevitable growth in business jet sales. Embraer estimates the market in India to 2020 to be worth $9 billion, which translates into 360 additional business jets to the current fleet.

However, there are impediments to growth of the sector and the current regulatory process is complex and bureaucratic. Although the Director General of the DGCA declared at IBAE 2011 that he was ready to engage with the business aviation industry, the administrators and executive branch have not yet done anything to simplify the process of buying a business jet, or reduce the time it takes to secure landing permits.

Delegates at IBAE 2011 learnt that the Asia Pacific region would lead the recovery in the business aviation industry with the region accounting for 16.7% of global revenues. The region would start to take an increasing share of the growth in business aviation as the US lost ground as the dominant force in GA and business aviation. As if to underline the changing fortunes in the new world order, news came in as the event closed, that Cirrus is to be brought by the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co (CAIGA).

It was left to our Day 2 keynote speaker and one of the richest men in India, Naveen Jindal, Member of Parliament and head of Jindal Steel, to provide a vision of how business aviation will develop in India. Pledging his financial and moral support to the Business Aviation Association for India (BAAI), he called on other industry leaders to join with him in influencing policy and to provide a better understanding of the scope and importance of business aviation in terms of growing the Indian economy.

 

Choose an Event


New Delhi

Indian Business Aviation Expo 2012
21 - 22 February 2012


Dubai

General Aviation in the Middle East 2012
17 - 18 April 2012


Ireland

Irish Business Aviation Convention
27 - 28 June 2012


Biggin Hill

Business Aircraft Europe 2012
12 - 13 September 2012


Vancouver

Sea and Floatplane Annual Convention
1 - 2 November 2012

Next Event

Indian Business Aviation Expo 2012

Event Speakers

Paulo M. Alves
MedAire

 

 

 

Aadesh Batra
Hunt and Partner

 

 

 

Mark Byrne
ICM Group

 

 

 

Jose Eduardo Costas
Embraer Executive Jets

 

 

 

S. Paul Dev
AurAayan Aerospace, a division of D-STAR Engineering

 

 

  

David Fletcher
FlairJet 

 

 

 

Richard Gimblett
Holman Fenwick Willan

 

 

 

Philip Gordon
Jeppesen UK

 

 

 

Todd Hattaway
Hawker Beechcraft Corp.

 

 

 

James Philip Jordan
Business Air International

 

 

 

Rohit Kapur
Business Aircraft Operators Association

 

 

 

Kapil Kaul
CAPA

 

 

 

Phil McGrane
Aviation Services Management

 

 

 

Aoife O'Sullivan
Gates and Partners

 

 

 

R.Radhakrishnan
Hindustan Petroleum

 

 

 

Sidanth Rajagopal
Clyde & Co

 

 

 

 Capt Ak Sachdev

 

 

 

 

Vijendra Sharma
GA Airports
 

 

 

 

Abdullah M Al-Sayed
NAS / NetJets ME

 

 

Capt Karan Singh
BAA India

 

 

 

Lars Welinder
Mango Aviation Partners