Indian Business Aviation Expo (IBAE) - 2nd annual event

21 February- 23 February 2011- Shangri-La hotel, New Delhi

organised in association with For enquiries within India please contact: Bhaskar Joshi Tel: +91 11 4279 5061 (w), + 91 9350 846030 (m)

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Day 1 - Monday 21 February 2011

Chairman - Karan Singh, Vice President, Business Aviation Association for India

09:00  Exhibition Opens
          Registration & Networking Coffee - sponsored by

10:00  Opening Remarks from the Organisers
Prem Behl - Exhibitions India Group/Alan Perry - MIU Events UK

Opening Remarks from the Conference Chairman

10:05  ADDRESS from Shri V P Agarwal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India

10:15  SPECIAL ADDRESS from Guest of Honor: Shri E K Bharat Bhushan, Director General, DGCA, Govt of India

10.25  INAUGURAL ADDRESS from Chief Guest, Dr Nasim Zaidi, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt of India

10.35  Vote of thanks from Mr Billy Shrikent, CEO, Exhibitions India Group

10.40  Financing: A key enabler to corporate aviation growth

-  Why financing?
-  Considerations for efficient financing

-  Key issues in India

-  Financing Opti ons available
Ashish Sharma, Business Head, GE Capital

SESSION I: INDIAN BUSINESS AVIATION – AGREEING THE FLIGHTPLAN 

11.00 KEYNOTE: No plane - No gain: Why business aviation is vital for India’s economic growth
Capt Karan Singh, Vice President, Business Aviation Association for India

11:30 Networking Coffee Break - sponsored by

11.50 – Market Analysis – the market for private aircraft in India and sales forecast
-  Market forecast 2010-2020
-  Breakdown of private buyer, air charter, corporates and fractionals 
-  Infrastructure barriers to growth
-  Sales forecast and aircraft types
Kapil Kaul, CEO, CAPA

SESSION II: FUNDING BUSINESS AIRCRAFT

12:20  Structuring cross border finance
-  Operating Lease solutions
-  Tax efficient structures 
-  Foreign currency issues
-  Central bank approval
Toennies von Limburg, Bank of America

12:40 Sale & Leaseback of Aircraft
-  Why do a "Sales & Leaseback" in India?
-  Economics & Advantages of a "Sale & Leaseback"
-  Planning a "Sale & Leaseback"
-  Using "Sale & Leaseback" to plan future aircraft purchases 
Aubert Fernandes, Director, AirBiz 

13:00 Networking Lunch - sponsored by

SESSION III: THE SCOPE AND POTENTIAL SCALE OF GA AND BUSINESS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN INDIA

Chairmen - Alan Perry, MIU and Air Vice Marshall K Sridharan VM (G) (Retd), President RWSI

14:10 Door to door flight and the personal flying car - the air taxi of the future
-  A complete alternative view of personal trannsportation
-  Save a million lives and enhance quality of life
-  Thinking outside of the box
-  Enhance productivity and the built environment
S Paul Dev, President, D-Star Engineering Corp

14:35 Securing the correct aircraft for mission capability
-  Assessing typical missions - loads, range and profile
-  Factors determining rotations
-  Planning in the event the aircraft goes tech and backup procedures
-  Aircraft types and operational issues
Capt Sakeer Sheik, Managing Director, Titan Aviation

15.00 Aircraft Management - Charter Offset, a shortcut to profits
-  Creating revenue for the owner from an aviation asset
-  Effective management of resources
-  Ensuring the owner has access to his/her aircraft
-  The owner "buy in" and customer care
Capt Bill Minkoff, President, JetQuik

15:25  Q&A SESSION

15:30 Networking Coffee Break - sponsored by

16.00 An overview of GA rotary Ops in India - Air Vice Marshall K Sridharan VM (G) (Retd), President RWSI

16:10 The role of helicopters in Business aviation
-  Rotary operations in India
-  Business, private, emergency response and GA applications
-  Necessary MRO and support functions
-  How will the demand for helicopters in India influence the business market
Sanjay Razdha, DGM Engineering, Pawan Hans Helicopters

16:40 Commercial opportunities for rotary operators in India
-  Emergency medical services and disaster management
-  Utility and aerial work - the flying crane
-  Security, surveillance and counter terrorism
-  The business and corporate market
Mr Philippe Pean, Head of Corporate and Business Aviation Sales, Eurocopter India

17:10 Deployment of helicopters in surveillance and counter terrorism
-  The importance of Top Cover support - the nature of the threat
-  What we know and what we can deal with from the air
-  Anti terrorist initiatives
-  Further applications - Royal/VIP protection, Nuclear transport monitoring, Event surveillance
Duncan McDonald, Director, Veritair

17:40  Q&A SESSION

17:50  Panel discussion – The western economies have been hit hard by the banking crisis and this has had a significant negative impact on business aviation globally. Many commentators believe that India, the Middle East and China will lead the recovery – if this is the case what role can we expect business aviation to play in growing the Indian economy? Also, as emerging markets gather pace what about safety and security concerns  - What measures are operators taking to ensure business aviation passengers are fully screened prior to take off and how are security services reacting to the needs of business and private aviation?

18:20  - Concluding remarks from the chairman

End of Day 1

20:00 - 23:00  Gala Dinner - sponsored by

Day 2 – Tuesday  22 February 2011

Chairman: TBC
09:30  Exhibition opens and networking coffee

09:50  Recap of Day 1 and opening Remarks from Chairman

10:00  KEYNOTE  ADDRESS

Establishing affordable private aviation in India
The head of one of India's leading private air charter companies tells us how new thinking and innovations in aviation are paving the way for point to point, on demand private aviation to be attainable for all
Manav Singh, Managing Director, Club One Air

10:30  KEYNOTE  ADDRESS

Shri Naveen Jindal, Member of Parliament and Executive Vice Chairman & MD, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd

SESSION IV: PREPARING INDIA'S AIRPORTS FOR THE GROWTH OF BUSINESS AVIATION

11:00 Non-Metro Airports as emerging hubs for Business Aviation
Ravi Radhakrishnan, Assistant Vice President, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd

11.30  Networking coffee break

12:00  KEYNOTE  ADDRESS

Planning and Regulatory structure for business aviation
Shri Yashwant S Bhave, IAS Chairman, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, Govt of India

12.30 Panel Discussion: What issues need to be addressed when planning and operating a business/GA airport? A panel of distinguished airport operators and planners discuss the realities of operating Business/Executive aiports.

13.00  Q&A SESSION

13.10 Lunch

SESSION V: INNOVATIVE THINKING, TECHNOLOGY AND PROVISION OF BUSINESS AIRCRAFT 

14:20 Technology and Business Aviation 
-  Market forecast for the next 10 years in Business Aviation
-  Technology development
-  Opportunities for growth of Executive Aviation business in India
-  Challenges for the Executive Jet market in India
Jose Eduardo Costas, VP-Marketing and Sales Asia Pacific, Embraer Executive Jets

14:50 Business aviation flight planning
-  Providing complete flight information solutions
-  The revolution in electronic charting and the Apple iPad
-  Trip planning and logistcs
-  Tracking your aircraft
Philip Gordon, EMEA & Far East Sales, Jeppesen UK

SESSION VI: AVIATION LAW - UNDERSTANDING THE REGULATORY PROCESS

15:20 Structuring a deal - how to buy and sell private aircraft 

-  How to access funds
-  Approaching lenders inside and outside Europe
-  Does a mortgage approach make sense 
-  Security and asset base of purchaser - what the lender is seeking
Sidanth Rajagopal, Senior Associate, Clyde & Co

15.50  Q&A SESSION

16:00 Networking Coffee Break

SESSION VII – TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GA AND BUSINESS AVIATION PILOTS

16:30 Addressing challenges associated with training the next generation of pilots and the particular requirements of flying in business aviation. 

Session Leader: Air Commodore N Minocha, Vice President (New Projects), Chimes Aviation

17.15 Conference closes

Day 3 - Wednesday 23 February 2011

Workshop 10.00 - 13.30

Private Air Charter Operations - Sorting Myth from Reality

Workshop Leader - Capt Bill Minkoff, President, JetQuik

There has been much discussion within the GA community regarding what aircraft types are best suited for missions within India. Infrastructure, reliability, access to airports, MRO backup, aircraft deliveries and permit approval, bureaucracy, crew certification and customer expectations are all factors which will influence aircraft selection and operation. Additionally, various commentators have suggested that the air taxi model could well gain traction in the Indian market as there are fewer impediments to it's success!

In this post conference workshop a variety of commentators, experts, existing operators and industry professionals compare notes and in an open forum debate some of the issues likely to influence aircraft selection and the necessary factors essential for private air charter operators to be successful in the Indian market.