If only Wright brothers were alive to witness the Berlin Air show 2008, they would have wondered the transition of their invention that has not only changed the shape of aircrafts to utmost sophistication, but also redefined the comfort and flying style for the sheer pleasure of flying.
The Berlin Air Show had all the ingredients of flying details in civil and military aircrafts. Exhibits included Bombardier Global Super 5000 Super Business Jets, Cessna models C350 and C400, Cirrus, Diamond DA42 Twinstar, Single- Engine DA50 super star, Embraer From Brazil, Grob G180 SPN utility jet, Hawker Breechcraft, Piper, Liberty Aircraft, Pilatus PC12 and EADS Socata TBM 850 and Stemme. Dornier and Airbus were also decorating the venue with their splendid Aircrafts.
The Berlin Air Show 2008 that took place in the Schoenefeld Airport, Berlin had an exclusive official partner, which was none other than India. As a sequel to the bilateral defense cooperation signed in September 2006, the air show took off with German Chancellor Angela Markel and Indian Defense Minister A.K. Anthony inaugurating the ceremony together.
India is a rising economy and with a rise in economy comes the need for rise in security; and being one of the largest vibrant democracies in the world, India had spread its wings to become an official partner in one of the world's oldest Aviation trade show organized by the German Aerospace Industry Association and Messe Berlin.
It is a coincidence that the Berlin Air Show was slated from May 27 to June 1, when tenders for India's largest defense order for 126 medium multirole combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force were opened last month. As far as bidding is concerned six aircrafts are in the fray, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Saab Gripen, the MiG-35, the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, the Lockheed Martin F-16 and the Dassault Rafael. India has made significant strides in enhancing the military air worthiness and this has been quite well established with projects such as 'Sukhoi' and the 'Brahmos' having successfully begun, both the projects having their aviation relationship to Russia - one of the oldest and stable partners of Indian Defense.
Success would like to beget success and to make the statement once again a reality; the Defense Minister of India A.K. Anthony led a delegation comprising senior military and civil officials to showcase its strength and interests to partner in Defense projects. Top organizations include Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI), Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDL) and Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO). The Tata Group, which is known for its 'best business brains', Larsen and Toubro, CADES, ACCORD Software and Systems that provides software for Airbus A380 and Saraswati Dynamics were the private companies that joined the delegation to express the interest in flying high in their business.
While ' Dhruv', India's lightweight civilian and military helicopter and HJT 36 Sitara single jet trainer - products of HAL were the cynosure of all eyes in the Indian pavilion, several other civil and military aircrafts had enough to offer for India's needs. Listen to what top executives from both the sectors had to say in the Berlin Air Show. Heinz Splogen, Deputy Project Pilot , Eurofighter ( Which is an arm of the European aerospace conglomerate EADS) told reporters," The machine has all aspects that define a fourth generation aircraft starting with a user -friendly cockpit, flight controls; and an agile aircraft design". Interestingly, Eurofighter has already begun outsourcing to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
Chief Executive of Airbus, Tom Enders said, "India is experiencing the world's fastest passenger traffic growth in the near term and we are delighted to be a part of these exciting times through our partnership with Jet Airways,". Jet Airways is one of the leading private operators in India and has been quite successful in pioneering the concept of private services in Airlines. Tom Enders hastened to add that it cannot go global without India and advocated an 'out of the European box' thinking to harness the resources outside of Europe and India in particular. He has expressed his interest to rope in the best Indian universities and laboratories to participate in research and training. The new opening of Airbus Centre in Bangalore was a modest step, where Indian engineers would be responsible for developing modeling and simulations covering crucial design factors in Aeronautics.
Jet Airways did not waste a moment in taking delivery of its latest airbus 330-200 Aircraft. This echoes with the statement of Dinesh Keskar, Chairman, FICCI's (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Civil Aviation Committee, at a different occasion in India earlier, when he pointed out that over the next 2 decades, India would acquire as many as 911 commercial aircraft.
The only deterrent to global aviation is the growing cost of fuel, which is painting its dark colors on air traffic. The apprehensions cast on crude oil that the price may touch a staggering $200 a barrel by the year end has fuelled the thoughts of companies to think about alternative sources of fuel. The show had answer to the problem, where manufacturers were confident of producing Algae based Kerosene and mixing it with conventional fuel to reduce the dependency on oil alone. Dutch Airline KLM has entered into an agreement with Algaelink to fly its Aircraft with Algae based Kerosene, while Virgin Galactic was in the news recently about its attempt to run one of its Aircrafts with bio-fuel.
Estimates by The International Air Transport Association (IATA) that over the next 10 years aviation in India will grow by 10% annually will certainly be good news for commercial aircraft manufacturers. The Indian skies are open for new aircrafts and what with improving disposable income in the newly budding middle classes, shows such as Berlin Air Show will have a lot to offer in the days ahead.
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