Latest Issue: November/December '08
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COVER STORY
Measured Approach
Tiger Aviation chief executive Tony Davis feels time is on his side as he seeks to establish the group as a low-cost Asian Powerhouse.
As Asia enters distinctly choppylooking economic waters, the man at the helm at Tiger Aviation feels that his low-cost airline group is better placed than most to steer clear of any trouble. “I think we’ve always taken a very measured view,” explains chief executive Tony Davis. “While some have criticised us for not growing faster – by taken a measured approach to growth we’ve developed a business that is both sustainable and profitable. When you build that business in a measured way it means when you do hit rougher times you’re not as exposed as some of our competitors who have grown more quickly than we have.”
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IT FOCUS
Calling All Airlines
 It has been a long time coming, but onboard mobile is finally taking off
Few airline IT projects can have faced as many challenges getting off the ground as onboard
mobile phones – but finally they are becoming a reality rather than the next big thing. Emirates launched in March 2008 with a system supplied by Arinc
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AIRPORTS
Asian Investment
Despite huge investment in recent years, Asian airports need to keep up to speed with investment
Asian airports have not been shy when it comes to investments in recent years – but may still not be doing enough. Consultant Frost & Sullivan warns that although the scale of
forecast investment seems impressive, the speed of development is still slower
than air traffic growth rates....
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MAINTENANCE REPAIR & OVERHAUL
ERP Takes Off
 Maintenance companies are being won
over by the ERP argument
Enterprise resource planning
(ERP) has taken a while to win
acceptance from the aircraft maintenance
community – but seems to be
making some inroads. ERP is effectively
software that provides a database to
aid organisations in various functions
– the most obvious in maintenance
repair and overhaul (MRO) operations...
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REGIONAL JETS
Join The Crowd
 Appraisers are yet to be convinced there is room for
three more RJ manufacturers
The regional jet (RJ) market is set for a massive shake-up with three new players from China, Japan and Russia set to challenge the incumbents – but is there enough room for five major manufacturers? Appraisers, whose job it is to basically put a value on aircraft based …
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ROUTES FORUM 2008
KL hosts Routes 2008
Malaysia played host to the 14th World Route Development
Forum (Routes) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in October
- the first time the networking event has been held in Asia.
Routes 2008 hosted around 2,500 multinational delegates
representing nearly 500 airlines and 1000 airports.
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AIRSHOW CHINA 2008
November 4th - 9th Zhuhai, CHINA
China International Aviation & Aerospace
Exhibition or Airshow China, is
back once again this year. To be held
at Zhuhai of China’s Guangdong, the
event will take place from 4th to 9th
November and feature both international
and local exhibitors specialising
in the field of aviation.
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INDO DEFENCE & AEROSPACE 2008
November 19th - 22nd
Jakarta, INDONESIA
Indo Aerospace 2008 Expo and Forum
will be held at the Halim Perdanakusuma
Air Force Base from 19th ro
22nd November on the back of rapidly
rising traffic levels.
The show will be host a number of
international and local aviation firms
including Boeing, EADS, Sukhoi, Kazan
Helicopters, Bombardier, Korea
Aerospace Industries, ATR, Diamond
Aircraft, Airod, Garuda Maintenance
Facilities and Dirgantara Indonesia.
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