Statement by Tata Sons on civil aviation
February 25 2016, 09.42 AM IST || Pocket News Alert
The Draft Civil Aviation policy was announced in October 2015 and was opened for public comment. Both Tata SIA Airlines (Vistara) and Air Asia India have transparently shared their views on the policy, like other stakeholders.
Keeping the national interest in mind, Tata Sons believes that the 5/20 rule must be abolished if Indian aviation is to achieve its full potential and improve India’s connectivity with the world. Apart from the fact that there are no global parallels to this rule, the rule is discriminatory to Indian airlines as foreign airlines that do not meet these criteria are allowed to operate in Indian skies, but Indian airlines cannot enjoy reciprocal rights. Indian carriers are best placed to promote India as a tourism destination and should be encouraged to provide international connectivity if they wish to do so.
The 5/20 rule has thus far principally benefited only foreign airlines, who have captured 70 percent of the international traffic with India, taking Indian jobs and revenue with them. This has also resulted in poor utilisation of bilateral air traffic rights by Indian operators. The removal of the 5/20 rule is estimated to boost international traffic to and from India to over 100mn passengers by FY2021, compared to 43mn in FY2014. This would stimulate the domestic market, and the resultant growth would help all domestic carriers.
With forward-looking policies and steps to reduce the costs of doing business, the airline industry in India is likely to see greater activity and more competition in the years ahead. The impact of the entry of new airlines like Air Asia India and Vistara is already being seen in the superior customer service and on-time performance of these carriers and strong downward pressure on tariffs, all of which serve customer interest. The claim that air fares in India will go up as a result of removing the 5/20 rule is specious and unfounded. Not protectionism, but increased competition within the country will further contribute to lower prices and greater accessibility of air travel to common people.
Tata Sons would like to emphasise that both its joint ventures, with Air Asia and Singapore Airlines, are fully compliant with the requirements of Indian regulation. Majority ownership and effective control of both airlines are with the Indian parties as per the requirements of press note 6. Further, all the important decisions concerning the day-to-day operations of the airlines are taken by the management teams of these airlines under the overall supervision, control and direction of the respective boards of directors (which include a majority of Indian nationals). These boards are chaired by long-time Tata veterans, S Ramadorai (Air Asia India) and Bhaskar Bhat (Vistara).
The Tata group pioneered civil aviation in this country with the establishment of Tata Airlines in 1932, and built it into one of the finest airlines of the world. The Tata group is absolutely committed to helping realise the vision of all forward-looking stakeholders to enhance air connectivity within India, and to bring India and the world closer to one another
Land Rover technologies take to the high seas in bid to develop the fastest America's Cup Class boat with Land Rover BAR
Land Rover reveals key technical areas where expertise is being applied to the Land Rover BAR boat development
Jaguar Land Rover’s highly skilled engineers and Land Rover BAR marry knowledge to gain performance advantage over competitors
Land Rover BAR CEO Martin Whitmarsh confident ‘F1 on water’ will be won with the help of Land Rover’s vast engineering capabilities
The British Challenger for the 35th America’s Cup will launch their America’s Cup Class Race Boat ‘R1’ in December 2016
Land Rover BAR head to Oman on 26 – 28 February for next leg of the America’s Cup World Series
Whitley: Land Rover reveals the technical areas of collaboration currently in development to help create the fastest America’s Cup boat with Land Rover BAR. Typically shrouded in secrecy by the teams racing to win the America’s Cup, this release of information ahead of the first 2016 event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman, Muscat (February 26-28), is a rarity in what is labelled as the most challenging design race in sport.
Land Rover is applying its design, technology and innovation expertise to the America’s Cup Class boat, a multihull catamaran code-named ‘R1’. The boat, weighing over two tonnes, will be capable of speeds in excess of 50knots thanks to a technique known as foiling where the boat lifts clear out of the water to fly on hydrofoils, reducing drag and increasing boat speed and efficiency.
With less than 11 months until the launch, the Land Rover Advanced Engineering team has been working in collaboration with Land Rover BAR’s designers and engineers, developing a series of prototype test boats. The results of the development process will be applied to designing the world’s fastest America’s Cup Class boat.
Tony Harper, head of research at Jaguar Land Rover, said: “Since the birth of foiling, one of the biggest challenges is understanding how to control these massively powerful machines whilst balancing on a comparatively small surface area. We have delved into our talent base at Jaguar Land Rover to identify the most skilled engineers within the fields of aerodynamics, machine learning and advanced data processing which are an integral part of the workstreams with Land Rover BAR. The ocean is new terrain for us and we plan to apply our findings into the final boat design across the next 11-months and ultimately back into our own research and development units.”
The first key area of collaboration and development sees Land Rover focused on the development of the wing, a 78.6ft carbon fibre ‘hard’ sail the size of a Boeing 737 aeroplane wing. It provides the boat’s only source of thrust. By linking computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) technology – programs integral to Land Rover product development – the team is able to analyse complex aerodynamics to increase boat speed.
Land Rover is also making their enormous data processing ability and their advanced Machine Learning expertise available to the team, to help optimise the performance of the boat through identifying trends in the sailing data.
Martin Whitmarsh, Land Rover BAR chief executive officer said: “I think people will be surprised at the rate of improvement spanning the four years between each America’s Cup.
This is Formula 1 on water and, just like F1, traditional methods of engineering and design don’t cut it anymore. The boats are getting quicker, not just in terms of their top speed but also in terms of their acceleration and ability to change direction. We need to not just keep up with, but beat the competition and this is why we need Land Rover to tap into their vast engineering expertise and available testing tools. We are only at the starting line and there is a long way to go but we are making great strides and I can’t wait to see the results over the next year.”
Under the current America’s Cup ruling, the boat cannot hold any stored power so all power generated must come from a combination of the wing and sailing team, commanding peak levels of fitness during the racing period. Land Rover’s expertise in the field of human/machine interface technologies (HMI) will be used to develop displays and controls to ensure optimum use of the available power.
Sir Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR team principal and skipper said: "Ultimately this race needs to be won on both land and water. The America’s Cup is the pinnacle of sailing. It requires the finest sailors in the world and the best team, but importantly, every team is searching for marginal gains from design and technology expertise to create the fastest boat. The biggest challenges for us are the aerodynamics, given most of the boat is out of the water, optimising the boat’s power supply and understanding the control systems through data analysis. The competition is intense and races have regularly been won by a matter of seconds and that’s why having Land Rover involved in this project will help give us an advantage.”
The Land Rover BAR team head to the Oman leg of Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in third position on February 26-28. To hear more from the Land Rover BAR team around the collaboration please visit http://ift.tt/1KMtlJ4
February 25 2016, 09.42 AM IST || Pocket News Alert
The Draft Civil Aviation policy was announced in October 2015 and was opened for public comment. Both Tata SIA Airlines (Vistara) and Air Asia India have transparently shared their views on the policy, like other stakeholders.
Keeping the national interest in mind, Tata Sons believes that the 5/20 rule must be abolished if Indian aviation is to achieve its full potential and improve India’s connectivity with the world. Apart from the fact that there are no global parallels to this rule, the rule is discriminatory to Indian airlines as foreign airlines that do not meet these criteria are allowed to operate in Indian skies, but Indian airlines cannot enjoy reciprocal rights. Indian carriers are best placed to promote India as a tourism destination and should be encouraged to provide international connectivity if they wish to do so.
The 5/20 rule has thus far principally benefited only foreign airlines, who have captured 70 percent of the international traffic with India, taking Indian jobs and revenue with them. This has also resulted in poor utilisation of bilateral air traffic rights by Indian operators. The removal of the 5/20 rule is estimated to boost international traffic to and from India to over 100mn passengers by FY2021, compared to 43mn in FY2014. This would stimulate the domestic market, and the resultant growth would help all domestic carriers.
With forward-looking policies and steps to reduce the costs of doing business, the airline industry in India is likely to see greater activity and more competition in the years ahead. The impact of the entry of new airlines like Air Asia India and Vistara is already being seen in the superior customer service and on-time performance of these carriers and strong downward pressure on tariffs, all of which serve customer interest. The claim that air fares in India will go up as a result of removing the 5/20 rule is specious and unfounded. Not protectionism, but increased competition within the country will further contribute to lower prices and greater accessibility of air travel to common people.
Tata Sons would like to emphasise that both its joint ventures, with Air Asia and Singapore Airlines, are fully compliant with the requirements of Indian regulation. Majority ownership and effective control of both airlines are with the Indian parties as per the requirements of press note 6. Further, all the important decisions concerning the day-to-day operations of the airlines are taken by the management teams of these airlines under the overall supervision, control and direction of the respective boards of directors (which include a majority of Indian nationals). These boards are chaired by long-time Tata veterans, S Ramadorai (Air Asia India) and Bhaskar Bhat (Vistara).
The Tata group pioneered civil aviation in this country with the establishment of Tata Airlines in 1932, and built it into one of the finest airlines of the world. The Tata group is absolutely committed to helping realise the vision of all forward-looking stakeholders to enhance air connectivity within India, and to bring India and the world closer to one another
Land Rover technologies take to the high seas in bid to develop the fastest America's Cup Class boat with Land Rover BAR
Land Rover reveals key technical areas where expertise is being applied to the Land Rover BAR boat development
Jaguar Land Rover’s highly skilled engineers and Land Rover BAR marry knowledge to gain performance advantage over competitors
Land Rover BAR CEO Martin Whitmarsh confident ‘F1 on water’ will be won with the help of Land Rover’s vast engineering capabilities
The British Challenger for the 35th America’s Cup will launch their America’s Cup Class Race Boat ‘R1’ in December 2016
Land Rover BAR head to Oman on 26 – 28 February for next leg of the America’s Cup World Series
Whitley: Land Rover reveals the technical areas of collaboration currently in development to help create the fastest America’s Cup boat with Land Rover BAR. Typically shrouded in secrecy by the teams racing to win the America’s Cup, this release of information ahead of the first 2016 event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman, Muscat (February 26-28), is a rarity in what is labelled as the most challenging design race in sport.
Land Rover is applying its design, technology and innovation expertise to the America’s Cup Class boat, a multihull catamaran code-named ‘R1’. The boat, weighing over two tonnes, will be capable of speeds in excess of 50knots thanks to a technique known as foiling where the boat lifts clear out of the water to fly on hydrofoils, reducing drag and increasing boat speed and efficiency.
With less than 11 months until the launch, the Land Rover Advanced Engineering team has been working in collaboration with Land Rover BAR’s designers and engineers, developing a series of prototype test boats. The results of the development process will be applied to designing the world’s fastest America’s Cup Class boat.
Tony Harper, head of research at Jaguar Land Rover, said: “Since the birth of foiling, one of the biggest challenges is understanding how to control these massively powerful machines whilst balancing on a comparatively small surface area. We have delved into our talent base at Jaguar Land Rover to identify the most skilled engineers within the fields of aerodynamics, machine learning and advanced data processing which are an integral part of the workstreams with Land Rover BAR. The ocean is new terrain for us and we plan to apply our findings into the final boat design across the next 11-months and ultimately back into our own research and development units.”
The first key area of collaboration and development sees Land Rover focused on the development of the wing, a 78.6ft carbon fibre ‘hard’ sail the size of a Boeing 737 aeroplane wing. It provides the boat’s only source of thrust. By linking computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) technology – programs integral to Land Rover product development – the team is able to analyse complex aerodynamics to increase boat speed.
Land Rover is also making their enormous data processing ability and their advanced Machine Learning expertise available to the team, to help optimise the performance of the boat through identifying trends in the sailing data.
Martin Whitmarsh, Land Rover BAR chief executive officer said: “I think people will be surprised at the rate of improvement spanning the four years between each America’s Cup.
This is Formula 1 on water and, just like F1, traditional methods of engineering and design don’t cut it anymore. The boats are getting quicker, not just in terms of their top speed but also in terms of their acceleration and ability to change direction. We need to not just keep up with, but beat the competition and this is why we need Land Rover to tap into their vast engineering expertise and available testing tools. We are only at the starting line and there is a long way to go but we are making great strides and I can’t wait to see the results over the next year.”
Under the current America’s Cup ruling, the boat cannot hold any stored power so all power generated must come from a combination of the wing and sailing team, commanding peak levels of fitness during the racing period. Land Rover’s expertise in the field of human/machine interface technologies (HMI) will be used to develop displays and controls to ensure optimum use of the available power.
Sir Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR team principal and skipper said: "Ultimately this race needs to be won on both land and water. The America’s Cup is the pinnacle of sailing. It requires the finest sailors in the world and the best team, but importantly, every team is searching for marginal gains from design and technology expertise to create the fastest boat. The biggest challenges for us are the aerodynamics, given most of the boat is out of the water, optimising the boat’s power supply and understanding the control systems through data analysis. The competition is intense and races have regularly been won by a matter of seconds and that’s why having Land Rover involved in this project will help give us an advantage.”
The Land Rover BAR team head to the Oman leg of Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in third position on February 26-28. To hear more from the Land Rover BAR team around the collaboration please visit http://ift.tt/1KMtlJ4
