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Artificial Intelligence in Aviation to Prevent Crashes, Save Lives?

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  There are a number of benefits of deploying artificial intelligence based systems in the aviation sector. These benefits can be derived in all aspects of aviation operations, from crew management to revenue managements, from predictive health assessment to operational management and much more. One of the areas where it is expected to be particularly beneficial is that of maintaining the safety record. It can be used in a significant manner to reduce instances of airplane crashes . Airplane crashes happen due to a number of reasons. Some of the most important reasons for these crashes are- Pilot error- due to a wrong decision ATC negligence Defects in manufacturing Deficient training Weather condition Insufficient Maintenance Instrumentation issues The list is not exhaustive and there could be many more reasons. However, the above mentioned are the major ones. Let us see where the AI can help in reducing these instances. The pilots do undergo rigorous training before getting t...

Airline Policy Determinants on Carriage of Zam Zam Water

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  Zam Zam water believed to be a sacred water by the Muslims from around the world. People who go to Saudi Arabia would want to bring this water back home since it is considered to be pious. Different airline companies have different policies in this respect. Before examining these policies let us first have an overview about the history of this water. The water is taken from a well which is located in Masjid-al-Haram in Mecca. The well is believed to have originated thousands of years ago when the son of Ibrahim was left with his mother Hajar in the desert. To this day, this tradition of considering the water of this well as pious continues, and the devote Muslims take this water back to their native places, all over the world. The carriage of this water is facilitated by packaging it in bottles of different volumes and airlines also allow it, either within the check-in baggage allowances or in addition to it. The airlines have different policies on its carriage. These polici...

‘Green’ Airlines Tickets and Customer Perception

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 Of late, you would have seen that the airlines are beginning to offer a totally new set of fares, called the ‘Green’ fares. These fares are the outcome of the efforts made by the airline companies towards moving to green fuels and helping support projects working for zero CO2 emissions. It is common knowledge that aviation industry is responsible for pollution of the environment since it makes use of the aviation grade kerosene for propulsion. With the development of the alternative sustainable fuel options, called SAF in short, this issue is sought to be addressed. However, due to the level of technological development and extent of infrastructure developed, which has kept price of air tickets at high level, the airlines have not yet moved to 100% usage of this fuel in all the flights. Airlines, however, started collecting funds from its customers, as a part of the air ticket price, to fund the projects that are working for achieving zero carbon foot print in their processes. W...

Be Prepared for the Next Gen Aviation

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  Aviation sector is one of the foremost sectors in the realms of innovation. The present focus of innovation is centered on reducing the harmful impact which aviation poses to the environment, improved navigation and guidance, increased digitization and path-breaking designs. From the perspective of the passengers, they will be seeing totally newly designed airplanes on the tarmacs. The interiors will also undergo a change with better experience. And, while boarding the plane, there will be no element of guilt that you are contributing the environmental degradation. Let us now know what you are about to board on in the coming decade or so . a)       H2 Powered Planes At present, the airlines make use aviation turbine fuel (ATF) which is actually a grade of kerosene. It contributes to a good extent to the greenhouse gases (GHGs). There is a good leap made in technological advancement of the hydrogen-based fuel to be used in passenger aircrafts. This is...