Kathmandu, June 20 In its thirty years in business, Airbus Industrie is capturing half of all commercial airline orders in the world market today, said David Velupillai. He also added that turnover of Airbus was $16.7 billion in 1999 and the turnover is increasing. Airbus has the most modern trainers and over 100,000 pilots and cabin crews have been trained all over the world, he disclosed at a Joress meet organized today.

Mr Velupillai talking to the press said that the Nepal’s national flag career Royal Nepal Airline (RNAC) should opt for Airbus if it intends to make a non-stop flight over Europe.

The national flag career is operating its flight to London, Paris and Frankfurt with a brief stopover for refuelling in the Middle-East. Airbus 320 or 330 series could be the right choice for RNAC. These particular series could reach European destinations without making any stopovers en-route to Europe, he said. He also said that many of the reports conducted recent by Air Travel survey also come out with the theory that passengers like the direct flights rather than stopovers.

South East Asian, he said that this region needs some 330 airlines worth $ 27.8 billion up to the year 2018 he said. This is the result of its market forecast, which is based on detailed analysis of the needs of carriers in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, in the analysis carried by Airbus Industrie, Maldives and Bhutan have been left out.

The Airbus fleet consists of fifteen categories including one transport. Airbus industrie is owned by four leading European aerospace companies—Aeropatiale Matra Airbus of France, Daimler Chrysler Aerospace Airbus of Germany, Baye SYSTEMS and CASA of Spain.