2011 was a tumultuous year globally, but the Vectra Group was able to exploit a number of strategic opportunities successfully, which led to the Group expanding: Vectra acquired an oil field in Georgia, built industrial sheds in Greater Noida and launched Cosmos Aviation in Sri Lanka.

Indocopters and Eurocopter signed a contract on 2 December 201, for the sale of the AS350 B3 to Prabhattam Aviation. This is the second AS350 sold to Prabhatam this year.

An AS 350 B3 of Prabhatam Aviation Pvt. Ltd. was hired by Jaypee Sports International Ltd (JSIL) to capture the momentous event. JSIL hosted India’s first ever F1 Grand Prix on its track in October this year.

The powerful, high-performance AS350 B3e is designed to carry out the most demanding missions in the most extreme weather and geographical conditions.

Cosmos Aviation Services Pvt Ltd. and Global Vectra Helicorp Limited have signed a prestigious offshore contract with Cairn Lanka Pvt Ltd. for a helicopter operation in Sri Lanka.

In April 2011, Birdie, a division of Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd, introduced a new service for pilgrims visiting the holy shrine Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ji. The shrine is at an altitude of 5,200ft and approximately 14km from Katra and is a difficult and ardous journey for a number of people.

On 10 Nov 2011, Vectra Investment Private Limited inked the Production Sharing Contract with the Government of Georgia for a 25 year lease of Block VIIB at Tbilisi. The bidding process started in Dec 2010 and our bid was accepted by the Georgian

Kamaz Vectra Motors Limited, a heavy commercial vehicle manufacture recently unveiled their new products at the Excon 2011, in Bangalore. Excon 2011 is south Asia's largest trade fair and exhibition for construction equipment and technology, organized biennially by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The Skid Steer Loader is an engineering marvel in the earth moving equipment industry with its unique design that makes it a very compact and agile machine. Vectra Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

A newly state-of-the-art multi-purpose hangar has been constructed at Greater Noida. This hangar is both architecturally pleasing and operationally efficient having been designed to match the design of the surrounding buildings

Vectra Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Attibele was awarded the BRONZE PLAQUE in November 2011. The plaque is in recognition of delivering consistently excellent quality and setting a benchmark in the engineering industry during the last year.

As part of the Hlboka 7 complex development, Vectra Group has acquired the franchise rights to open and operate a Benihana restaurant, the first of its kind in Slovakia. To compete with the ever growing local restaurant industry, Vectra Group was looking into a new different

Lights, Camera … GVHL shoot! On Sunday 20 November, 2011 a professional office photo shoot was held at the GVHL facility. The photo shoot was orchestrated by Akash Das, the brilliant advertising

Recently, DGCA has directed all the operators to implement the Safety Management System as envisaged by the International Civil Aviation Organization and so we asked Capt SS Krishnamurthy (‘Krish’) who has recently taken over as the Chief of Flight Safety of GVHL a few questions on the job in hand.