AIRBORNEBRIEFING BUSINESS AVIATION IN BRIEF
for VIP and corporate travel, as well as for special missions. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen and offers services for VIP travel, pilot training, aerial mapping and weather modification.
Airbus sold its first corporate jet in Japan, a wide-cabin ACJ318. Airbus COO, Customers, John Leahy says that the sale encourages “greater use of business jets to help grow what is, today, the world’s third-largest economy”. At the March opening ceremony for Narita International Airport’s Premier Gate, Tokyo’s first dedicated bizjet terminal, Airbus displayed an ACJ318 owned by Abu Dhabi-based Al Jaber Aviation. An ACJ318 typically seats 19 passengers and boasts a wide cabin.
After three decades in the aviation industry, Joseph Mack took the reins as COO of Sino Jet Management Ltd, a Hong Kong-based, full-service private aviation company. Mack is a former flight captain and operated Gulfstream aircraft for 23 years. He has also provided services for NASA. He has trained flight crew for Fortune 500 companies as a Pilot Proficiency Examiner and Designated Check Airman.
Hawker Pacific’s facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore is now the first Rolls-Royce AE 3007A Authorised Service Centre in Asia. Hawker Pacific also has a partnership with Embraer,
for VIP charter range from small turboprops to large executive jets. “The Setai Air multilingual team will be contactable 24/7, 365 days a year,” said Alex Berry, group executive sales and marketing director for Chapman Freeborn. The partners revealed Setai Air at the ABACE (Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition) at Shanghai in March.
Sino Jet and US-based TWC Aviation Inc teamed up to strengthen their reach to Asia Pacific’s VIPs. Under the deal, TWC Aviation will be Sino Jet’s exclusive VIP charter services operator in the region, while Sino Jet will serve as the exclusive marketing agent for TWC in Asia. “As TWC expands into the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market, we understand the need for a strategic partner experienced with local customs, cultures, languages and regulations,” said Andrew Richmond, CEO of TWC Aviation. The first aircraft available for charter under the partnership is a 13-seater Bombardier Global Express.
Chinese company Avion Pacific Ltd purchased 10 King Air turboprops from Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC). The order was estimated to be worth USD50 million and called for King Air 350i and King Air C90GTx aircraft. Dan Keady, HBC vice president for Asia Pacific, said this is “further evidence of the developing light turbine market in China”. Avion Pacific managing director Wu Zhendong called the King Airs ideal
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and the Rolls-Royce AE 3007A engine powers the Embraer Legacy 600 and Legacy 650. The Seletar facility, opened in February 2012, is the first facility in the Asia-Pacific to offer maintenance for all types of Embraer executive jets within the region.
Setai and GHM Hotels has introduced Setai Air, a luxury air charter service which will operate worldwide under Chapman Freeborn. Aircraft available
Cessna appointed Beijing DINGSHI GA Tech Service Center (CFIC) as an authorised service facility for operators of Citation XLS+ family, Citation Sovereign and Citation X aircraft in northern Asia. CFIC has owned and maintained Citation aircraft since the early 1990s, and its fleet includes 10 Citations, including three new Citation Sovereigns. Cessna president and CEO Scott Ernest said that Cessna has built a long relationship with CFIC. >>
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