AIRBORNEBRIEFING BUSINESS AVIATION IN BRIEF
Hony Capital. NetJets China Business Aviation Ltd will be based at the Zhuhai Aviation Industry Park on the southern coast of Guangdong province, just an hour by fast ferry from Hong Kong.
A two-year development flight programme and exhaustive flight testing have gained European Aviation
Safety Agency Supplemental Type Certification for the High Mach Blended Winglets for the Falcon 900. The winglets, designed by Aviation Partners Inc (API), help reduce drag in order to optimise the aircraft’s cruise speed. The certification will enable the winglets to be installed in Falcon 900 series jets in Europe. API founder and CEO Joe Clark explains the winglets’ investment value as its ability to “improve the productivity and performance of an existing asset while making it more eco-friendly”. In Asia, installation of the winglets is done through Hawker Pacific Asia in Singapore. API is working on similar winglet certification for the Falcon 50 family.
Hongkong Jet received HKAR- 145 Maintenance Certification
from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department. The certification signifies approval of the company’s maintenance facilities, personnel, safety management system and quality procedures. Hongkong Jet was established in 2009 to offer management, charter, maintenance and sales for business jets. Its fleet includes Gulfstream, Bombardier and Boeing aircraft.
US-based corporate aircraft charter and management company NetJets set up a China arm through a joint venture with Fung Investments and a consortium of Chinese investors led by Hony Jinsi Investment Management (Beijing) Ltd, a subsidiary of the private equity firm
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ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China Co Ltd will soon become a fully operational MRO at the Binhai International Airport in Tianjin. It aims to finish building its maintenance complex in May. Early this year, it was appointed as an authorised avionics dealer for Honeywell in Asia. The company is a joint venture between ExecuJet and Tianjin Haite. It hopes to offer its aircraft maintenance, technical support and AOG services in both Tianjin and Beijing.
clients’ most popular destinations, including Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai,” said Mike Walsh, Asia Jet’s CEO. The private aircraft charter company has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo.
Air Works India Engineering Pvt Ltd’s
Bangalore facility will house stock parts for all Embraer executive jets in service in India: the Phenom 100, Legacy 600, Legacy 650 and Lineage 1000. From there, the parts will be sent to eight Embraer Authorised Service Centres in the country, as needed. The on-site stock will minimise turnaround time in parts replacement. Air Works has 15 maintenance facilities in India and is qualified to maintain 50 aircraft types.
Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is the new face of
Bombardier, following a prestigious line of brand ambassadors including actor and pilot John Travolta, architect Frank Gehry, maestro Valery Gergiev, and classical pianist Lang Lang. Djokovic said he has been a “Learjet fan” for many years now. Bombardier Business Aircraft president Steve Ridolfi said: “Speed, agility, performance and efficiency are key attributes that Novak Djokovic and Learjet aircraft have in common.”
Asia Jet, based in Hong Kong, took delivery of a large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200, which will join the existing G200 and G300 Gulfstream aircraft in its fleet. “The Gulfstream G200 is ideally suited to travel nonstop from Hong Kong to some of our
Saudi Private Aviation (SPA), the executive jet charter arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines, took delivery of its fourth Falcon 7X business jet and says it is now the largest single operator of the aircraft model. It placed its order for the four Falcon 7X jets in 2007. SPA managing director Wajdi Abdullah Al-Idrissi said it is the technology bundle and cabin comfort offered by the Falcon 7X that attracts its clients. Its range covers city pairs like Dubai to Tokyo, New York to Riyadh, or Riyadh to Perth. The Falcon 7X accounts for 40 per cent of Dassault Falcon’s aircraft sales in the Middle East.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp appointed Trevor Esling as regional senior vice president for international sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He reports to Scott Neal, senior vice president for worldwide sales and marketing. Esling’s scope covers new and old customers, including those from Russia. Esling previously served as senior vice president of international sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia at Cessna. His 25 years of aviation experience includes employment at BAe Commercial Aircraft, BAe Corporate Jets and Raytheon Aircraft Inc.
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