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Zetta Jet adds two more Global 6000 business jets to growing fleet

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced today that Zetta Jet, the fast-growing private jet operator based in Singapore, has exercised options for two Global 6000 ultra-long range business aircraft. Zetta Jet currently operates a fleet consisting exclusively of six aircraft from the Glo...

TAG Aviation Asia Invests In Talent of the Future

TAG Aviation Asia celebrates 10 Years of professional excellence and bespoke client services here in Asia. To mark this milestone both in service and safety, true to their name -Techniques d’Avant Garde is determined to invest in the future of their people. TAG Aviation Asia (TAA) has recentl...

China business jet fleet saw lacklustre growth in 2015

The Asia-Pacific business jet fleet grew 6.2% in 2015 to 1,134 aircraft, with 66 new and 74 pre-owned aircraft entering the region. During 2015, however, the region saw 74 aircraft leave, and China’s business jet fleet growth was well below the regional average, rising just 3.8% to 300 aircraft, according to Hong Kong aviation consulting firm Asian Sky Group. The second bigge...

France's La Compagnie mulls A320neo, B737 MAX for TATL ops

La Compagnie (B0, Paris Le Bourget) is in advanced talks with Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) and Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) over the planned acquisition of new transatlantic-capable aircraft due for delivery in either 2018 or 2019. “We’re thinking about the A320neo and the B737 MAX 9 and exploring all the best finance options for that purpose right now,” CEO Fr...

ABACE 2016 - The Ultimate In Cabin Luxury, Beauty And Functionality

ABACE 2016 is an aircraft interior design aficionado’s wonderland. The work of the world’s leading artisans, craftsmen and interior specialists is on display in the cabins of the business jets open for inspection on the static line, while inside the exhibition pavilions, the companies that create the most refined of these interiors showcase their completion and refurbishment ...

ICAO Secretary General to Keynote ABACE Show

The keynote speaker for this week’s Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) will be Dr. Fang Liu, secretary general of ICAO. Dr. Liu is the first female ICAO secretary general and previously worked with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). She will address the ABACE opening general session at 10 am. on April 12. While...

Aeria Looks to Bring Interior Skills Closer to Asian Clients

Aeria Luxury Interiors recently delivered the first new Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) that it has completed direct from the factory. The aircraft went to an undisclosed customer in Eastern Europe and the San Antonio, Texas-based company is now working to complete a VIP-configured Boeing widebodied airliner that it expects to deliver in the first quarter of 2017. Benefiting from fresh inve...

StarFlight Australia launches

Queensland’s CareFlight Group in partnership with Kaan Air, a European utility operator and Finmeccanica Helicopters and Russian Helicopters distributor, have launched StarFlight Australia to provide EMS, SAR and firefighting helicopter services throughout Australasia. The joint venture company was launched at CareFlight’s Brisbane Airport base on April 8 by StarFlight chairman Ferd...

Boeing Business Jets Grows Presence in China

Boeing Business Jets’ (BBJ) success in the Chinese market continues this year with 21 in-service airplanes and three BBJ MAXs currently on order. With unmatched product reliability and customer service, BBJ is the preferred ultra-large business jet in China. “BBJ is doing really well in Greater China and we are growi...

LHT Increased presence for VIP & Special Mission customers in Asia

Two new sales offices in Hongkong and Singapore Lufthansa Technik is extending its sales presence for customers of the VIP & Special Mission Aircraft Services product division in Asia. This customer segment will be supported with immediate effect by two new sales offices in Hongkong and Singapore. Mr. Stelios Panitsas (47) will fill this role from Singapore, whereas Mr. Jan Grube (47) wi...

Korea’s First FBO Set to Open Soon in Seoul

Korea Airport Corp. (KAC) and its partner Avjet Asia expect to open their new FBO at Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport next month. The Gimpo Business Aviation Center, which will effectively be the first purpose-built FBO in South Korea, includes a passenger terminal with customs and immigration controls and a large hangar that can accommodate up to eight large jets ...

VistaJet Celebrates Record 2015

VistaJet’s 60-airplane business jet charter fleet helped drive a record year during 2015, the company’s strongest-ever with a global flight traffic increase of more than 21 percent compared to 2014, and passenger totals up more than 23 percent. The fleet’s average age is less than two years, and it consists entirely of Bombardier Challenger and Global jets owned by VistaJet. &ldq...

Japan Raises the Profile of its Business Aviation Sector

Japanese exhibitors are kicking into high gear here at ABACE this week as they seek to promote Japan’s burgeoning business aviation sector. The growing expo–now in its fifth year at Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre–features a lineup of aviation officials from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) and the Japanese Business Aviation Association (JB...

Piper and Piper Deutschland to display aircraft at AERO Friedrichshafen

Piper Aircraft Inc. and Piper Generalvertretung Deutschland are collaborating to display aircraft at the upcoming AERO Friedrichshafen 2015, to be held April 15-19. On display will be a single-engine Piper Meridian turboprop, a twin-engine Piper Seneca V, and a Piper Archer DX. “Year after year, AERO Friedrichshafen is where serious general aviation buyers congregate from across Eur...

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