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Bell announces a purchase agreement for first SUBARU Bell 412EPXs sold in Europe

Bell Textron signed purchase agreement for two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters to the Republic of Croatia Ministry of Interior. This marks a significant milestone in the region as the first purchase agreement for SUBARU Bell 412EPX in Europe. The expected delivery dtae is October 2023.  Duncan Van De Velde, Bell’s managing director, Europe, commented: “The SUBARU Bell...

Start of production at FACC plant in Croatia

FACC AG has completed the construction of a new high-tech plant in Jakovlje, Croatia, after a period of 10 months, and has gradually started operations since December 2021. At the new production facility, the company is manufacturing lightweight components for the cabin interiors of commercial aircraft and business jets. Largest greenfield investment outside Austria in the history of FACC &q...

Jung Sky moves towards establishing its own aircraft maintenance

Following its record-achieving Q3 and fleet expansion aspirations, Croatian business aviation operator Jung Sky looks to put another vital strategy into motion in 2021. The company boosted its team with significant managerial experience by hiring Davor Bujan as its technical director, thus steering the airline into setting up its own aircraft maintenance.  Bujan joined Jung Sky after spend...

Business aviation insider - Croatia island connection by air

As we informed before, Croatia was one of the first countries to reopen hotels after corona crisis. Obviously, you can find a lot of information regarding tourism opportunities in this country.  Tourism dominates the Croatian service sector and accounts for up to 20% of Croatian GDP.Among all services essential for tourism, aviation has an important role, including business aviation...

Business aviation insider: Jung Sky optimistic about the upcoming months

Numerous sources branded Croatia as a country that has dealt with Covid-19 very well. Therein lies a specific opportunity for business aviation services, especially in the context of nautical tourism which, being already a form of isolation from the rest of the community, minimizes the epidemiological risk.   Jung Sky, business aviation operator based in Zagreb, Croatia, loo...

A high-tech composite facility in Croatia by FACC

An important step in globalization of FACC, an investment of 30 million euros and as the result - a new production facility in Croatia.  Production in Croatia to begin in 2021! The plans for the set-up of the new facility were announced today in the presence of Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Darko Horvat, Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and...

Aero Standard is Daher TBM Service Center in Croatia

Daher expands its global support network for the TBM very fast turboprop aircraft with Aero Standard’s appointment as the Service Center in Croatia Daher announced the appointment of Aero Standard, an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization based at Zadar International Airport, as the Croatia Service Center for its TBM very fast turboprop aircraft.  This latest member of Daher&rsqu...

Croatian Seaplane Operators European Coastal Airlines Suspend All Flights

European Coastal Airlines, who operate seaplanes connecting Croatian islands with the mainland, have suspended operations after an investigation into the safety of the planes by a leading Croatian news portal… Index.hr published an article on Saturday 13 August 2016 questioning the safety and maintenance of the seaplanes, quoting former and current ECA employers. European Coastal Airlines CEO K...

Three European carriers eye stake in Croatia Airlines

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank unit tasked by the Croatian government to find a suitable partner for Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb), has located three firms willing to invest in the airline. According to EX-YU Aviation News, sources close to the privatization process told the Večernji list newspaper that the firms include Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l), Turkish...