The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)—the world’s largest commercial bank—has thrown its hat into the international business jet financing ring.

Cessna is beefing up its aircraft maintenance operations in Europe to support its 1,300- strong fleet of Citations there. The company recently opened a service center in Prague, will open another in Valencia, Spain next year, and is improving customer service operations at Paris-Le Bourget and at Amsterdam. A Mobile Service Unit (MSU) truck, currently based at Le Bourget, will be redeployed to Lyon, while a second is to be introduced into southern Germany this year.

As part of the U.K. government’s commitment to “deliver a safe and secure” 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a sizeable Restricted and Prohibited Fly Zone that is scheduled to be imposed over London and the South East is causing business aviation planners sleepless nights. Airport operators that will be caught up in the zone are trying to work out how it will affect them as they try to conduct business during the Olympics. The restrictions will be in place for what most operators regard as an overly long period—from July 13 to Sept. 12, 2012.