Simulation and training specialist CAE had expectations for a larger footprint in China by now, but a significant business aviation slowdown has the company focusing efforts on recurrent training to keep its simulator busy.
The Vision Jet received FAA certification last October as the world’s first single-engine very light jet, and the first was handed over to a U.S. customer in December.
ExecuJet will provide maintenance services to the Hong Kong-based HK Bellawings Jet Limited aircraft management and operating company under an agreement signed here at ABACE.
Completions specialist Flying Colours Corp. has delivered the first three CRJ200 ex-airliner-to-VIP conversions for Chinese luxury company Sparkle Roll’s SR Jet, and will deliver three more by the end of the year.
Jinggong Global Jet reports strong demand for its first aircraft fully available for charter, a Falcon 2000EX EASy, and has now expanded into aircraft management with a Falcon 7X.
Severe restrictions at airports and inadequate infrastructure are affecting the utility and future growth of business aviation in Asia-Pacific. But there is a solution: Private capital.
Chinese certification of Gulfstream’s two longest-range business jets, and its first win for a special missions aircraft in China, highlight the U.S. manufacturer’s presence at this year’s ABACE.
An unusual special missions business jet can be seen here in the static display at ABACE – a Falcon 2000LX outfitted for medical rescue and owned by Beijing Red Cross.
Several hundreds of planned airports will have runways only up to 2,600 ft in length, a tight squeeze for even the very smallest personal and business jets.
The first Bombardier-owned maintenance facility in Greater China opened last week in Tianjin, a city 130 km southeast of Beijing that is fast becoming a business aviation center.
Two powerhouse business aviation companies based on opposite sides of the world have agreed to combine their expertise in aircraft charter and management in Asia and Greater China.
While several Chinese B-registered aircraft are coming to Seletar every month for maintenance, growth in demand for Jet’s services there is primarily from the rest of Asia-Pacific.
The company has already attracted a lot of attention as it rolled out the Mercedes-Benz interior over the last year in Europe, the Middle East and the U.S.
The closing of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport to general aviation, coupled with parking congestion in Hong Kong and China, are brightening the future for the Philippines’ Clark Air Base as a business jet center.
VistaJet believes there is business to be won from young, wealthy millennials and from globally-focused companies that don’t want the asset risk involved in owning an aircraft.
