The tale of two markets continues for business aviation in Asia Pacific, with a thriving pre-owned market (both buying and selling) but a stable to flat picture for nearly all new aircraft manufacturers except for an ebullient Gulfstream, according to Hong Kong business aviation consultants Asian Sky Group.
Less than a year from its launch, Airbus's Corporate Helicopters brand is living up to the company's expectations. Despite 2017 being "a little bit depressed overall for business aviation in terms of volume of sales," the first year has been "a great success," says Frederic Lemos, ACH's global head.
Attitudes in Asia towards pre-owned aircraft have changed to the extent that for the first time more used aircraft entered Greater China last year than new ones.
Universal Aviation Singapore, based at Seletar Airport, has earned accreditation under the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling program.
ExecuJet is the first fixed base operator in Australia to achieve the International Standard for Business Aviation Handling (IS-BAH) Stage I accreditation. Both its Sydney and Melbourne FBOs have qualified for the distinction.
Fokker Techniek of the Netherlands will carry out the world’s first VIP completion of an Airbus ACJ319neo after its selection by long-term customer German charter operator K5 Aviation. Completion starts in May 2019, with delivery scheduled for the beginning of 2020.
Growth is the keyword at ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China, which carries out aircraft maintenance from a large purpose-built hangar at Tianjin Binhai International Airport.
Bombardier sees a range increase that it has just added to its forthcoming Global 7000 business jet as particularly applicable to the Chinese market, enabling the big aircraft to fly non-stop from Hong Kong to New York.
Hong Kong-based Jet Fuel International, wants to fill your business jet. The Asia-regional contract jet fuel supplier most recently signed up the Air France—KLM Group for alternative fuel supply at Macau International Airport.
HondaJet opened its first sales, service and customer support center in China in January, choosing the new business jet terminal at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, as its base.
Textron Aviation’s two joint ventures in Shijiazhuang and Zhuhai will both be busier this year following orders from Greater China for three Citation XLS+ aircraft for the China Civil Aviation Authority’s Flight Inspection Center, and a Cessna Grand Caravan EX in VIP configuration for Xihua General Aviation.
Gama Aviation Hutchison (Hong Kong) recently announced it will be the exclusive General Sales Agent in Asia for business jet maintenance services offered by China Aircraft Services in Hong Kong.
Bombardier’s new Premier cabin, which is now standard in the Global 6000 (formerly Global Express) and its short-fuselage Global G5000 derivative, is making its China debut here in the company’s G6000 demonstrator.
Bombardier’s full-size mock-up of its Global 7000 ultra long-range business jet is making its first appearance in China here at ABACE as part of an extensive world tour that included Dubai and Singapore.
Gulfstream Aerospace expects to win type certificates for two new business jet types – the G500 and G600 – and putting both into service in 2018. It’s never done two at a time before.
Shanghai Hawker Pacific has completed construction of a 4,500-sq-meter second hangar to support business aviation at Hongqiao International Airport—and its first use is to house this year’s ABACE show.
Swiss-based Jet Aviation will acquire Australia’s Hawker Pacific in a $250 million deal that will combine their business aircraft services in China, Southest Asia, Australia and the Middle East, the two companies announced on April 11.
