The newest business aviation center to open in China is at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, where the first phase of an RMB 400 million ($63 million) complex containing a fixed base operator, hangarage and offices began operation in December.
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.
There are too many aircraft management companies in the Greater China market, which has led to intense competition, but Sino Jet president and founder Jenny Lau predicts the market will consolidate. Lau is also chairperson of the Asian Business Aviation Association.
Russia’s United Engine Corporation hopes to supply its future PD-35 engine for the Russo-Chinese CR929 widebody airliner. The contract calls for the engine to meet both Russian and Chinese airworthiness and certification requirements.
The PD-14 turbofan engine secured its place under the wing of the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner. Russia’s largest carrier, Aeroflot, plans to equip half of its future MC-21 fleet with the Russian powerplants.
Seyed Mohseni is at the Singapore Airshow to raise some of the GBP90 million (US$126 million) he estimates is necessary to fulfill his vision for a 10-seat, composite-structure, pressurized, VTOL, economic and environmentally friendly airplane.
Rockwell Collins is talking up Japan Airlines’ deployment of its ARINC AviNet Airport network solution at 51 of its domestic and international airport locations.
Lufthansa Technik and the U.S. component manufacturer Crane Aerospace & Electronics have teamed together for component supply for Asia-Pacific Europe, the Near and Middle East and Africa, and Europe.
Elbe Flugzeugwerke has secured a launch contract from Luxembourg-based Vallair Solutions Sàrl for its Airbus A321 P2F/passenger-to-freighter conversions.
