Business Aviation

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.

Bell sees China as the brightest spot in its Asian universe as a recent burst of orders looks set to triple its in-country fleet to nearly 400

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.

A new FBO facility that aims to become the gateway to Australasia will open soon in Melbourne later this year.

For the first time, Chinese buyers imported more used business jets than new ones last year.

Gulfstream Aerospace expects to win type certificates for two new business jet types – the G500 and G600 – and put both into service in 2018.

Turbotech, a startup company created by four former Safran engineers, is developing a 73 kW (98 shp) turboprop featuring a recuperative architecture.

Textron Aviation has received orders for 52 Cessna 172 Skyhawks from two Cessna-authorized sales and service representatives in China.

Germany’s Volocopter has lifted the veil on its vision for on-demand urban air mobility services.

Beijing has decided to lift restrictions on the proportion of foreign ownership in aircraft manufacturing companies this year.

The first business jet version of a Boeing 737 MAX is about to fly from the factory, marking the beginning of a journey to be outfitted as a BBJ MAX 8.

Deer Jet became the first Chinese private jet operator to fly from China to the Antarctica in December, when one of its Gulfstream G650 business jets landed on the blue ice runway of Wolfs Fang airport.

Already the world’s largest offshore aircraft registry with more than 835 aircraft on its books, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority is fending off competition from a growing number of rivals by offering several enhancements.

The world’s two largest manufacturers of luxury jets are exactly even in their race to win over the wealthy elite in Greater China.

Ameco still hasn’t outfitted a VVIP interior for a privately-owned business jet, though over the last few years it has been building the capability to do so.

“The challenge with aviation and cybersecurity is that passengers often think that altitude makes them safe. They're physically disconnected from the ground; that creates the perception that there's an element of security. And that's definitely not true.”

Business is brisk at Comlux, the Swiss-based VIP aircraft management, operating and charter company that also has a U.S. completions and maintenance center in Indianapolis.

A powerhouse strategic agreement signed a year ago by two business aviation companies based on opposite sides of the world has come a long way in the last 12 months, says Patrick Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation.

Vnukovo-3, the only Russian FBO exhibiting at ABACE, is preparing for peak hours during this summer when Russia will host the FIFA 2018 World Cup.

A strategic partnership between ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China Co. and Tianjin Binhai International Airport aims to cross-promote Execujet Haite’s maintenance services and the airport’s exclusive business aviation fixed base operation.

Refurbishing the interiors of business jets has become big business for completions and MRO specialist Flying Colours, which three years ago opened an Asia base in Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Service Center at Seletar Airport, Singapore.

Lufthansa Technik is the market leader in Greater China with around 30 VIP Airbus ACJ and Boeing BBJs delivered into the region since the mid 1980s.

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.