The Greater China business jet fleet grew 21 percent last year to 371 aircraft, according to the latest data compiled by Hong Kong-based aircraft sales, management, charter and consultancy firm Asian Sky Group (Chalet 4). From 2007 to 2013, the fleet expanded at a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent, significantly more than the global rate of 5 percent. Of these 371 jets, 248 are based in Mainland China, 97 in Hong Kong, 15 in Taiwan and 11 in Macau. By manufacturer, Gulfstream has 38 percent market share of this fleet; Bombardier, 30 percent; Dassault Falcon, 9 percent; Cessna, 7 percent; Hawker, 5 percent; Airbus Corporate Jetliner, 5 percent; Embraer, 4 percent; and Boeing
Business Jets, 2 percent. Asian Sky Group said demand for business jets in Greater China is largely driven by robust economic growth, rising number of high-net-worth individuals, increasing corporate profits, successful listing of public companies and government support. “More and more companies are also increasingly using business jets as a tool to support corporate international growth and integration,” it added. Despite the high growth rate, there have been several factors hampering business aviation’s growth in the country, Asian Sky Group noted. This includes airspace restrictions, limited regional aviation support infrastructure, a shortage of locally licensed pilots and the difficulty and time
ABACE to stay in Shanghai
of which are from Asia–more than doubling the 36 exhibitors from the region at ABACE 2012. There are also 38 aircraft on static display, including piston airplanes for the first time. In fact, the Beechcraft Bonanza and Baron G58 here at the show are the first piston airplanes to land at Hongqiao, or at least in recent memory. This continues the expansion of operations that ABACE has facilitated–the first non-police helicopter was flown into the airport for last year’s show and the first turboprop airplane landed at the field for the 2012 event. “These types of operations at Hongqiao for ABACE provide a model for them throughout China,” Bolen told AIN. “ABACE is much more than just a three-day show in April.” Speaking of the three-day show that opens today, he highlighted several changes intended to make the event better for exhibitors and attendees. This includes a more efficient security setup to greatly reduce the lines of people waiting to get into the venue, better food vendor area and improved show site layout. In the longer view, Bolen said that a planned second hangar at Hawker Pacific would provide more exhibit space at the show site whenever that structure is eventually built. In addition, there is a plan for a convention center close to Hongqiao Airport that could be used to house ABACE exhibits at some point. o
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“When we signed the agreement in 2011, we said that ABACE would put China at the center of the business aviation stage, attract the leading business aviation individuals and companies from around the world and showcase Asian companies, and it would reflect Asian characteristics, attract high-ranking government officials and quickly become one of the truly great business events in the world,” Bolen said yesterday at the media luncheon where the MoA was signed. “Our promise has been kept, and our dream has been realized. ABACE has become one of the great aviation shows–a mustsee, must-participate event,” he continued. “At the opening session, we will have high-ranking officials from the aviation administration of China, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau. These respected officials will open what will be the largest and most significant ABACE yet. We have indeed come a long way since we signed the first agreement in 2011.” Bolen noted that the ABACE show is still at the beginning of the journey. “It is not just a great event, but an enduring one,” he said, adding that there are 187 exhibitors at this year’s show, 73
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Chinese airlines), will celebrate its 20th year in business next year. It currently accounts for 70 percent of all private jet movements in Mainland China. The company’s fleet of 80 business jets, which logged more than 20,000 flight hours last year, consists of Gulfstreams, Bombardier Global family aircraft, Dassault Falcon 7Xs, Hawkers and Boeing Business Jets. Deer Jet expects to add more aircraft this year with deliveries of an additional Falcon 7X, another BBJ and an Airbus A320 VIP version. In fact, the company is the world’s largest operator of Airbus Corporate Jets, with six already in its fleet.
亚翔航空有限公司（位于4号展屋）的总部设在香港，是一家 提供飞机销售、管理、包机服务及咨询业务的公司。据该公司最 近搜集的数据显示，去年大中华地区的公务机数量达到了371架， 增长率为21%。。从2007年到2013年，该地区的公务机队以复合年 增长率34%的速度增长，大大高于全球性的5%增长率。 亚翔航空有限公司透露，该地区对公务机的需求在很大程度上 受到强劲的经济增长、高净产值个体的增加、企业收益的上升、成 功上市的公司以及政府支持的驱动。尽管该地区束缚公务航空发展 的因素依然存在，例如航空管制、支持性基础设施有限、取证飞行 员数量不足以及航空运营取证困难等，然而，亚翔航空有限公司预 期今年大中华地区的公务航空将继续保持强劲的高增长率。 n
example, China has 193 civil airports, 10 of which were completed last year. The CAAC plans are to have 244 airports in service by 2020. “As China continues to ease its airspace flight regulations, more opportunity for smallersized business aircraft mainly used for domestic flights should appear in the future,” Asian Sky said. “However, the current preference to large cabin is expected to remain strong in the short term.” The Greater China fleet is “strongly dominated” by largecabin and long-range aircraft, which account for 40 percent Over the past year Deer Jet has expanded its operations beyond the region, basing aircraft in the Middle East and Russia. Toward that end, the company signed a joint venture agreement with Jetex Flight Support at its FBO at Dubai World Central Airport. Last year, Deer Jet had more than 200 movements in the Middle East, a 30-percent increase over the previous year. This year the company also launched Deer Jet Air Rescue, an intensive care, medical-transport service, flying a pair of Hawker jets. Zhang also serves as chairman of the Gulfstream Beijing service facility, a joint venture 51-percent owned by Deer Jet with the remainder owned by Gulfstream. In operation since 2012, the facility is the only private jet MRO capable of performing heavy
and 29 percent, respectively. China, which has the second largest economy in the world, holds nearly 20 percent of the world’s population, 7 percent of the world’s billionaires and a 13 percent wealth annual growth rate, “Yet it holds less than 2 percent of the world’s business jets,” the company lamented. “The business aviation industry however is developing rapidly and signs of a maturing market are evident. Consequently, Asian Sky Group expects high growth to continue in 2014 as the business jet market in Greater China continues to develop and mature.” o
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required to qualify for an air operator certificate. Other roadblocks to growth are taxation policies imposed on China-registered aircraft, including import duty and value added tax; the Chinese government’s current expenditure sentiment; and, for foreign-registered aircraft, operational challenges and costs in Mainland China. “Government support is a key factor in generating continued growth in the China business aviation industry,” Asian Sky Group said. “Some regulations and taxation policies in China are strict, but viewed as necessary by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as a means to control the growth rate and ensure it is matched with sufficient infrastructure such as number of airports, FBOs, maintenance centers, air traffic control and other qualified aviation personnel.” However, China is expected to further ease some of the current barriers and allow the industry and its supporting infrastructure to grow in levels matching demand, the company said. For
Deer Jet vice president Peng Zhang
maintenance on the mainland. Over the past year Deer Jet has changed its focus from being solely an aviation services provider to becoming a luxury lifestyle provider when its parent company added yachts, helicopters and more services to its portfolio. As a consequence the company has forged an alliance with Medical Health International to create the Deer Jet Health Club, which will provide medical services to customers. o
g280 Breaks two City-pair speed reCords on flight to shanghai Gulfstream’s super-midsize G280 added two new speed records during its flight to Shanghai for ABACE 2014. From Friedrichshafen Airport in Germany the G280, piloted by Brett Rundle and Bruce Egart, flew 2,751 nm to Dubai International Airport in five hours and 49 minutes, at an average of Mach 0.84. The same crew then flew 3,449 nm to Hong Kong International Airport in seven hours and seven minutes, averaging Mach 0.82. To date, the G280 has achieved a total of 47 city-pair speed records. Today at 1:30 p.m. Mandarin Air plans to take delivery of the first G280 to be delivered in China during a ceremony at Gulfstream’s spot on the static display. –M.T.
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Bizav’s high growth rate in China to continue–ASG
亚翔航空有限公司的报告突出强调 中国公务机队的快速增长
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