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获取亚太地区商务航空新闻的最佳渠道 FASTEST JET TO CHINA
DAVID McINTOSH
The new ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 last month set a to-be-confirmed city-pair record in Asia Pacific, when it flew nonstop from Chicago International Airport to Beijing Airport, a distance of 6,223 nautical miles, in 12 hours 49 minutes, for an average speed of Mach 0.87. When confirmed, this will be the eighth city-pair record for the G650. Along with the supermidsize G280, the wide-cabin G650 is making its debut in China here at ABACE 2013.
King Airs herald Beechcraft rebirth by Curt Epstein Beechcraft Corp., in its first major international show since its February restructuring, is turning its focus at ABACE on its market-leading turboprop division. According to company chairman, president and CEO Shawn Vick, Beechcraft has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
with 80 percent less debt and the ability to triple its research investment. The world’s largest turboprop manufacturer, Beechcraft can trace its involvement in the China market back to 1938, when the Chinese government ordered a fleet of Beech D-17 Staggerwings equipped as aerial ambulances, one of history’s
first examples of a mission-specific aircraft. In its more than 80-year existence, Beechcraft has delivered more than 54,000 aircraft. Today, the Wichita, Kansas-based company (Chalet 360) claims 64 percent of the Asia Pacific turboprop fleet, according Continued on page 38 u
Visionaries propelling Asian bizav by Matt Thurber “This is a milestone in the history of business aviation,” said NBAA president Ed Bolen during yesterday’s press luncheon, which heralded the launch of ABACE 2013 in partnership with the Shanghai Airport Authority. “We’re delighted to be back in Shanghai,” he added, referring to the fact the first ABACE was held in Shanghai back in 2005. “With that initial show, we planted a seed,” Bolen said. “Thanks to a visionary number of leaders here in Shanghai and throughout the Chinese government, we’ve been able to see that seedling grow.” Evidence of that growth is this year’s ABACE show, with 33 airplanes on static display (up from 27 last year), more than 180 exhibitors (up from 150), a 28-percent increase in display space and a doubledigit jump in attendance to 6,284 registrations on the first day. “It’s exciting for us to be here at a time when Asia, led by China, has established itself as the fastest-growing market for business aviation in the world,” Bolen said. Business aviation in China is not growing by happenstance, he explained. “It has been thanks to visionary leadership, careful planning and a lot of hard work by people involved at all levels of the government and all levels of the CAAC and everyone in industry.” China’s decision to include business Continued on page 38 u
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Swiss group has its eyes on rapid expansion in Asia as it bolsters facilities and seeks new approvals. Page 17
U.S. airframer wastes no time in setting up Chinese manufacturing ventures, with first deliveries now imminent. Page 19.
Asian Business Aviation Association hopes to accelerate initiatives to educate fledgling market about business aviation. Page 22.
Fortunately business aviation is enjoying top-level support in China and elsewhere in Asia. Page 25
NetJets hopes to start a Chinese operation in early 2014, but not fractional ownership at first. Page 34
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