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z LHT Dominates in Asia for VIP Completions Lufthansa Technik (Booth H108) proved here yesterday that it is the market leader of narrowbody and widebody VIP completions for Asian customers, having outfitted 16 of 21 bizliners based in the region. “Asia has one of the highest growth rates for the VIP aircraft market,” according to Lufthansa Technik senior vice president of marketing and sales Walter Heerdt. In China alone, the Hamburg, Germany-based company has completed a dozen bizliners, with five outfitted narrowbodies delivered last year. Heerdt said Lufthansa Technik will hand over four more completed bizliners this year in China. Lufthansa Technik does VIP narrowbody and widebody completions at its Hamburg facility, and it outfits narrowbodies at its BizJet International subsidiary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Beijing-based Blue Eagle Aviation Investment is jumpstarting the ABACE 2013 sales action with an order from Beijing General Aviation (BGA) for the first Quest Kodiak single-turboprop utility aircraft to be delivered in China. Under a sales agreement scheduled for signing at Blue Eagle’s stand this morning (Booth H420), BGA is set to order two of the rugged short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) aircraft with an option for purchase of an additional four Kodiaks. The first aircraft will be delivered following its certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), expected this summer, with the second delivery to follow about six months later. No timetable for exercising the option for the additional four airplanes has been set. The agreement also calls for Blue Eagle to provide BGA with aftermarket support including maintenance, modification and training for the aircraft. Last July Blue Eagle Aviation, an aircraft sales, service, and consulting company, was named the exclusive distributor for the Kodiak in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In November at the National Business Aviation Association’s annual trade show, Blue Eagle ordered a dozen Kodiaks for sale in the region. The Kodiaks BGA ordered will be based in Beijing and initially used for emergency disaster assistance, said Liu Ming De, BGA director of sales.
was imposed 18 years ago because of security concerns after a low-flying private aircraft dropped illegal arms in the Bengal region of eastern India. “We welcome this decision,” said Rohit Kapur, president of India’s Business Aviation Operators Association (BAOA). The group has spent the past two years advocating the adoption of clearer guidelines on access to Indian airspace and airports for foreign-owned business aircraft. “We applaud the government of India for the change, which is a true win for business aviation,” said Lex den Herder, vice president for government and industry affairs with flight planning group Universal Weather & Aviation. Operators have complained that the existing lead times for permits have resulted in canceled operations, which led to business travelers giving up on business aviation and using scheduled airline flights instead. The next steps would be to streamline customs and immigration formalities and also to improve the tax and regulatory structures for purchasing and operating aircraft. However, with India’s elections set to take place early next year, an Indian official told AIN that no further changes to the tax structure are likely to be made until the new government is in office. o
India has decided to reduce the advance-application requirements for foreign-registered aircraft to enter the country from seven to three business days for landing permits, and from three days to one business day for overflights. The move is a significant breakthrough for business aircraft operators, who have long complained that Indian bureaucracy has undermined the flexibility they seek to deliver. The change will be confirmed only when the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has made the necessary changes to the country’s civil aviation requirements (CAR). This process is expected to take another two months. A government official told AIN, on condition of anonymity, that the new CAR will be tried for six months, after which the authorities may opt to abolish the required notice period altogether, at least for some operations. The entire notice period could be waived in three instances: for so-called “frequent flyer” operators that have made at least three flights to India in 365 days; for flights by nonresident Indians based in any of the 192 member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization; or for operators endorsed by an official of the rank of deputy secretary in the Indian government. The seven-day restriction
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Nextant Aerospace announced yesterday at ABACE 2013 in Shanghai that it has appointed China Great Wall Industry Corp. as its exclusive sales agent for the greater China region. The new China dealer has also placed an initial order for up to 18 Nextant 400XTs (three firm orders and 15 options) potentially worth $89 million. According to Cleveland, Ohio-based Nextant, the company will deliver the remanufactured Beechjet 400As in a mix of executive and special-mission configurations to China Great Wall
over the next 24 months. The Chinese company will also help Nextant establish a product-support and spare-parts distribution network in China. Meanwhile, Nextant named Wei Jing as its director for business development in China. In her new role, Wei will oversee the Nextant 400XT’s introduction and expansion in this fastgrowing business jet market.
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z Nextant Names China Great Wall as Dealer
China Great Wall Industry, exclusive sales agent for Cessna in the China region, has ordered three Nextant 400XTs and placed options on 15 more.
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