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PUBLICATIONS Wednesday, 4.17.13 SHANGHAI
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Deer Jet’s Time Share is a China ‘first’ by Chad Trautvetter Deer Jet launched the first fractional aircraft program in China yesterday here at ABACE 2013. It is now selling shares in a Gulfstream G450 and a G550, the latter of which is on display this week in the show’s static display. “As the largest aircraft charter com pany in Asia and the first to do aircraft management in China, it is our respon sibility to create a fractional share prod uct here,” said Hu Lei, general manager Continued on page 4 u
DAVID McINTOSH
Minsheng adds air charter arm by Curt Epstein
Opening General Session speakers included Gary Locke, U.S. Ambassador to China; Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Council president, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Xia Xinghua, deputy administrator of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC); Jiang Ping, vice mayor of Shanghai; Nianzu Wu, chairman Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA); and Ed Bolen, president and CEO, U.S. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).
Opening Session: Business Aviation Is Great! by Amy Laboda Marching to the theme of the Star Wars movies, speakers for the 2013 opening ses sion of ABACE found their places on the broad stage in the Shanghai Hawker Pacific hangar at Hongqiao International Airport and the event began. The general theme of all the speakers,
from Ed Bolen, president, National Busi ness Aviation Association (NBAA), to Gary Locke, United States Ambassa dor to China, was one of cooperation of efforts to bring a vibrant and viable busi ness aviation industry to China. “Business aviation generates jobs,
allows companies to be productive and efficient, and helps the country in times of natural disaster,” said Bolen. “When you ask, ‘Why use business aviation?,’ the answer is that you can move sensi tive equipment that cannot be trusted to Continued on page 4 u
While already known as Asia’s big gest business jet leasing firm, Min sheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) quietly launched its own aircraftoperating unit here at ABACE 2013. The company recently purchased Beijingbased charter provider Citic General Aviation, which operated a small fleet consisting of a Dassault Falcon 900DX, a Falcon 2000 and a Falcon 7X, and is in the process of rebranding it into a new subsidiary known as Minsheng International Jet. At a press conference yesterday Zhang Bo, vice president of the company’s
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Charter
Avionics
Aircraft Management
Cabin Interiors
Flight Planning
AllPoints Gets Gulfstream
Rockwell Collins’ China HUDs
GAMA Branching Out
Completions Who’s Who
Flight Operations into China
Gulfstream used ABACE to deliver the first of two Gulfstream long-range jets Allpoints ordered at the 2012 event. Page 10.
Rugged terrain and hot & high runways mean head-up displays could be mandated in China. Page 12.
Fast-growing GAMA Aviation of Farnborough, UK, is considering its options in China from its Hong King office. Page 14.
AIN’s guide to completions and service providers in the Asia Pacific region. Page 16.
An overview of the dos and don’ts of planning to fly a business aircraft into China. Page 24.
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