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May 14, 2009

Avolus Expands Europe, ME Reach

Avolus, which bills itself as a provider of fully integrated luxury travel, announced plans to expand its reach in Europe, Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The company has appointed Keith Thomas managing director for the Middle East. Avolus is a broker that provides charter of private jets, helicopters, yachts and limousines; block fractional and block hours; and aircraft sales more

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Zelouf leaves big legacy at Jet Aviation

By Thomas Stocker

A man who has witnessed just about every step of business aviation’s development over the past four decades finally began a very well earned retirement earlier this year. When Carl Hirschmann set up Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland back in 1967, he not only took over the hangar from the failed holiday charter airline Globe Air, but also that company’s deputy technical director–Elie Zelouf. more

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Project Phoenix Takes Band-Aid Approach

Project Phoenix, the Dubai-based entity behind the Phoenix 200 executive VIP conversion of Bombardier CRJ200 airliners, has enlisted Spectrum Aeromed of the U.S. to develop an air-ambulance version of the airplane. Offered as a dedicated transport or with a quick-change interior, the aeromed Phoenix CRJs will be outfitted in Fargo, North Dakota, where Spectrum Aeromed is based. The companies did n more

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ARG/US Accepts IS-BAO

ARG/US International has announced acceptance of the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) to meet the audit requirements of its charter operator rating system. IS-BAO is managed by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC). The acceptance by ARG/US is considered a significant advance toward a single audit standard for business aircraft operators. Charter opera more

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EBAA Promotes Pagoda as the Best Tool

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is promoting Eurocontrol’s Pagoda as the best tool for business aviation operators to meet the monitoring process for emissions trading scheme requirements. Pagoda is a Eurocontrol-developed program that estimates fuel burn and greenhouse gas emissions directly from traffic data for
all air traffic operating within the airspace overseen by more

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Jet Aviation Restructures MRO Sales Organization

Jet Aviation (Booth No. 1163) recently restructured its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sales organization for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia into six regions and appointed Markus Inäbnit as vice president of MRO sales. Inäbnit is based in Basel and leads a team of six newly appointed regional sales directors: Hans Peter Thiessen, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Switzerland; more

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EGAMA: planemakers unite in EU

Looking back on European business aviation’s boom years of 2004 to 2008, new figures from the European General Aviation Manufacturers Association (EGAMA) show that during this period the value of its members’ combined deliveries climbed by 59 percent to peak at $12 billion last year. In 2008, almost 1,000 aircraft were delivered by an industry that directly supports 35,000 jobs in Europe.
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European FBOs

By Charles Alcock

Europe’s FBOs are feeling the financial pinch as business aviation traffic dips in response to the continuing economic crisis. Most have seen a relatively steep downturn in traffic beginning last September/October. The smallest decline in traffic over the past six months reported to EBACE Convention News has been around 3 percent, but quite a few bases have seen month-on-month declines of just a more

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Flight handler Hadid opens office in Karachi

By Paul Lowe

Hadid International Services has expanded its aviation support network with a new branch office located at Karachi Airport in Pakistan, the farthest eastern point in the company’s chain–thus far.

“Hadid’s Karachi branch office will be utilized to provide our customers in the Asian region with quality and unmatched local support,” said Baha Hadid, president and founder of Hadid more

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South Africa prepares for football traffic

Next year’s football World Cup in South Africa will undoubtedly draw massive crowds of supporters from around the globe, along with a large influx of business aircraft. Peter Bouwer, former manager of Signature Flight Support in Cape Town, now based at London Luton Airport, is confident that his company will be able to cope with the traffic in Cape Town, where a total of eight games will take pl more

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