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October 2, 2006, 6:02 AM

Operators of foreign business aircraft need all the help they can get in China. Shanghai’s Foreign Aircraft Service (Fasco), operating since 1988 under the authority of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, can secure necessary government approvals in as timely a manner as possible.

October 2, 2006, 6:01 AM

The volume of business aircraft flying into China is continuing to increase. According to the Shanghai airport authority, the number of corporate movements into the country’s main business city has been growing by as much as 15 percent in recent years to reach a total of 1,200 last year.

October 2, 2006, 5:58 AM

Presenting an update of Japanese business aviation initiatives, Masaki Nakatani, associate secretary general of the Japan Business Aviation Association (JBAA), said, “There has been a slight increase in the number of business aircraft landing in Japan between 2000 and last year (up to 15,113 fro

October 2, 2006, 5:44 AM

China is moving to embrace business aviation more quickly than Japan, according to Dominik Steiner, president of start-up aircraft management firm Newjetco.

October 2, 2006, 5:42 AM

The inaugural Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition has created a key bridgehead for business aviation in the world’s most economically dynamic region. More than 2,100 visitors attended the event from August 9 through 11 in Shanghai, China.

October 2, 2006, 5:41 AM

Wu’s words were music to the ears of the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) and NBAA, which organized the inaugural ABACE show.

October 2, 2006, 5:32 AM

The FAA’s grandiose agenda to streamline operations in congested U.S. airspace is causing  headaches for business jet operators with flight management systems (FMS) that do not calculate position to new Rnav standards due out this month.

October 2, 2006, 5:29 AM

Luxflight Executive and its new marketing partner Exklusiv Aviation are introducing a Falcon 2000 and a new Falcon 2000EX to their Paris-based fleet. The new aircraft will join a pair of Falcon 900Bs.

October 2, 2006, 5:28 AM

The UK’s Gama Aviation has established a new maintenance operation at its Farnborough Airport headquarters to comply with pending European JAR Subpart M requirements for supporting its charter/management fleet. It can also now offer line support to other operators at the London-area airport.

October 2, 2006, 5:27 AM

Barcelona-based Executive Airlines this year has added five business jets to its charter fleet, and it is preparing to add two more. At the start of this year the company positioned a Hawker 700 in Madrid, followed by a pair of Citation CJ1s, a Learjet 45 and a Citation Bravo.

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