Singapore / February 11, 2014 – Jet Aviation Singapore has more than doubled the number of
skilled workers it employs since 2010; 73 percent of the new employees are local hires. The
company plans to hire 13 new aviation professionals in 2014.
To meet growing demand for business aviation services in the region, Jet Aviation Singapore has
increased its employee headcount from 59 in 2010 to 123 in 2013. Now at capacity limits, the
maintenance and FBO service provider is tripling the size of its hangar facility, which is set to be
operational in April 2014.
“We are fully committed to hiring from Singapore’s skilled pool of talent and to supporting the infrastructure
at Seletar Aerospace Park, which serves our business aviation customers in the region,” says Gary Dolski,
vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Singapore. “Almost three quarters of our employees
were hired locally and last year we jointly founded a Licensed Aircraft Engineer Training Program with the
Air Transport Training College (ATTC) to help develop a competitive pool of local licensed aircraft
engineers and professionals for the business aviation network at Seletar Aerospace Park.”
Jet Aviation Singapore provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, aircraft repair, defect
troubleshooting and rectifications and aircraft modifications. In addition, the company offers interior
refurbishment, avionics modification and exterior painting services. Jet Aviation Singapore holds repair
station approvals from various countries, including FAA #J8MY465N and EASA #145.0461. It is a Factory
Authorized Service Center and Warranty Repair Facility for the Gulfstream series; an Authorized Service
Center for the Bombardier Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft models, as well as the Nextant 400XT
aircraft. The company is also a Boeing BBJ line maintenance station. Located at Seletar Airport, the
company also offers FBO services in Singapore at Seletar and Changi International airports.
Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in
1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. More than 4,500
employees cater to client needs from 21 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and
North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment,
engineering, FBO and fuel services, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and
personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly
operate a fleet of more than 250 aircraft. Please visit www.jetaviation.com and follow us on twitter:
http://twitter.com/jetaviation.
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