Zurich / October 8, 2015 – Jet Aviation Singapore is pleased to announce the appointment of Faizal Khan to FBO senior manager, effective October 1, 2015
As senior manager, Khan will be responsible for Jet Aviation Singapore’s day-to-day FBO operation, Aircraft Parking and Tenancy services. He is succeeding Bernard Loo, who has left the company. Khan and his team will ensure continued premium customer experience which the FBO is known for in the region. He reports directly to John Riggir, vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Singapore.
Khan joined Jet Aviation’s Singapore FBO in 2009 as duty manager and was promoted to deputy manager in 2012 and to manager FBO services in March of this year.
“Faizal’s has the experience, capabilities and proven leadership qualities,” says Riggir. “We are delighted that he accepted the new challenge and we are confident that he will continue to have trusted relationships with our customers.”
He started his aviation career at Singapore Airport Terminal Services where he served as acting duty manager and then worked as ramp duty manager for Swissport Singapore prior to joining Jet Aviation. Faizal Khan holds a diploma in Mechatronic.
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 Nextant 400XT aircraft and a Boeing BBJ line maintenance station. It further supports
Bombardier Challenger 300 / 600 / 601 / 604 / 605 series, Bombardier Global Express and XRS, Global 5000, 6000, and Bombardier Learjet 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 60 series aircraft. 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. Close to 4,500 employees cater to client needs from more than 25 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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