JET Aviation Hong Kong Wins FAA Approval

Jet Aviation Hong Kong received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support Dassault Falcon 900 LX/DX/EASy, Falcon 7X and Falcon 2000EX aircraft.

With these approvals, Jet Aviation Hong Kong is now authorized by the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to provide full line and base maintenance services to Dassault Falcon 2000EX, Falcon 7X and Falco 900LX/DX/EASy aircraft.

“We are actively expanding our support services to Dassault Falcon customers travelling in the region,” says Nigel Parker, managing director at Jet Aviation Hong Kong, “and these new approvals demonstrate our continued commitment to high safety, quality and security standards."

Senior vice president of MRO & FBO Services in EMEA & Asia Christof Späth adds, “The additional services provide substantial benefit to our growing customer base in Asia and to all Dassault Falcon owners and operators within our global network.”

Jet Aviation Hong Kong is a fully Authorized Dassault Falcon Line Service Center and the company’s closest base outside of mainland China where maintenance services can be performed. The company also operates an aircraft management and charter operation in Hong Kong, with 18 aircraft currently in its Asian management fleet.

Jet Aviation Hong Kong offers line maintenance, inspections and defect rectifications, as well as AOG support, and has access to a 9,200 square meter (99,027 square feet) hangar. The company holds Hong Kong CAD maintenance repair station approval and an FAA repair station certificate #6JAY388B, and mainland China JMM approval for PRC-registered aircraft. In addition, it services aircraft registered in 11 other countries through Jet Aviation's maintenance approvals in Singapore, which include EASA #145.0461, Aruba DCA, Australian CASA, Bermuda DCA, Cayman CAA, Indonesia DGAC, Macao MAR-145, Malaysia DCA, Philippines ATO, Singapore CAAS and Thailand DOA.

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 5,000 employees cater to client needs from 25 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, 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 200 aircraft. Please visit www.jetaviation.com and follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/jetaviation
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