Jet Aviation Adds Challenger and Embraer Aircraft to its Asian Management Fleet
Hong Kong / SAR China, September 7, 2009 – Jet Aviation announced during Asian Aerospace in Hong Kong that the company added two Challenger aircraft, a CL604 and CL605, and one Embraer Legacy to its aircraft management fleet in Asia. The aircraft will be based in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand. These additions bring Jet Aviation’s management fleet in Asia to a total of 10 aircraft.
The Challenger CL604 and CL605 will be fully managed by Jet Aviation while the company operates the Embraer Legacy under a flight support agreement. In the past few years, Jet Aviation has strengthened its position as one of the leading aircraft management companies in the Asia Pacific Rim by establishing an aircraft management and charter operation in Hong Kong in 2001.
Jet Aviation offers aircraft owners and operators tailor-made aircraft management solutions, designed to suit their individual needs. The services include in-house international and domestic flight planning and scheduling, flight crew staffing, line operations and maintenance services as well as insurance, accounting and administrative services. Under a flight support agreement with Jet Aviation, flight departments and pilots can select support services best suited to meet their specific needs. They many choose one or a combination of available services including 24-hour worldwide dispatch, optional services for insurance and maintenance coordination, flight planning, weather services, over flight and landing permits and a host of other offerings.
From its Hong Kong operation, Jet Aviation offers aircraft management, flight support, aircraft charter and maintenance services. The company currently has a staff of more than 40 professionals at its Hong Kong facility and manages 10 aircraft in the region. In Asia, Jet Aviation operates facilities in Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and provides maintenance, refurbishment, aircraft management, flight support and aircraft charter services.
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 5,700 employees cater to client needs from over 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. For more information, please visit www.jetaviation.com.General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,000 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.