Air Partner’s JetCard deposits rise significantly
Yves Le Marquand
23rd April 2021, 8:56
Air Partner’s Private Jets division has seen a significant year-on-year increase in JetCard deposits in February and March 2021. Growth was particularly strong in the US domestic market, which has seen a 500% increase in new JetCards sold year-on-year (YoY).
The US business also recorded a 450% increase in deposits from new customers amounting to £300,000. Total JetCard deposits, from both new and existing customers, amounted to nearly £1.4m, a 30% increase on the same period last year.
Mark Briffa, CEO of Air Partner, said: “
The US private jet market is one vast, domestic market so it has not been subject to the types of restrictions and national lockdowns that we have seen in the UK and Europe. As a result, the skies have remained open and we have seen sustained private leisure flying from high-net-worth individuals in the region. It is no surprise to see this demand continue, w
Industry on the move: Pilatus’ Oscar Schwenk to step down
Yves Le Marquand
23rd April 2021, 2:58
Pilatus Aircraft chairman, Oscar Schwenk announced he will be stepping down this summer, but will remain with the company in a non-operational capacity. The news came at the company’s 2020 results release, Schwenk has been in the role since 2006.
Joining Pilatus as an engineer back in 1979, Schwenk managed the company as CEO from 1993 to 2006 and then as chairman and CEO until 2012. In 2000, he took Pilatus out of the Unaxis Group to independent status with private Swiss shareholders. Schwenk has also been responsible for the PC-7 MkII, PC-9 M, PC-12, PC-21 and PC-24.
Dassault: Supply chain headaches
20th April 2021, 1:36
Logistical worries over maintaining supply chains has been the biggest challenge for Dassault Aviation this year, as it launched and began testing the Falcon 6X Jean Kayanakis, senior vice president, Falcon Customer Service & Service Center Network told Corporate Jet Investor.
Kayanakis said supply chains are hard to manage in the best of times. “If we had one concern a year ago, it had to do with the supply chain. At the outset of the Covid-19 crisis, no one knew what the broader industrial effects would be. Our supply chain stretches across hundreds of suppliers on multiple continents.”
Aviation council created to accelerate SAF use
Yves Le Marquand
16th April 2021, 3:16
A new organisation, Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA), has been created to accelerate business aviation’s adoption of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
Most SAF transactions to date have involved a limited number of SAF producers and operators, but according to the council there is increasing interest in “multiple-party purchase and deployment agreements”. CoSAFA wants to improve accounting practices documenting the production and use of SAF in such transactions – “a crucial tool for further reducing the industry’s carbon footprint” it said.
CoSAFA leadership will include representatives from the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), National Air Transportation Association (NATA), and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).
Metrojet welcomes 10th Gulftsream G650ER
Yves Le Marquand
16th April 2021, 1:50
Metrojet has welcomed its 10th Gulfstream G650ER making the firm the largest single fleet operator of the aircraft in Hong Kong. MD , Aircraft Management and Charter, Denzil White said Metrojet expects Asian business aviation to begin recovery later this year and the fleet addition is in line with that.
“We are optimistic that the Asia business jet environment will start to recover later this year, in line with the reduction of quarantine requirements,” said White.
“We congratulate and thank our professional team for delivering this beautiful aircraft from Savannah to Hong Kong, safely and on time during the very challenging circumstances of a global pandemic.”