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Deer Jet’s Time Share is a China ‘first’ by Chad Trautvetter Deer Jet launched the first fractional aircraft program in China yesterday here at ABACE 2013. It is now selling shares in a Gulfstream G450 and a G550, the latter of which is on display this week in the show’s static display. “As the largest aircraft charter com pany in Asia and the first to do aircraft management in China, it is our respon sibility to create a fractional share prod uct here,” said Hu Lei, general manager Continued on page 4 u
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Minsheng adds air charter arm by Curt Epstein
Opening General Session speakers included Gary Locke, U.S. Ambassador to China; Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Council president, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Xia Xinghua, deputy administrator of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC); Jiang Ping, vice mayor of Shanghai; Nianzu Wu, chairman Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA); and Ed Bolen, president and CEO, U.S. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).
Opening Session: Business Aviation Is Great! by Amy Laboda Marching to the theme of the Star Wars movies, speakers for the 2013 opening ses sion of ABACE found their places on the broad stage in the Shanghai Hawker Pacific hangar at Hongqiao International Airport and the event began. The general theme of all the speakers,
from Ed Bolen, president, National Busi ness Aviation Association (NBAA), to Gary Locke, United States Ambassa dor to China, was one of cooperation of efforts to bring a vibrant and viable busi ness aviation industry to China. “Business aviation generates jobs,
allows companies to be productive and efficient, and helps the country in times of natural disaster,” said Bolen. “When you ask, ‘Why use business aviation?,’ the answer is that you can move sensi tive equipment that cannot be trusted to Continued on page 4 u
While already known as Asia’s big gest business jet leasing firm, Min sheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) quietly launched its own aircraftoperating unit here at ABACE 2013. The company recently purchased Beijingbased charter provider Citic General Aviation, which operated a small fleet consisting of a Dassault Falcon 900DX, a Falcon 2000 and a Falcon 7X, and is in the process of rebranding it into a new subsidiary known as Minsheng International Jet. At a press conference yesterday Zhang Bo, vice president of the company’s
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Gulfstream used ABACE to deliver the first of two Gulfstream long-range jets Allpoints ordered at the 2012 event. Page 10.
Rugged terrain and hot & high runways mean head-up displays could be mandated in China. Page 12.
Fast-growing GAMA Aviation of Farnborough, UK, is considering its options in China from its Hong King office. Page 14.
AIN’s guide to completions and service providers in the Asia Pacific region. Page 16.
An overview of the dos and don’ts of planning to fly a business aircraft into China. Page 24.
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Boeing Business Jets’ BBJ–the VIP version of its 737 airliner–is on show at ABACE .
BBJ’s VIP user base blossoms in Asia
tHe Production team Lysbeth McAleer Mona L. Brown Colleen Redmond Jane Campbell Annmarie Yannaco John Manfredo PHotograPHer David McIntosh online editor – Chad Trautvetter Web develoPer – Mike Giaimo Web/graPHic designer – Joseph W. Darlington
by James Wynbrandt Boeing Business Jets (Chalet 140) is pulling double duty here at ABACE 2013, showcasing the BBJ, the VIP version of the Seattle-based airframer’s 737 airliner, while simultaneously celebrating the 40th year of Boeing commercial sales in China and the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airliner to the market, a 737-800 purchased by China Eastern Airlines. Boeing Business Jets is eager to build upon its parent company’s successes. “We feel the
BBJ is the perfect solution for the Chinese business model,” said Jeff Dunn, vice president, sales. “The BBJ is longer range, more than 6,000 nautical miles [9,656 kilometers], it’s comfortable, with a lower cabin altitude of 6,500 feet versus the standard 8,000-foot cabin altitude, and it has 76-square meters of interior space.” This year the company has six green BBJs scheduled for delivery to completion centers (all BBJs are delivered
Steve Taylor, Boeing Business Jets president, presented a model of Nanshan’s BBJ to Yu Bin, chairman of Nanshan Aviation Development Co.
BBJs in their fleets. Boeing Business Jets presence at ABACE comes on the heels of a recently completed BBJ tour of the region, showcasing the aircraft in Taipei and Hainan Province. In total, the company has sold 207 VIP airliners: 147 BBJs delivered and nine on order; and 38 VIP versions of its widebody airliners (from the 757 to the 747-8) delivered, and 22 on order. The Asia Pacific region accounts for 17 percent of all Boeing’s VIP variants, and more than 20 percent of its BBJ customers. Boeing has a BBJ on static display. Named “Captain James Cook,” the interior is appointed in an explorer’s theme, and is offered for sale by National Jets of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The company invites parties interested in aircraft to visit its chalet to schedule a tour. o
green), four destined for Asia and three of those are China bound. Seven BBJs will enter service this year, three in Asia and one of those in China. Boeing Business Jets marked the service entry of the Chinese BBJ, purchased by Yantai-based charter operator Nanshan Jet, at a ceremony yesterday morning in front of Boeing Business Jets’ chalet. Gary Locke, U.S. Ambassador to China, made an appearance at the ceremony, where Steve Taylor, Boeing Business Jets president, presented a model of Nanshan’s BBJ to Yu Bin, chairman of Nanshan Aviation Development Company. The Nanshan purchase underscores a growing regional demand for the BBJ in the charter market. Beijing Airlines, Deer Jet, Korean Airlines and Metrojet are among regional charter operators with
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Among the companies making their ABACE debuts this year is Nextant Aviation, which is displaying its Nextant 400XT, the remanufactured version of the Beechjet 400 series light jet. The company is poised to play a major part in the Asian entrylevel jet market, which currently totals only 342 aircraft worth an approximate $1.23 billion but has huge regional potential. In little more than a year, the company has delivered 26 aircraft to operators in six countries. Nextant has found a niche
Sean McGeough, Nextant president, perceives strong interest in the 400XT light jet in the Asia Pacific region.
taking low-time examples of the Beech twinjet, stripping them down to bare airframes and rebuilding them. By the end of the 6,000-hour process, the resulting aircraft is 85 percent new, with all time-limited components replaced and resulting in a modern, efficient business jet at a significantly lower cost compared with new comparable aircraft. The list price for a 400XT is just under $5 million, compared with more than $8 million for an Embraer Phenom 300 or Cessna CJ3, and more than $10 million for a Bombardier Learjet 40XR. Here at the show, the company announced it has selected China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC), as its exclusive sales agent for the greater China region including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. CGWIC is the only authorized primary contractor for products and services of China’s space industry and is responsible for international sales of the Long March rocket booster. It has placed an initial order for
Nextant takes low-time examples of the Beechjet 400 and rebuilds them, creating an aircraft that is 85 percent new.
eighteen 400XTs (three firm and 15 options) worth $89 million and to be delivered over the next 24 months. The company will also play a key role in establishing Nextant’s service, support and parts distribution system in China. Nextant entered the Asian market last August and, according to Sean McGeough, president of Nextant, the company is seeing strong interest in the region due to the aircraft’s combination of performance, comfort and value. As a result of its re-engining with a pair of lighter and more fuel efficient Williams FJ44-3APs and the addition of aerodynamic improvements, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company has increased the range on the 400XT to 2,003 nm (3,709 km), giving the aircraft borderto-border capability in China. Other improvements include the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 glass-cockpit avionics system, and an upgraded cabin offering
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jet’s interior from a VIP configuration to a critical-care environment, including advanced cardiac life support, in less than 30 minutes. McGeough said the company would work with CGWIC to develop more special-mission applications for the 400XT specifically for the Chinese market. o
TOP MACH fOR CESSNA AS CITATION X dEbuTS Cessna Aircraft, in a relatively quiet ceremony on Monday, rolled out the first production unit of the new Citation X upgrade at its Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility. A crowd of some 200 Cessna employees hailed the rollout and CEO Scott Ernest claimed that the 8- to 12-passenger twinjet, with a top speed of Mach 0.935, is the fastest (though not yet certified) civilian aircraft in the world. (The certified Gulfstream G650 has a maximum speed of Mach 0.925.) The increased speed is not the only improvement for this flagship of the Citation fleet. The upgraded Citation X provides a longer cabin and more range (3,242 nautical miles) than its predecessor. Translated into practical terms, the X will fly nonstop between city pairs as far apart as New York and London. In the cockpit, the X’s Garmin G5000 integrated avionics feature three, 14-inch primary displays and four touch-screen controllers for data entry and systems control. Cessna expects certification of the upgraded X later this year and customer deliveries to start “shortly thereafter.” –K.J.H.
Lufthansa Technik signs to support Asia-based ACJs Lufthansa Technik has signed a twoyear contract with an undisclosed VIP customer in Asia to provide comprehensive technical support for two ACJ319s, the Hamburg, Germany-based company announced yesterday at ABACE. The support contract extends from line maintenance to full provisioning with components and materials, including logistics, maintenance management and CAMO services. The company (Booth H108) will provide maintenance support out of its worldwide service network, which includes seven facilities in Asia
Pacific. Services for components, wheels, brakes and other materials will be handled at the MRO’s facilities in Hamburg and Frankfurt. In other news, BizJet International, which is Lufthansa Technik’s subsidiary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced it will begin support this year for the Rolls-Royce Tay Mk611-8C, which powers the Gulfstream G450. BizJet is already an authorized overhaul facility for the Rolls-Royce Spey Mk511-8 and Tay Mk611-8 that powers the Gulfstream GII, GIII and GIV/IV-SP. –C.T.
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The China Corporate Jet Alliance, founded at last year’s ABACE to promote the sustainable growth of the business aviation market in China, inducted four new members yesterday. Minsheng International Jet, NetJets China, Hawker Pacific and MetroJet joined the organization’s existing members, which include airframers Airbus, Boeing Business Jets, Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault Falcon, Beechcraft, Gulfstream and Embraer, and local business jet operators BAA, China Eastern, China Southern, Deer Jet, Donghai Jet, Nanshan Jet and ZYB Lily Jet. Charter provider Citic General Aviation was an initial member, but Minsheng recently purchased the company and is rebranding it as Minsheng International Jet. Shown here (l to r) are Ty Dubay, president, NetJets China; Peter Mo, chairman, Minsheng International Jet; Björn Näf, CEO, Metrojet; and John Riggir, executive vice president, Hawker Pacific. –C.T.
several configurations. At its press conference on Monday, Nextant announced its first special-mission configuration for the aircraft, an air ambulance interior conversion from Spectrum Aeromed. The $100,000 selfcontained equipment package will enable operators to convert the
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to “green” aviation. U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American to hold the post, spoke next, uContinued from page 1 asking the ABACE attendees to airline or cargo holds; you can take a moment to pray for the hold private meetings onboard victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, which had while en route to a occurred just a few destination.” Busihours before the offiness aviation makes cial opening of the sense for business, show. Locke’s comBolen insisted. “At ments focused on the our first ABACE in robust trade that has 2005, we planted a grown up between seed. Today that seed the U.S. and China in is a tree that is bearthe past 40 years. ing fruit,” he said, He pointed out referring to the much that 80 businesses bigger event that from the U.S. were ABACE has grown present at ABACE, to be in 2013. Nianzu Wu, chair- Zhang Bo, corporate v-p a reflection of that man of the Shang- of Minsheng Financial healthy interchange. Leasing and president of “We are workhai Airport Authority, its aircraft leasing division. ing with China, sharand Jiang Ping, vice ing information with mayor of Shanghai, focused on improving safety CAAC through technical semimanagement systems within the nars. We’ve awarded $10 million Shanghai airports infrastructure. in grants to support public-priNianzu pointed out that in 2012 vate efforts to improve aviathere were 3,800 business avia- tion safety and infrastructure tion flights from Shanghai air- in China,” said Locke. He ports, which is fully 33 percent rounded out his speech explainof the national total of business ing how, when he was governor flights in China. He also spoke of Washington state, the state’s of the formation of the Hongq- Beechcraft King Air helped him to visit constituents in small iao Airport Development Zone. Roberto Kobeh Gonza- rural towns inside of one day. lez, ICAO Council president, “That aircraft enhanced my focused his speech on the inte- productivity as governor and gration of China into the for- expanded my outreach. That is mation of a global airspace just one example of what a busiinfrastructure. “We need to ness aircraft can do for you,” develop an operationally sound, he concluded. With that, the crowd gathsustainable, safe, secure and environmentally conscious sys- ered and ribbons were cut, tem of integrated airspace opening the exhibits to ABACE o infrastructure that affords its 2013 attendees. users reasonable profits,” Gonzalez said. He continued, praising both the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA for their efforts, and suggested tighter noise restrictions and emissions standards worldwide, in line with ICAO’s quest
Opening Session: Bizav is great! uContinued from page 1
asset management for Deer Jet. “We also believe it is the right time to offer this type of program in China.” The 18-year-old Beijingbased firm (here at Booth P620), which has 30 business jets spanning 13 types in its charter and management fleet, said its new Deer Jet “Time Share” program is customized for the Chinese customer. It is targeted for customers
who fly between 100 to 300 hours per year, a usage range where “whole aircraft ownership would be too expensive and jets cards are uneconomical,” said Hu. There are actually two distinct products under Deer Jet Time Share: fractional aircraft shares and block charter. The main difference is that fractional-share customers have an equity stake in an aircraft, while those who choose the block-charter option do not. Under its Chinese-centric fractional program, Deer Jet said it would sell only 10 shares
Jet AviAtion SingApore Appointed AS neXtAnt Service center
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Nextant Aerospace signed a contract at ABACE naming Jet Aviation Singapore as its new authorized service center in Asia, a core element of the remanufacturer’s growing global service network. The facility at Seletar Aerospace Park recently announced it is tripling the size of its maintenance facilities to meet growing regional demand. “Jet Aviation is one of the premier service providers in the world,” said Jay Heublein, Nextant’s executive vice president for global sales and marketing. “It is vital for us to have a support network which reflects our ambitions and values. We could not ask for a better part–C.E. ner in the region.”
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Deer Jet operates 30 business jets spanning 13 types in its charter and management fleet, including this Gulfstream G550, which it brought to ABACE.
Hu Lei, general manager of asset management for Deer Jet
per aircraft. However, customers must buy at least two shares, meaning that there will not be more than five owners per aircraft. Two shares equates to 120 flying hours per year, which Hu said is “more than enough” for the average private jet flyer in China. Fractional-share contract terms are for five years, after which Deer Jet will buy back an owner’s shares at current market prices. Customers can exit the program early for a “small penalty,” Hu told AIN. Besides the buy-in costs for the fractional share, customers pay a monthly management fee that covers both fixed and operating costs. Thus, customers pay no hourly occupied fees, though they are docked flight hours for positioning flights. Deer Jet is guaranteeing aircraft availability for fractional customers–something it does not do for charter clients–and will use both its charter and managed aircraft as a backup fleet to fulfill this promise. There are no service area boundaries under its fractional program, according to Deer Jet, so customers can fly their aircraft anywhere in the world. Due to government restrictions here in China, fractional-share customers must book flights at least three days in advance. o
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Minsheng’s new charter arm uContinued from page 1
aircraft leasing division, said that over the next five years, Minsheng is committed to increasing its fleet size to 400 aircraft with an investment of 100 billion RMB, and is committed to establishing the biggest charter fleet in China. Over the past four years the company has placed orders for 130 business jets, and has taken delivery of approximately half of them. Chris Bucholz, until this week
CEO of aviation-services provider Hongkong Jet, was named president-aviation for MSFL. He describes the company as a catalyst for the growth of business aviation in China. With its expanding inventory of business jets, the company is positioning itself to provide “instant gratification” aircraft leasing for customers in the region who may not want to wait for an ordered aircraft to be delivered. Bucholz also noted that Minsheng’s pool of leased aircraft could also provide reserve capacity for its new charter operation. o
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China slow to embrace light and used jets by Qin Hu For all the excitement that business aviation is stirring up among Chinese high-net-worth
and pre-owned aircraft. For now, the market remains resolutely focused on larger, long-range jets brand-new models ordered Please do not delete rule border.and It is part of the ad design. straight from the factory. Junior tabloid page 7 13/16” x 10 3/8” The reasons for this appear not to be entirely rational in that Chinese jet buyers are not makindividuals, there are two groups ing choices based on the sort of products that they do not of pragmatic considerations seem ready to embrace: light jets about cabin size and range that
generally guide Western customers. “Sometimes we might recommend a model worth $10 million, but the client might want one worth $50 million instead just because his friend bought one at that price level,” said an executive with Chinese aircraft management company Deer Jet. The Beijing-based operator, which is part of the HNA group,
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now operates more than 50 jets, most of which are large. “We plan to gradually write off the older mid- and small-sized business jets,” said the company executive. Anecdotal evidence makes it clear that for most of China’s early adopters of business aviation, the desire for efficient transportation is only part of the appeal, and not necessarily the most important part. High-networth individuals clearly view private aircraft as full-blown status symbols that can reflect the success and strength of their business and be valuable assets for hosting valued clients. However, makers of smaller aircraft have not given up on the China market. Both Beechcraft and Cessna, for example, maintain that the greater versatility of these models will mean that they will come into their own in the country through a variety of applications, including training. “Many big bosses’ first aircraft are luxurious large or mid-sized business jets,” said Beechcraft marketing director Jing Wang. “Their second one, perhaps chosen for specific business needs, might well be a light jet, which is more cost efficient and convenient.” Another factor relates to the scarcity of professional pilots in China. This leaves business aircraft operators often having to recruit from the ranks of the airlines and the end result is that it can cost as much to hire a lightjet captain as one qualified to fly larger aircraft. Furthermore, the cost of having aircraft managed in China is such that it is relatively more expensive to have a smaller aircraft operated this way. Similarly, the reasons why Chinese buyers have so far shown little inclination to invest in used aircraft may be related to the prestige reasons described above. “We are very optimistic about the future market for used business jets. However, currently we have no plan to import any used aircraft,” commented Deer Jet marketing director Yan Li, expressing a sentiment heard by many other industry insiders. “The cost of used jets is much lower than that of the new ones, but the assessment of their quality and value takes professional teams. This is the biggest problem we are faced with right now,” said Bo Zhang, vice president of Minsheng Financial Leasing. o This article originally appeared in World Flight magazine p ublished by World Flight Ltd.
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An artist’s concept depicts a Bombardier CS100 flying above the Great Wall; such an image could soon be a reality with that model or any of its competitors.
以一名艺术家的视角描述庞巴 迪CS100在长城上空飞行；通过 这个模块或其他类似模块，此 般想象很快就会变成现实。
Parker Aerospace declares fly-by-wire is the future by Matt Thurber
帕克航空宣布未来实现电 传操纵飞行控制 作者：Matt Thurber 帕克航空（Parker Aerospace）研制的产品在航空制造业方面应用非常广泛。所有飞往 上海参加今年的亚洲公务航空会议和展览会的人所乘坐的飞机可能都采用了帕克系统，比 如飞行控制系统、液压系统、燃料供给系统、液体运输系统、气压管理系统或发动机配件系 统。事实上，该公司是中国商用飞机有限公司（Comac）ARJ21支线飞机和在研的C919飞机的 主要供应商。 帕克航空（展位号：P422）总部位于加利福利亚州欧文市，不过，该公司还在美国其他各 个地方都开设了分部，负责制造液体管理、液压和控制系统。帕克服务中心遍布世界各地， 其中九个设在美国，其他城市比如北京、迪拜、吉隆坡、巴西、新加坡和德国也都设有帕克 服务中心。帕克航空还在亚洲成立了三个工程技术中心，其中一个在上海，另外两个分别在 日本和印度。2012年间，母公司Parker Hannifin净销售额超过130亿美元，其航空航天部 （拥有6000名左右职工）创造的收入为20亿美元。 现代电传操纵飞行控制技术系统是由帕克公司的欧文控制系统部研发和生产的，该公司 最近允许《国际航空新闻》的记者对电传操纵飞行控制系统集成实验室进行采访，并向记 者简要介绍了这一飞行控制技术。 关于控制系统部的工作内容如下，比如为巴西航空工业公司出品的莱格赛450/500安装“ 粘附于表面的”全闭合回路电传操纵飞行控制（FBW）系统。作为飞行控制系统的团队领导者， 控制系统部负责系统架构开发和集成试验，并辅助故障的危害评估和认证计划的发展。 “我们预测，未来所有的军事、商业运输、区域和大型公务机都将使用电传操纵飞行 控制系统，”飞行控制系统首席工程师David McLaughlin表示。电传操纵飞行控制系统的 优势在于，该系统允许工程师减轻飞机本身的重量，因为电传飞行计算机使用飞行控制技 术，从而减少了机身的使用荷载。 “这是电传飞行系统最突出的特征之一，”他说。 包线保护 另一个重要的特征就是包线保护。包线保护可以防止飞行员操纵飞机时超过预定的参 数，还可以帮助飞行员将飞机控制在常规飞行包线内最安全的状态，从而减轻他们的工作 量。例如，莱格赛450/500允许飞行员超过常规飞行包线的“软”限度。 飞行员知道已超过限 度，例如，当他想将飞机转弯30°以上，他需要努力保持气压从才能飞出软限度。 莱格赛电传操纵飞行控制系统使用的不是自动控制杆，而是一个攻角控制器。这个攻角 控制器可以通过减少失速速度发生的可能性，降低飞机起飞和降落时的速度，并提高跑道 性能。如果飞行员需要最大限度的攀爬，比如，为了避免风切或一个障碍物，他只需要一直 拉动控制杆， 飞机就会尽可能拉高，而电传操纵飞行控制系统使飞机既不会超过最大负载 系数，也不会失速。电传操纵飞行控制系统可以通过减少震荡使大气湍流对飞机颠簸的影 响降低至最小程度，从而为乘客提供更加舒适的飞行体验。 帕克航空控制系统使电传操纵飞行控制和其他飞行控制成为各种各样的公务机、客机 和军事项目使用的装备，比如湾流G650、巴西莱格赛450/500和170/190/里尔1000，庞巴迪 环球70008000及C系列，以及其他各大客机和军事项目。例如，莱格赛使用的就是“粘附于 表面的”全闭合回路系统，帕克负责为该飞机安装所有飞行控制硬件和软件，包括控制杆 和飞行控制平面。帕克还为莱格赛提供液压和燃料供给系统。 复杂的项目 开发一套完整的电传操纵飞行控制系统，例如莱格赛飞机上装备的系统，从项目启动不 久后就开始了，然后一直进行直到其通过认证。首先是从定义要求开始，其次是设计系统、 子系统和各个部件，接下来是生产硬件、固件和软件，并将这些东西整合在一起，最后是在 实验室进行确认和验证，在这个阶段，制动器需要经过千万轮的循环操作。合格性试验包 括电磁干扰、高强度辐射场、闪电及其他各种环境试验。最终，所有这些系统都必须达到 行业性能标准。
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Parker Aerospace enjoys a wide reach in aviation manufacturing. It is likely that anyone who flew to Shanghai for this year’s ABACE show was on an aircraft that depends on a Parker system, whether flight controls, hydraulics, fuel, fluid conveyance, thermal management or engine components. In fact, the company is a key supplier for Comac’s ARJ21 regional jet and in-development C919 airliner. Although Parker Aerospace (Booth P422) is headquartered in Irvine, California, it operates various other divisions in the U.S. that manufacture fluid management, hydraulic and control systems. Parker service centers are located throughout the world, including nine in the U.S. plus Beijing, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Brazil, Singapore and Germany. Parker Aerospace also has three engineering centers in Asia, including one here in Shanghai, as well as in Japan and India. During 2012, parent company Parker Hannifin had net sales of more than $13 billion, and the aerospace division–which employs some 6,000 workers–was responsible for $2 billion of that revenue. Modern electronic fly-by-wire flight controls are developed and manufactured at Parker’s Irvine Control Systems division, and AIN was recently given a tour through the fly-by-wire flight control systems integration laboratory and a briefing on flight control technology. An example of the Control Systems division’s work is the “stick to surface” full closed-loop fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system for Embraer’s Legacy 450/500 program. As team leader for the flight control system, the Control Systems division is responsible for system architecture development and integration testing and supporting failure hazard assessment and certification plan development. Parker is currently working on six major FBW programs. “We predict that all future military, commercial transport, regional and large business aircraft will use fly-bywire systems,” said David McLaughlin, chief engineer, flight control systems. The advantages include allowing engineers to extract weight from aircraft structures because FBW computers use the flight controls to reduce maneuvering loads on the airframe. “This is one of the biggest attributes of the fly-bywire system,” he said. Envelope Protection
The other key attribute is envelope protection, which prevents pilots from exceeding certain parameters and can also help pilots stay well within the safest areas of the normal flight envelope, lowering their workload. An example of this is the Legacy 450/500, which will allow pilots to exceed the “soft” limits of the normal flight envelope. The pilot knows
that these limits are being exceeded because he has to maintain pressure on the stick to fly outside the soft limits, for example, when he wants to bank the airplane more than 30 degrees. Instead of a stick pusher, the Legacy FBW system uses an angle-of-attack limiter. This allows lower takeoff and landing speeds and improved runway performance, by reducing margins over the stall speed. If the pilot needs a maximum climb, say, for windshear avoidance or to avoid an obstacle, he need only pull the stick all the way aft and the airplane pitches up as much as possible while the FBW system protects against exceeding maximum load factor and stalling. Turbulence effects are minimized by the FBW system reducing oscillations, giving passengers a more comfortable ride. Parker Aerospace Control Systems makes FBW and other flight control equipment for a variety of business jet, airliner and military programs. These include the Gulfstream G650 and Embraer Legacy 450/500 and 170/190/ Lineage 1000, Bombardier Global 7000/8000 and CSeries and other airline and military programs. The Legacy is an example of a full stick-to-surface program, where Parker is responsible for all flight control hardware and software from the control stick to the flight control surfaces. Parker also makes the Legacy’s hydraulic and fuel systems. Complex Program
Development of a complex full FBW system, such as the Legacy’s, begins shortly after the program is launched and runs concurrently through certification. The process begins with defining requirements, then designing the system, subsystems and components. Next comes production of hardware, firmware and software and integration of these, followed by validation and verification testing in the lab, where actuators are run through thousands of cycles of operation. Qualification testing covers electromagnetic interference, high-intensity radiated field, lightning and other environmental tests. And finally, all of the systems must meet industry performance standards. The future of aircraft development looks like a lot more fully digital, three-axis FBW, according McLaughlin. Sidestick controllers will become more widespread, although Gulfstream’s G650 has yokes, as do all Boeing FBW jets. “We see further advancements in control laws,” he added. “Control laws are really where you have significant opportunities to gain efficiencies and weight reduction. We’ll see broader use of load alleviation and envelope protection,” he said, adding that another promising area is reducing the size of FBW electronics. o
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Gulfstream family finds niches in Asia Pacific (Chalet 340) is the first OEM to offer factory service in China through Gulfstream Beijing, a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Part 145 repair station, which opened in November. The more than 100,000-sq-ft (9,662-sq-m) facility, located at Beijing Capital International Airport, is a joint venture between the manufacturer and Hainan Airlines Group subsidiaries Hainan Aviation Technik (HNAT) and Beijing Capital Airlines (Deer Jet), China’s largest business jet charter provider, with a fleet of more than 40 Gulfstream aircraft. Growth Every Week
“We’re seeing growth every week,” said Mark Burns, president of the company’s product support, who added that the facility has already serviced more than 40 aircraft since it began operations. “We’re not just working on aircraft at the facility, we’re sending technicians on road trips to assist operators.” Those U.S. Federal Aviation Administration-certified technicians can support any model Gulfstream in
Accepting delivery of their company’s first aircraft–a Gulfstream G450–yesterday are Min Xu, business director of AllPoints Jet (left), and Wenbin Hu, AllPoints Jet’s general manager, holding commemorative artwork with Larry Flynn, Gulfstream president. Looking on are Scott Neal, Gulfstream senior vice president of sales and marketing; and Roger Sperry, Gulfstream regional senior vice president of international sales. The Chengdu-based aircraft charter, management and maintenance provider expects to receive a G550 in June. The order for the pair of long-range, large-cabin twinjets was announced at ABACE 2012.
aircraft-on-the-ground situations throughout China, Japan or South Korea. There are seven other service providers in the region that Gulfstream operators can use, including factory-authorized service centers Jet Aviation and Metrojet in Hong Kong and Jet Aviation Singapore, and authorized warranty centers Jamco Corp. in Sendai, Japan; Airworks in Mumbai, India; and Execujet Australia’s locations in Sydney and Melbourne. Burns said Gulfstream Product Support has an inventory of
$1.4 billion worth of parts and materials available through 13 distribution centers worldwide. Gulfstream also announced it has promoted James Liang to regional sales manager for product support sales in Asia, responsible for maintenance and avionics sales in the region. Previously he was responsible for the company’s more than $56 million in spare parts and materials spread throughout its parts depots in Beijing, Hong Kong and South Korea. The General Dynamics subsidiary brought its entire product
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The number of Gulfstream jets in the Asia Pacific region has more than tripled in the last six years, according to the Savannah, Georgia-based airframer. At its press conference here at ABACE on Monday, Larry Flynn, president of Gulfstream, noted that the number of the company’s large-cabin twinjets in the region has risen from 50 to 169 since 2007. Overall, the manufacturer, which claims 63 percent of the large-cabin market and 65 percent of the super-midsize market, has 208 aircraft based in the area, including 61 in mainland China and 45 in Hong Kong. At the end of 2012, 23 percent of Gulfstream’s $15.7 billion backlog was destined for the region. “Asia, particularly China, remains our leading export market,” Flynn said. “As investors and businesses look around the globe for opportunities, the need for long-range, rapid transportation increases. The capabilities of our aircraft easily allow Chinese operators to reach markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and beyond.” To support the company’s growth in the region, Gulfstream
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Think Globally, acT locally Ultra-long-range, large-cabin business jets, such as this Bombardier Global Express 6000, are the fastest-selling class of private aircraft here in
the Asia Pacific region. Because of this, there are long lines to view these n globe-girdling jets here at ABACE 2013.
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family to ABACE this year, including its two newest products, as part of a world demonstration tour. Its flagship–the G650–received FAA and EASA certification last September; deliveries of the large-cabin aircraft began in December. The ultra-long-range twinjet added another city-pair record to its résumé last month when it flew 6,223 nm from Chicago to Beijing with five passengers and four crew, at an average speed of Mach 0.87. According to Scott Neal, the company’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, the G650 is the longest-range business jet as well as the fastest certified civil jet, and is capable of flying nonstop from Shanghai to New York. Gulfstream’s new super-midsize G280 began deliveries in November. Among its pending city-pair records are two Mach 0.8 flights made last month between Melbourne, Australia, and Singapore’s Seletar Airport (3,300 nm/6,112 km) and Singapore and Abu Dhabi (3,213 nm/5,950 km). “The G280, which replaces the G200, is perfect for the market,” Roger Sperry, the company’s regional senior vice president of international sales, told AIN. “It can connect all of Asia and Southeast Asia.” Since January, the G280 demonstrator has visited 72 cities in 24 countries, covering more than 80,500 nm (149,086 km). Rounding out the company’s business jet fleet here in Shanghai is the airframer’s large-cabin G450 (to be delivered to Chengdu-based Allpoints Jets, a charter operator) one large-cabin G550 and a midsize G150. o
CBAG inks strategic deals aimed at serving bizav needs China Business Aviation Group (CBAG, Booth H420), founded in 2010 by business aviation veteran Jason Liao, chairman and CEO, is continuing its efforts to boost the region’s business aviation industry and become its leading services provider. Here at ABACE yesterday it announced agreements with enginecare specialists Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI, Booth H418), flight crew employment agency ACASS (Booth H217) and business aircraft sales and charter company China Hongly Aviation Group. Beijing-based CBAG’s strategic cooperation agreement with China Hongly Aviation Group, signed here at the show, aims at promoting business jet sales in China. Hong Li, chairwoman of China Hongly Aviation Group, noted that she and Liao have previously worked together on business aviation projects. “We are very pleased to have5:29 the PM Comlux A4 Asia Ad-400306.pdf 1 3/28/13 opportunity to work with Mr. Liao and his team again,” said Hong Li. “Whether our clients prefer new or pre-owned aircraft, or a particular brand, we can quickly obtain the earliest delivery position with the most Comlux Add attractive pricing.”
CBAG’s agreement with JSSI makes CBAG the its exclusive representative in the Asian marketplace. JSSI provides “power-by-the-hour” long-term engine maintenance programs. JSSI has some 3,000 engines under its coverage. “The Chinese market and Asia in general are among the largest growth markets that we see,” said Neil Book, president of Chicago-based JSSI. “Most of the aircraft in China are flying unprotected or ‘naked,’ as we refer to it. Whether you are a business or an individual with a business jet, no one likes to be surprised by the significant cost of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.” Meanwhile, the agreement with ACASS makes CBAG the exclusive representative in mainland China for the contract flight-crew provider. “There’s a reason why ACASS is the world’s largest and most successful provider of business jet pilots and engineers,” said Liao. “CBA’s clients have very precise requirements.” Montreal, Canada-based ACASS has a global network of more than 10,500
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HanwHa: THe Business JeT airline! Hanwha Business Jet Airlines, headquartered in Liao Ning, China, was established in April 2011 and began operating in July 2012. Its fleet of Bombardier aircraft, including this Challenger 300 that it brought to ABACE ‘13, is based at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport. The airline’s goal is to “create a domestic, first-class business jet enterprise.”
pilots and flight engineers available for short- and long-term, or permanent employment. “We have been looking for right partner in China,” said David Dorrance, ACASS executive vice president. CBAG also released a survey of business aviation in Greater China. According to the survey, the business aviation fleet, which has been growing at an annual rate of 50 percent since 2008, now comprises some 350 business jets worth $10.5 billion. With an emphasis on longrange and large-cabin jets, the average aircraft value in the fleet is $30 million, three times the world’s average value for business aircraft. Going forward, the industry can and will support an average of 25 percent
annual growth over the next decade, said Liao. Among the factors that will contribute to growth: China’s continuing strong economy; expanding aircraft access through jet cards and fractional ownership; and the acceptance of the importance of business aviation by corporations, the government and the general public. Conversely, issues clouding business aviation’s expansion include high taxes (a 17-percent VAT and 4- to 5-percent import duties), a severe pilot shortage and the complex aircraft certification process. But CBAG believes these impediments cannot stop business aviation’s growth in China. Said Liao, “This is just Width 25.4 cm xgrowth Heightcycle.” 16.5 cm the beginning of a long o
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Comlux, with its new Chinese name–Yi Hua–operates two aircraft in China, this Bombardier Global Express and an Airbus ACJ318.
Comlux in China spells comfort and luxury by Charles Alcock The past 12 months have seen Comlux increase its Asian footprint with aircraft management contracts and a high-profile assignment to complete the interior of a large-cabin jet on order by a major automobile group from the region. On display at the ABACE show this week in Shanghai are an Airbus ACJ318 and a Bombardier Global Express operated by the Swiss-based business aviation services group. The company is also introducing its new Chinese name, “Yi Hua,” meaning “comfort and luxury.” The ACJ318 is based in Shanghai from where it is operated on a purely private basis for its owners Jong Hwa Chin,
chairman of the Minth Group, and his son, William China, who is president of Wilko Creative Inc. Comlux’s increasingly global management fleet also includes an ACJ319 based in Macau that is available for charter. In addition to its base in Macau, the company has a commercial office in Hong Kong and is preparing to transfer one of its senior executives there to lead its expansion into the Asia Pacific market. For now, Comlux continues to operate its first two Chinabased aircraft under its European air operator’s certificate (AOC). Company president Richard Gaona explained that
foreign operators can operate six of seven flights within China before being required to make a flight outside the country and, so far, this has not proved to be an obstacle to its operations. “We have an entrepreneurial approach at Comlux and I am not excluding [the possibility] that we might get our own AOC in China,” Gaona told AIN. “But for that you need a 51-percent shareholding, for which you need the right [Chinese] partner, and we do now have a good partnership with the [ACJ318] owner in Shanghai.” For now, the European group is focusing its efforts on learning more about the Asian culture and how this should shape its approach to customer service. Comlux has been recruiting Asian cabin crew to be better attuned to the needs and preferences of its customers in this part of the world. It also has an operation in the central Asian
republic of Kazakhstan, whose capital Almaty is a five-hour flight west of Beijing. Another possible platform for partnership in Asia was the contract Comlux won last year to complete a Boeing Business Jet ordered by South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. The aircraft is due to arrive at the Comlux America facility in Indianapolis before the end of June and the cabin interior to be installed is being designed by Comlux Creatives. This will be the second BBJ completion for Comlux America and its fifth overall. Gaona said that one slightly unwelcome outcome of the group’s success in winning more completions work is that there is insufficient capacity for it to take on a pending refurbishment of the company’s
Comlux specializes in completing the interiors of large-cabin jets, which are becoming increasingly popular among Asian business aircraft operators.
Rockwell Collins is ready for China HUD by Amy Laboda products, Rockwell Collins (Booth P417) is no newcomer to the Asia Pacific region. But ABACE is a business aviation show, and the company is ready for it, with innovations from the
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Boeing 767 aircraft. Meanwhile, the U.S.-based Comlux Aviation Services division has been expanding its maintenance, repair and overhaul portfolio; it was recently selected by an undisclosed government to support its ACJ fleet. Its Fly Comlux management group gets involved in helping clients with the initial acceptance of their new aircraft by providing the required Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (Camo) support. According to Gaona, the main hotspots in the Asian market continue to be Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, with the Philippines also identified as having great potential. “With doubledigit growth [in gross domestic product], everything is possible in Asia,” he concluded. o
cockpit through the cabin for both business jets and helicopters. Rockwell Collins’ Ascend Flight Information Solutions is becoming known as a one-stop source for the online tools and specialized services to manage regional and international business flight operations in Asia. Ascend is scalable to the size and needs of an individual flight department, allowing operators to select the tools and services that fit their fleet mission profile. In the cockpit, Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion touchscreen EFIS and integrated avionics with head-up guidance system (HGS) is coming to China as well. According to Ron Ho, managing director of Rockwell Collins-China, the CAAC has mandated that HGS be on all airliners by 2025. With nearly 60 percent of business aircraft in China falling The Vision Flight Deck on Bombardier’s Global 6000 features Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion avionics suite and head-up guidance system.
into the large-jet category, it is not a stretch to imagine that many of those aircraft will be HGS-equipped going into the future as well. China’s rugged terrain and numerous high-altitude landing sites are two compelling reasons that operators in the region are beginning to look to HGS to reduce pilot workload on complex approaches. At ABACE, the company’s popular HGS app has been produced in Mandarin. Finally, the company is no stranger to cabin entertainment innovation, and brings its most recent offering, Skybox, to ABACE. Skybox, introduced at NBAA 2012 in Orlando, Florida, is a system designed to stream movies, video and audio from an owner’s Apple iTunes library throughout the cabin to the big screen, or through its app to as many as 10 iOS devices (an Internet connection is required for digital rights management on iTunes licensed content). The system, comprised of integrated Apple TV components, can work as a presentation device, as well as streaming presentations from iPads to the cabin big screen. o
印度用于紧急医疗服务的直升 Helicopter EMS program set for launch in India in ’14 整装待发，将于2014年服役 by Neelam Mathews
作者：Neelam Mathews 今年年初，在法国总理弗朗索瓦· 奥朗德的见证下，总部位于印度班加 罗尔的Aviators公司与欧洲直升飞机有 限公司签订了一项购买合同，向其购 买7架用于紧急医疗服务的EC 135直升 机。Aviators公司的这一举动极大地促 进了印度即将启动的直升机紧急医疗服 务项目（HEMS）。 Aviators公司的总经理Arun Sharma 在接受《国际航空新闻》的采访时透 露，这些飞机将于2013年底运送到印 度，并于2014年第一个季度开始服役。 他补充道，公司目前正和“金融机构和 潜在合作伙伴进行讨论”，不久将公开 发布这一消息。 紧急医疗服务的独特用处 现在，直升机会根据需要，加以改 造后用于紧急医疗服务。Sharma表示， 与此不同的是，“Aviators公司用于紧 急医疗服务的直升机不会用于给行政人 员提供包机服务。这些飞机将由资深的 医疗人员操作，这些医疗人员也是机组 成员的一部分。”欧洲直升飞机有限 公司亚太区高级副总裁Norbert Ducrot 称，EC 135直升机拥有窗隔式函道尾桨 和无轴承的主螺旋桨，宽大无阻碍的机 舱，超大的滑动侧门以及位于机尾的双
扇弧形门，能够快速地装载/卸载患者和 医疗设备——即使螺旋桨依然在旋转， 这些装备为医护人员执行生死攸关的紧 急医疗任务创造了极大的便利。 在未来几年里，印度有可能会购买50 架用于紧急医疗服务的直升机。不过， 这个项目的资金依然是个问题。与很多 其他国家不同的是，印度用于紧急医疗 服务的费用不是由国家承担，印度的保 险公司也没有颁布空中疏散的政策。“ 如果没有激励机制，谁会赞助这个项目 呢？”Ravi Sahi问道。Ravi Sahi曾任 印度民航部联合总经理，现在是民航部 的一名咨询顾问。他补充说，在国外， 为了使紧急医疗服务的直升机能够降 落，经常实行地面交通管制，不过，这 种做法在印度还没有实行过。Aviators 公司正在和德里的一家大型政府医院商 讨建立一个直升机起飞及降落场，不 过，因为物流管理和资金问题得不到解 决，讨论陷入一片混乱。 Aviators公司拟定了一份通用航空政策 的草案，其中包括直升机紧急医疗服务的 相关政策，不过，该草案还需要通过民航 局的审核。该草案谈及了直升机航线的设 定及将私营企业纳入直升机停机坪的建设 的问题，还对与标准化的线路操作程序相 关的空中交通管制进行了回顾。
India’s yet-to-take off helicopter emergency medical services program (HEMS) received a boost earlier this year with a firm contract for seven Eurocopter EC135s by Bangalore-based Aviators Ltd. signed in the presence of visiting French president François Hollande. Deliveries are to start by the end of 2013 and operations are to be launched by the first quarter of 2014, Arun Sharma, managing director of Aviators, told AIN. Unlike current operators that convert their helicopters to EMS on an as-needed basis, Sharma said, “Aviators’ HEMS [aircraft] will not be used for executive charter operations. It will be manned by qualified paramedics, part of the crew.” Equipped with a Fenestron shrouded tail-rotor and bearingless main rotor, the EC135’s large unobstructed cabin, oversized sliding side doors and rear clamshell doors enable rapid loading/unloading of patients and equipment–even with the rotors turning–which facilitates operations during time-critical emergency medical missions, said Norbert Ducrot, Eurocopter senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region. India has the potential to employ 50 HEMS in the next few years. However, issues relating
Eurocopter EC135
to funding of the operation remain. Unlike in many countries, costs for EMS are not borne by the state, and insurance companies in India do not have policies for aerial evacuation. “If there is no incentive, as in Norway, for instance, who will fund the operation?” asked Ravi Sahi, former joint director general civil aviation and currently consultant to the ministry of civil aviation. A draft general-aviation policy, which has yet to be cleared by the ministry of civil aviation, includes the need for HEMS. It talks of creating helicopter routes, the involvement of the private sector in developing heliports/helipads and a review of air traffic control related to standardized route operating procedures.
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Gama targets China market from base in Hong Kong by Ian Sheppard Neil Gibson, Gama Aviation Asia managing director Neil Gibson, Gama Aviation 亚洲总经理
Gama瞄准中国市场 以香港为据点 作者：Ian Sheppard 最近几年，英国的Gama Aviation （展位号：P912）公司规模扩展非常迅速。该 公司总部位于伦敦地区的范堡罗机场，其分 支机构已经从这里扩展到其他各个国家，分 别在美国、迪拜、沙迦和瑞士建立了基地，同 时还在苏格兰的格拉斯哥建立其分支机构。 现在，中国无疑也属于Gama Aviation计划扩 展业务的国家之列。 1983年，Gama Aviation靠仅有的Beech Baron起家，随后该公司收购了好几家英国的 包机服务和运营管理公司。2007年，Gama进军 阿拉伯联合酋长国，首次将其业务扩展到海外 市场，随后又进军美国。最近，Gama还在沙特 阿拉伯的吉达及香港设立了办事处。香港办事 处是2012年5月设立的，其目的是为了挖掘极 具潜力的中国和东南亚国家市场。 “20 07年，当我来到这里的时候（出任 TAG Aviation Asia的首席执行官），这里只 有三家运营商，现在有约10家，进入市场更难 了。”Gama Aviation的总经理Neil Gibson 说。 “虽然香港市场相对要成熟一些，但是这 里的市场总体还很不成熟。” Gibson在接受《国际航空新闻》的采访时 说，目前，建立香港办事处的目的是“试着让 客户汲取更多的知识，”同时，随着Gama在中 国继续拓展业务，Gama希望能够在中国大陆 找到一位合作伙伴。这样做部分原因是因为国 外投资商在中国建立合资企业时，其所占的股 份最多只能达到49%。 在他 看 来，就实际 情况而言，公务机市 场遭受的最大的批评就是“销售人员一味 地只是销售，而业 主们需要享受 新型的飞 机。”Gibson相信，当前的业主和准业主不知 道使用飞机时还涉及到什么其他事情，他们需 要富有经验的伙伴来照料和管理飞机。 “我们工作的很大一 部分就是，尽力让 准业主能够从正确的人那里获得准确的建 议。”Gibson说道。 “我认为亚洲公务航空协 会（AsBAA）能够在这方面做出更大的努力； 例如，针对那些有朝一日会购买私人飞机的人 组织研讨会。我们最高兴的时刻就是听到客户 说， ‘我想买一架飞机，’不过，这并不是说他 们会在一次航程出发的几天前立即购买一架 飞机，毕竟，将一切相关事情准备就绪就需要 相当长一段时间。 业主们通常不知道在驾驶 一架飞机之前所需要花的时间和精力有多大， 所要做的事情有多少。”他解释道，就拿聘请 一位飞行员来说，这至少需要花3个月时间，而 聘请一位飞机管理者至少需要6个月时间，这
样才能保证飞机服役时万无一失。 “我们的第一个目标是增加托管的飞机数 量，因为我们公司自己就有Part 135航空运营 合格证书，”Gibson解释道。 “[这意味着] 我们 不需要与其他任何运营商合作。这是一大卖点， 因为我们可以将[托管的]飞机用于已获得Part 135 [证书]许可的包机业务。人们喜欢这样。” 据Gibson透露，Ga ma在中国的首要目标 是， “吸收其他私人飞机或拥有Part 135航空 运营合格证书的飞机，然后寻找机会开发飞机 维护方面的业务。”该公司同时还企图扩展其 亚太地区的业务。 他还补充说： “我们压根没有打算在香港发 展飞机维护业务。”香港只有一个机场，而香 港迈特捷航空公司、喷气机航空公司和香港飞 机工程有限公司几家竞争对手已经在飞机维 修服务（MRO）方面占据了市场。 “Bizav还很年轻，发展潜力还很大。比 如，泰国目前飞机很少，不过，也许有一天泰 国也会有很多飞机。”Gibson表示。 “这里就 像是12年前刚刚起步的欧洲市场，那时候俄 罗斯正打算进入市场。” 积极乐观地面对未来 要想在亚洲开拓公务机航空市场似乎还需 要一段时间，不过，Gibson强调说： “比起五年 前，现在的情况好多了。[例如]你可以在几天之 内获准进入中国，而不是需要几个月时间。” 不过，有些事情仍然让人失望沮丧。 “[由 于有些空域受到军队的管制]，你依然不能直 线飞行。另外，尽管中国有成千上万个机场， 不过，只有少数几个机场可以供私人飞机使 用。”Gibson说道。 “我们依然只能按特定航 线飞行。” 一旦这些机场可以供私人飞机使用，这里 的市场才能算是真正的繁荣起来了，他预测 说。 “到那时，我们可以将人们带到他们真正 想去的地方，”他说。 目前，中国人使用的公务机大都是远航程飞 机。 “我还没有听说谁买了一架飞机却只在中国 境内飞行，”Gibson说道， “不过，在未来，轻型 喷气机将会成为他们真正拥有的私人飞机。” 不过，就目前而言，Gama要想获得中国的认 可和信任还有很长的一段路要走，而这在阿拉 伯联合酋长国却是“另一番景象”。Gibson正 在东南亚国家和中国大陆四处奔波考察。他总 结说： “我们要在这里落地生根，因为我们想 要长期呆在这里。在开始之际，由于经验丰富 的人非常少，我们只能走低风险路线。”
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UK-based Gama Aviation (Booth P912) has been expanding rapidly in recent years, branching out from its home at the London-area TAG Farnborough Airport to set up bases in the U.S., Dubai, Sharjah and Switzerland, as well as establishing a presence at Glasgow in Scotland. And now China is firmly in its sights for growth. Having started out with a single Beech Baron in 1983, and later acquiring several other charter and management operators in the UK, Gama’s first expansion overseas was into the United Arab Emirates in 2007, and then in the U.S. More recently it has set up offices in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong. The latter office was set up in May 2012 with an eye to the huge potential in China and Southeast Asia. “When I came here in 2007 [as CEO of TAG Aviation Asia] there were only three operators, and now there are around ten, so it’s harder to penetrate the market,” said Gama Aviation Asia managing director Neil Gibson. “It is still a very inexperienced market in the region, if not in Hong Kong so much.” Gibson told AIN that the purpose of the Hong Kong office at the moment is “trying to educate the customers,” and also, with Gama’s continuing push for growth, to find a partner in mainland China, partly because foreign investors can own only up to a 49-percent stake in a Chinese venture. “We are talking with someone at the moment,” he said. In his view, the main criticism of the corporate aircraft market as it stands is that “sales people keep selling, but owners need to be able to enjoy their new airplane.” Gibson believes that, currently, owners and prospective owners don’t realize what is involved, and they need an experienced partner to look after and even operate the aircraft. “A big part of my job is to try to make sure that prospective owners are getting the right advice from the right people,” said Gibson. “I think that AsBAA [the Asian Business Aviation Association] could do a big job helping with that; for example, by holding workshops for people who might want to own an airplane one day. The best time we can hear from a client is when they say, ‘I think I want to buy an aircraft,’ not just a few days before they take delivery of one, as it takes so long to get things in place. They often don’t realize the enormous amount of time and effort and the number of tasks that go into running an aircraft.” For example, he explained that it can take a minimum of three months to recruit a pilot and that an aircraft manager has to be recruited at least six months before delivery to ensure seamless entry into service.
“Our first objective is to start growing the managed aircraft fleet, as we are able to offer our own in-house Part 135 certificate,” Gibson explained. “[This means] we don’t have to partner with any other operators. That’s a big selling point, as we can put the [managed] aircraft on our Part 135 [certificate] flying charters. People like that.” Gama’s first aim in China is, Gibson said, “to get other private or Part 135 aircraft into the management fleet then look at opportunities to develop the maintenance side of the business.” The company also sees scope for expansion in the wider Asia Pacific region. “We’re not even thinking of having maintenance here in Hong Kong,” he added. There is only one airport in the region and competitors Metrojet, Jet Aviation and Haeco are already established there in the MRO field. “Bizav is so young here [that] there are lots of possibilities, such as Thailand, where there are very few airplanes but maybe one day there will be lots,” said Gibson. “Here it feels like it felt in Europe maybe 12 years ago when Russia was about to get going.” Optimistic About the Future
Although it may seem that business aviation is taking time to get going in Asia, Gibson noted: “It’s a whole lot better here than five years ago. You can now get a permit into China in days rather than months [for example].” There are things that still cause frustration, however. “You still can’t fly in a straight line [due to restrictions in the military-controlled airspace] and only a few airports are available for public use–even though there are hundreds and hundreds of airports in China,” Gibson said. “We can still fly only to the places where the airlines are flying.” Once these airports do become available, the market will really flourish, he predicted. “We’ll be able to fly people where they really want to go,” he said. Currently, most of the business aircraft in China are long-range models. “I don’t know of anyone who has bought an aircraft just to fly within China,” said Gibson. But in the future, he said, “light jets will really come into their own.” But for now it is a long process for Gama to gain recognition and trust in what is “a very different environment” from the UAE. Gibson is investing time to travel all around Southeast Asia and mainland China. “We’re putting down roots, as we want to be here for the long term. We are starting in a low-risk way, with just a handful of highly experienced people,” he concluded. o
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Talco Aviation 和位于德克萨斯州 普莱诺市的RWR Designs一起合 作，为一位亚洲客户建议这款波 音787的内部装修方案。
Working with RWR Designs of Plano, Texas, Talco Aviation presented this Boeing 787 executive interior proposal for an Asian client.
You fly in the airplane, but you live in the cabin by Kirby J. Harrison
Aeria Luxury Interiors s为一位亚洲客户设计了这款787 休息室。 Aeria Luxury Interiors designed this 787 lounge for an Asian customer.
\飞机帮助客户飞往各地， 而为客户提供舒适环境的是机舱 作者：Kirby J. Harrison 波音公司推出其标志性的波音商务喷气机时特别强调该飞机的航程可达到6000英 里。波音商务喷气机是由波音737飞机改装而来，裸机销售。裸机的意思是飞机内部装修 方案或外部最终的喷涂方案还没有确定。这些飞机从生产线送到机舱舾装中心，而波音 公司当时预测购买者会花大约500-700万美元来根据自己的需求定制机舱的装饰。 不过，他们错了：第一个商务喷气机客户花了1300万美元完成机舱的最终装修，紧接着 另外一位客户花了1700万美元。航空公司立刻意识到， 飞机帮助客户飞往各地，而为他们提 供舒适环境的是机舱。尽管机舱越重， 飞行的航程就越短，不过一些客户仍然希望将机舱 打造成自己喜欢的类型。 舱体更大的VIP飞机是空中客车公司（Chalet 290）、波音公司（Chalet 380）和巴西航空公司 （Chalet 130）出品的飞机，这些飞机有一个共同的特点，那就是它们从生产线下来后裸机送 到机舱舾装中心，在舾装中心进行机舱内部的建造和内部设备的安装。 这是一个程序复杂、耗资巨大、耗时长的过程，通常在飞机送达舾装中心前一年甚至 更长的时间就开始工作。一开始，舾装中心的设计师和工程师需要和客户一起商讨各种事 项，例如，地毯和座椅的铺装，娱乐设施的配置以及机载网络连接等。 这通常很昂贵；有时非常非常昂贵。如果客户选择一种由政府机构认证的行政座椅，如 由中国民航局（CAAC）或欧洲航空安全局（EASA）认证的座椅，一个就至少需要花费5000美 元。不过，如果他们选择新出品的座椅，则需要通过有关部门的认证，而这个认证程序通常 就得花费50万美元以上。至于总的花费，一般空中客车ACJ320的机舱需耗资约2300万美元 至2800万美元。 就其性质而言，机舱舾装是一个耗时非常长的过程。在飞机到达舾装中心几个月之前， 设计师和工程师已经开始从供应商那里订购地毯、窗户修饰等物品，将精装家具制造好并 等待安装。接着，所有内部部件的真正安装，如侧壁、照明设备、橱柜、座椅等，以波音商务 喷气机为例，需要长达一年的时间。对于舱体更大的飞机来说，如空中客车ACJ330，可能需 要花两年时间。 小舱体喷气机 对于机舱较小的商务喷漆机，比如，庞巴迪（展位号：Chalet 380）出品的环球6000或湾流 航宇（展位号：Chalet 340）出品的G650以及舱体更小的飞机，客户应当参考多种选择后再确 定最后的设计方案，如机舱的布局、构造、颜色以及娱乐系统。有的设施，如机舱的加湿系统 u 或电子调光窗户，加一些钱也是可以配置的。
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When Boeing introduced its iconic Boeing Business Jet, the company emphasized the aircraft’s 6,000-mile range. The airplanes, derivatives of the Boeing 737 airliner, were sold “green,” meaning without a finished interior or final exterior paint scheme. From the production line, they went to a cabin completion center, where Boeing estimated that buyers would spend around $5- to $7 million for customized cabins. But they were wrong: the first BBJ customer spent $13 million for the cabin completion, rapidly followed by another who spent $17 million. The industry quickly discovered that while the customer might fly in the airplane, they live in the cabin. Even if a heavier cabin meant less range, the typical customer wanted the cabin to be right. The larger VIP aircraft derived from the airliners of Airbus (Chalet 290), Boeing (Chalet 380) and Embraer (Chalet 130) all have one thing in common–they are delivered green from the production line and then sent to a cabin completion center that builds and installs the interior. This is a complex, costly and lengthy process that begins as much as a year before the airplane arrives at a completion center. Designers and engineers from the center begin by working with the customer to specify everything from carpeting and seat coverings to the entertainment system and in-flight Internet connectivity. It is always costly; and sometimes very, very costly. If a customer selects executive seats that have already been certified for flight by a government agency, such as the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) or the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), they may cost as
little as $5,000 each. But if they opt for something new, it will have to be certified in a certification process that may cost more than $500,000. As to the total cost, a typical cabin in an Airbus ACJ320 may lighten the owner’s bank account by some $2.3 million to $28 million. By its nature, cabin completion is a lengthy process. For months before the airplane arrives at the completion center, designers and engineers are ordering everything from carpets to window treatments from suppliers, and building cabinetry ready for installation. Then, the actual installation of all the interior components–sidewalls, lighting, cabinets, seats–will take as much as a year for a Boeing Business Jet, for example. For a larger model, such as an Airbus ACJ330, it may take two years. Smaller Jet Cabins
In the world of smaller business jets, from the size of Bombardier’s (Chalet 380) Global 6000 or Gulfstream’s (Chalet 340) G650 and smaller, the customer typically is advised to select from an array of choices, from cabin layouts, fabrics and colors to the entertainment system. Some options, such as a cabin humidification system or electronically dimmable windows, may also be available at an additional cost. While these interiors are completed by the manufacturer, there are always customers who want something beyond the so-called “cookie cutter” cabin. In such cases, many aircraft manufacturers will then work with the owner to select an independent completion center and work with that center to see that the customer gets what they want. There are, however, Continued on page 18 u
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尽管机舱内部构造是由制造商制造的，不过，总有一些客户不愿意将自己的客舱装 扮得与别人的一模一样。在这种情况下，许多飞机制造商和他们的客户一起选择一家独 立的舾装中心，并在这个中心一起合作，直到最后达成客户想要的装修效果。不过，有的 飞机制造商不允许他们制造的飞机在其公司以外的设备中心完成内部舾装过程。 这时候，我们需要明白机舱舾装和机舱翻新之间的区别，这一点非常关键。裸机舾装 的意思是飞机直接从公司的机舱舾装设备中心的生产车间被送到一个独立的舾装中心， 而机舱翻新仅仅是对二手飞机的机舱进行整体更新或对部分部件进行更新。 机舱翻新复杂起来可以和“重新装修”相媲美， “重新装修”的意思是将旧的内部 装饰完全拆除，并安装全新的内部装饰。而简单起来也可以非常简单，比如只是将座位重 新裱面或更换地毯。有许多专门提供舱体翻新服务的中心和机舱部件供应商，可以为您 提供娱乐设备的升级和舱体外部喷漆等多种服务。
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any aircraft to have interior completion work on a new aircraft done outside the company’s own facilities. At this point, it is important to understand the difference between a cabin completion and a cabin refurbishment. A green completion means that the airplane comes straight from the production floor of the company’s cabin completion facility to an independent completion center, whereas a cabin refurbishment is typically an upgrade of an existing cabin, or elements of an existing cabin, in a used jet. A cabin refurbishment can be as extensive as “a total re-rag”–meaning the old interior is stripped out and an all-new interior built and installed–or it can be as simple as recovering the seats or changing out the carpet. And there are many centers and cabin component suppliers that specialize in refurbishment, from an entertainment system upgrade to exterior paint.
不断增长的翻新服务供应商 五年前，如果一个亚洲的飞机拥有者需要将机舱内部进行翻新，他们别无选择，只能 将飞机飞往美国或者欧洲专门从事机舱翻新的中心。这一飞就需高达5万美元的费用，甚 至单单人工费就需要5千美元。幸运的是，今天环太平洋地区也出现了越来越多的机舱翻 新中心，比如： • Jet Aviation Singapore（展位号：P1216）是一家知名的维修中心，已获得多个航空 局认证的维修执照，同时，它还是一家获得授权的服务中心，为飞机制造商出品的多种机 型提供服务。 该中心既能够为客户提供其所需要的维护，还能进行翻新，这既减少了飞机 停运的时间，又为飞机拥有者节省开支。 • 北京飞机维修工程有限公司（Ameco Beijing） （展位号：P110）是由德国维修、维护 和大修及机舱舾装巨头德国汉莎航空公司（展位号：H108）出资建立的一家合资企业。北 Growing Refurbishment Resources 京飞机维修工程有限公司的公务机和私人飞机支持服务才刚开始不久，不过，该公司正 Five years ago, an aircraft owner in Asia 在迅速扩大其翻新能力。和Jet Aviation一样，该公司也拥有强大的飞机维修能力。 • 太古（Taikoo） （展位号：P312），在西方以Taeco（太古飞机工程公司）著称，位于厦 who needed a cabin refurbishment had little 门，是香港飞机工程有限公司（Haeco）旗下的子公司。厦门太古是亚洲唯一获得空中客 choice but to fly their airplane to a center in the U.S. or Europe that specialized in such 车公务机公司和波音商务喷气机公司授权的服务中心，负责机舱舾装工作。 中国以外的一些专门从事飞机翻新服务的公司也开始在环太平洋地区扩大其市场占 work. The cost of repositioning the airplane might run as high as $50,000, even for $5,000 有率。 • 总部位于德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市的Talco（展位号：P4210）是一家主要从事飞机 worth of work. Fortunately there is today a 设计和工程建造的公司。不过，该公司也打算在亚洲建立若干翻新中心。目前，该公司的 growing cabin refurbishment presence along the Pacific Rim. Some examples are: 目标是舱体较大的公务机，如 • Jet Aviation Singapore (Booth 已在中国服役的庞巴迪环球 P1216) is a well-established center 6000。据该公司主席和首席执 with numerous repair station approv行官Tom Langeland表示，在 als and is an authorized service center 中国，采用新技术对飞机内部 for numerous manufacturers’ aircraft 进行翻新的需求非常大。近 models. This ability to provide required 期，Talco已和北京飞机维修 maintenance, and at the same time cabin refurbishment work, reduces the 工程有限公司及太古飞机工 amount of time that the airplane is out 程公司开展项目合作。该公司 of service and cuts cost for the owner. 还在香港成立了办事处，在中 • Ameco Beijing (Booth P110)– 国厦门也有其代表办事处。 a joint venture with Lufthansa • 总部位于德克萨斯州圣 Technik (Booth H108), the German 安东尼奥市的Aeria Luxury maintenance repair, overhaul and Interiors（展位号：P121）于 Aeria Luxury Interiors 打造的这间 787特等舱展示了亚洲独具一格的风味。 cabin completion giant–is new to 去年在新加坡航空展上成立。 A 787 stateroom by Aeria Luxury Interiors shows a distinctive Asian influence. business and private aircraft support 该舾装和翻新中心是新科宇航 but has been rapidly expanding its 新加坡分部旗下的子公司，此外，该公司已签署两项工程项目：一项是对一架波音商务喷气 refurbishment capabilities. Like Jet Avi机进行维修检查和一些内部作业，另外一项是对波音767-200ER进行翻新。 翻新工作是主 ation, it has considerable maintenance 要任务，这项工作包括更换地毯和座椅，安装新的LED监测器，以及对橱柜进行改造等。商 capability as well. 务喷气机已交付，而757-200ER计划于这个月交付给客户。 • Taikoo (Booth P312), better known in • 瑞士航空技术公司（SR Technics） （展位号：H307）去年交付了一项重大的机舱翻 the West as Taeco (Taikoo Aircraft Engi新项目。该翻新项目包括对飞行中的娱乐设施以及诸如此类的便利设施进行升级，如行 neering Co.), is based in Xiamen and is 政休息室和会议室。瑞士航空技术公司总部位于瑞士苏黎世，现在该公司隶属于阿拉伯 part of the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineer联合酋长国的阿布达比酋长国的穆巴达拉比发展公司。 ing Co. (Haeco). It is the first and only cen• Associated Air Center（展位号：P716，with StandardAero）位于德克萨斯州达拉 ter with authorization from both Airbus 斯市，该公司已获得中国民航局的认证。去年二月，该公司首次将一架波音商务喷气机送到 Corporate Jets and Boeing Business Jets to 中国服役，七月又送来第二架。这两架飞机都是由位于北京的包机运营商金鹿航空所有。 do cabin outfitting work. Refurbishment specialists from out• 加拿大舾装公司Flying Colours（展位号：P613）位于安大略省彼得伯勒市，该公 side the region are also moving to increase 司以稳健的脚步开拓中国小众市场。该公司主要为庞巴迪飞机提供舾装和翻新服务。截 their presence and market share along the 至2013年底，该公司有望给中国飞机拥有者交付共计15架已完工的挑战者850号飞机。去 Pacific Rim. 年，Flying Colours为两名中国客户的环球快车号飞机进行了重大翻新。正是因为如此， • Talco (Booth P421), with its home 该中心与中国民航局之间的关系得到强化，从而缓和了机舱认证的压力。 “这对我们的 base in San Antonio, Texas, is primar客户来说实在是额外的好处，因为这意味着飞机一来到中心就可以接受服务，”Flying ily a design and engineering firm but has Colours公司的主席John Gillespie说道。 close ties to a number of refurbishment 机舱电子设备 几十年来，人们一直盼望着能够实现从家庭到工作地点到现代化公务机机舱之间的 无缝过渡。从很大程度上而言，这是通过新型机舱电子设备来实现的。新型机舱电子设 备为乘客提供高速网络连接、无线音频/视频数据流和高分辨率的视频，乘客还可以使 用个人电子设备，如智能手机、平板电脑、笔记本电脑等。这些转换并不是真正的平稳流 畅，不过，这一目标正在年年接近。 u
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centers in Asia. It is currently focused on large-cabin aircraft, such as Bombardier’s Global 6000, which is already in service in China. According to president and CEO Tom Langeland, there is a growing demand in China for new technology refurbishment. Most recently Talco has
been involved in projects with Ameco, Jet Aviation and Taeco. The company also has an office in Hong Kong and local representation in Xiamen. • Aeria Luxury Interiors (Booth P121), based in San Antonio, Texas, was launched in February last year at the Singapore Airshow. The completion and refurbishment center, part of the ST Aerospace group based in Singapore, has already signed two projects: a BBJ that required a maintenance check and some interior work, and a refurbishment of a Boeing 767-200ER. That refurbishment is a major job requiring everything from new carpeting and seating to new LED monitors and galley modifications. The BBJ has already been delivered and the 757-200ER was scheduled for delivery to the customer this month. • SR Technics (Booth H307) delivered its first major cabin refurbishment last year. It included an in-flight entertainment upgrade and such amenities as an executive lounge and meeting room. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, SR Technics is owned by Mubadala Development Co. of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. • Associated Air Center in Dallas, Texas (Booth P716, with StandardAero), holds approval from the CAAC and in February last year delivered the first Boeing Business Jet to operate in China and a second in July. Both are owned by Beijing-based charter operator Deer Jet. • Canadian outfitter Flying Colours (Booth P613) of Peterborough, Ontario, has steadily carved out a market niche in China. The center specializes in doing green completion and refurbishments of Bombardier aircraft. By the end of 2013, the company expects to have delivered a total of 15 finished Challenger 850s to Chinese owners. Also in the last year, Flying Colours has done major refurbishment work on Global Express models for two China-based clients. To this end, the center has strengthened its relationship with the CAAC to ease aircraft cabin certification. “This is a real bonus for our clients as it means an aircraft can enter service as soon as it arrives,” said Flying Colours president John Gillespie. Cabin Electronics
For decades there has been talk of a seamless transition from home or workplace to the cabin of a modern business jet. For the most part, this has materialized as new cabin electronics, with highspeed Internet connectivity, wireless audio/ video streaming, high-resolution video and use of personal electronic devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops and so on. That transition still isn’t truly seamless but this goal appears closer every year. The key to smoothly functioning electronics is having a cabin management system into which all the other elements are tied, from lighting to entertainment to highspeed Internet connectivity. By way of example, one of Honeywell’s (Booth H200) most recent projects–a luxury facelift for an Asiabased Global Express large-cabin jet–was performed in collaboration with Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services and OHS Aviation Services. The maintenance required
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Arinc Direct下个月即将迎来10周年。该公司在亚洲市场上大获成功，该公 司数据和通讯专家因此任命身在新加坡的Monte Bolt为全职亚太区总监。Bolt 带领一个团队为亚洲客户提供支持，该客户群拥有的飞机数量超过200。 Arinc Direct的董事James Hardie在伦敦近期举行的一场记者招待会上接 受《国际航空新闻》的采访时表示，通过使用蓝牙 和实时的云数据同步技术，驾驶舱里的两部iPad 得以实现数据同步，从而提高了服务质量。该公司 也参加了亚洲公务航空会议和展览会，其展位号是 H309。 与此同时，Arinc Direct在去年于美国举行的 国家公务航空协会展览会上宣布的新型Connect服 务也得到提升，并且已进入获取实验性生产认证的 阶段。Connect能够使Acars将iPad（已安装应用 程序）作为用户界面来发送信息，进行语音通话（ 使用iPhone或安卓移动设备），及收发邮件。它 还可以使用Iridium或Inmarsat卫星网络进行全球 覆盖，飞行员和乘客都可以使用这个网络。此外， 由于有两个数据通道，用户可以同时使用语音和数 据服务，或同时拨打两个语音电话。 Arinc Direct can be accessed via “我们正在争取通过RTCA DC-160G环境鉴定、 its iPad app, rather than using a 美国联邦通信委员会的批准、欧盟CE标志的认证以 computer. 及铱系统认证，”Hardie解释道。Arinc Direct Arinc Direct 可以通过其 开发的 将于下个月瑞士日内瓦举行的欧洲公务航空会展上 iPad应用程序访问，而不需要用 展示这一产品，并决定于今年夏天将该产品全面投 电脑。 入生产。 Arinc Direct也正在努力利用iPad应用程序来提高公司的能力，而不是电脑。 一开始开发的应用程序主要用于飞行计划和天气播报，不过，Arinc表示“在不久 的将来”应用程序将“组成飞行甲板通讯设施的一部分，支持消息发送[以及]额 外的飞行计划和归档功能。” Arinc还与航空公司合作，将其开发的WiFi网络连接覆盖机舱。第一个使用 Arinc公司开发的Cabin Connect套装的是维珍大西洋航空公司，最初用于其空客 A330机队上。Arinc开发的WiFi网络连接已在一架飞机上开始12个月的试验，设 备已经安装；将于下个月开始试验。此外，Arinc还和位于香港的国泰航空公司 （Cathay Pacific）及其子公司Dragonair合作，启动“电子化”的电子飞行包 （EFB），Arinc称其为Aeroconnx。Aeroconnx已于两年前在国泰航空公司的波音 777-300飞机上完成试验。 据Arinc International的副总裁Dave Poltorak透露，该公司正忙于将机场现 代化，最近该公司还赢得了一项合同，计划在越南河内市的内排国际机场新建的2 号航站楼建立一个工作站。这个工程包括安装乘客识别系统、kiosk系统和飞机信 息显示器——所有这些设备都可应用于中国机场。
As Arinc Direct approaches its tenth anniversary next month, success in the Asian market has been such that the data and communications specialist has appointed a full-time Asia Pacific division director: Monte Bolt, who is based in Singapore. Bolt heads a team supporting an Asian customer base that has surpassed 200 aircraft. Arinc Direct director James Hardie told AIN at a recent press briefing in London that its service offering had been enhanced, with synchronization of data between two iPads in the cockpit now possible using Bluetooth, plus real-time Cloud synchronization of data. The company is exhibiting here at the ABACE show at Booth H309. Meanwhile, Arinc Direct has improved the new Connect service that it announced at last November’s NBAA show in the U.S. and it has moved to the preproduction certification stage. Connect enables Acars messaging via an iPad (with app) as the user interface, plus voice (using iPhone or Android devices) and e-mail. It can use the Iridium or Inmarsat satellite networks for global coverage that both pilots and passengers can access, and there are two channels so users can carry out simultaneous voice and data, or two simultaneous voice calls. “We are in the process of obtaining RTCA DC-160G environmental qualification, U.S. FCC approval, European Community Mark and Iridium certifications,” explained Hardie. Arinc Direct expects to demonstrate the device at next month’s EBACE show in Geneva,
Switzerland, with the unit set to move into full production this summer. The company is also working to enhance the capabilities of Arinc Direct, which can be accessed via its iPad app, rather than using a computer. The original app focused mainly on flight planning and weather briefing, but Arinc said that “in the near future” the app will “form part of the flight-deck communications infrastructure with support for messaging [as well as] additional flight planning and filing functionality.” Arinc also has been working with airlines to WiFi enable the cabin, the first customer for its Cabin Connect suite being Virgin Atlantic Airways, initially for its Airbus A330 fleet. A 12-month trial of the service has started on one aircraft, which has already been fitted; it is due to go live later this month. In addition, Arinc has been working with Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary Dragonair, both based in Hong Kong, to launch its “e-enabled” electronic flight bag (EFB), called Aeroconnx. The Aeroconnx trial was completed two years ago on a Cathay Boeing 777-300. According to Dave Poltorak, vice president of Arinc International, the company is also busy helping to modernize airports, having recently won a contract to install work stations at the new Terminal 2 at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, in Vietnam. This includes installing passenger recognition systems, kiosks and flight information displays–all equipment that also could have applications at Chinese airports. o
u \飞机帮助客户飞往各地: 要使电子设备能够平稳流畅的运作，需要配置一 个能将其他所有设备都连接起来的客舱管理系统，如照明设备、娱乐设施和高速网络连 接。霍尼韦尔（展位号：H200）最近与Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services和 OHS Aviation Services联合开展了一项工程，对在亚洲服役的大舱体环球快车喷气机 进行全面改造。该飞机维护工程需要将整个客舱拆散，对机舱内部进行大改造，比如安 装霍尼韦尔公司研发的Ovation Select客舱管理系统、两台24英寸的高清晰监测器、12 台10英寸的座椅扶手监测器以及双重环绕立体声区。 霍尼韦尔还提供SwiftBroadband卫星通信系统，数字传输速度可达到432千字节/秒； 外加霍尼韦尔设计的新路由器，速度可增加到700千字节/秒。 近期，罗克韦尔科林斯公司（Rockwell Collins） （展位号：P417）研发的Venue高清晰客 舱管理系统以及机载娱乐设备系统被应用于空中客车出品的ACJ319系列飞机上。这些系统 的安装由位于瑞士巴塞尔的独立舾装中心Jet Aviation完成。这一揽子的服务包括高画质 的监测器和全客舱数据音频，乘客可以享受“蓝光”电影和其他高画质的服务，如通过该公 司出品的Airshow 3D移动地图，乘客可以获取实时的航程信息。 Satcom Direct（展位号：H320）在亚洲公务航空会议和展览会上展示的产品主要是 该公司推出的新产品Satcom Direct路由器（SDR）。据该公司介绍，该路由器是首个能够 直接处理多个卫星通信系统的设备。仅仅一个盒子，就可以将所有的卫星系统连接起来， 并管理飞机上与地面上的所有数据传输。该路由器和Inmarsat研发的Swift Broadband 以及ViaSat研发的Yonder服务器一起工作，数字传输速度可达到432千字节/秒至1.5兆字 节/秒，具体由卫星通信系统和飞机所在区域决定。虽然这一速度不能和家里或办公室的网 络连接速度相比，而且也不便宜，不过，该设备可以使乘客随时随地保持连接状态。更优越 的是，当飞机停在地面上时，SDR使乘客依然能使用3D手机。 环太平洋地区的潜在飞机购买者极为感兴趣的是移动卫星通信服务供应商Inmarsat公 司和霍尼韦尔签署了一项大型经销协议，销售Inmarsat公司研发的Global Xpress (GX)卫 星服务系统。GX可应用于该公司的 Ka-band卫星系统，并且有望于2015年初开始提供公务 航空服务，数据传输速度将高达50兆字节/秒。
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The Satcom Direct exhibit (Booth H320) at ABACE is focused on its new Satcom Direct router (SDR). It is, says the company, the first to handle multiple satellite communication systems directly. A single box connects to all of the satellite systems and manages all the data transfer between aircraft and ground. It works with Inmarsat SwiftBroadband and ViaSat’s Yonder service, providing data transfer speeds from 432 kbps to 1.5 mbps, depending on the satellite system and the region of the world. It is not yet as fast as the typical home or office Internet connectivity, and certainly not as cheap, but it allows the user to remain connected all the time, from any part of the world. Of considerable interest to potential customers along the Pacific Rim is news that mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has signed a master distribution agreement with Honeywell for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) satellite service. GX operates through the company’s Ka-band satellite system and is expected to begin business aviation service in early 2015, providing data transfer rates of up to 50 mbps. o
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Analyst predicts China fleet could soar to 900 by 2023 by Amy Laboda Business aviation consultant Brian Foley, president of Brian Foley Associates, used an intriguing metaphor to explain the issues effecting Chinese business aviation: “Imagine if there were a 22-percent tariff on imported cars, drivers had to ask permission to drive a day in advance and they could drive only to specified cities via a suboptimal route with few services. Driving to a city not on the approved list would require a ‘navigator’ to ride along.”
Automobile salespeople probably wouldn’t sell many cars, “but that’s exactly how the aircraft operational environment is in China today, which isn’t great for selling planes either,” said Foley. Brian Foley Associates recently produced its 10-year Business Jet and Turboprop Delivery Forecast for 2013, which is available directly from the company. Foley has researched the Asia Pacific region’s sales records and his numbers are in accord with those from analyst Amstat,
Honeywell’s Sky Connect Tracker III combines voice, text and flight-tracking technologies into a single system designed for helicopters. Sky Connect uses the Iridium satellite communications network, and operators can use Sky Connect to make voice calls at the same time as sending text messages and tracking the helicopter’s position anywhere in the world. If the helicopter is also equipped with Honeywell’s Zing health-andusage monitoring system (HUMS), Sky Connect Tracker III can also integrate with Zing and deliver near realtime HUMS status reports to ground and operations crew. HUMS can assist
with vibration monitoring, help detect mechanical faults before components fail, eliminate the need for portable rotor track and balancing systems, monitor engines for operational data and exceedances and monitor flight data parameters for helicopter flight data monitoring systems. Once a helicopter lands, Sky Connect’s “last position vector powerbank” feature can send the final position report after the pilot shuts down the engine. This system also sends a final position report if power is interrupted. More information is available at Honeywell’s ABACE booth (H200). –M.T.
which showed that there are 176 business jets based in mainland China, and 118 based in Hong Kong. That is just 1.5 percent of the 19,373 business jets in operation worldwide. Many of those aircraft were purchased between 2008 and 2011, when many Chinese individuals and companies were flush with cash. “It was a conveniently timed mini-rescue for the business aviation industry,” said Foley, “but now it’s starting to slow down. Chinese GDP is almost halved Brian Foley from 2010. Jet manufacturers have now shifted from sales mode to order preservation in China,” he continued. So, is there potential for renewed
growth of business aviation in China? Foley thinks the answer is yes, with a hedge. He believes there will be as many as 900 business jets owned and operated in China (9 percent of future worldwide business jet deliveries) within the next decade. And if the Chinese government can address some of the sticky issues surrounding flight plan filing, route structures and airspace sharing with the military, then it is likely that the decade of 2020-2030 will reflect healthy sales in the region. “A more sustainable market should come, but will take more patience,” said Foley. o
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TAG Farnborough Airport is at ABACE highlighting the importance of, and its role in facilitating the Europe-Asia business aviation industry. The airport, 40 miles from central London, recently has invested more than $135 million in infrastructure. Its TAG Farnborough Engineering division offers aircraft maintenance, and visitors can stay overnight in the TAG Group’s Aviator Hotel. “With Asia’s economic significance continuing to grow,” said TAG Farnborough CEO Brandon O’Reilly, “business aviation has an increasingly important role to play in providing pointto-point connections between business centers in Asia and Europe.” TAG Farnborough is exhibiting at ABACE for the third successive year, sharing a booth (H126) with charter/management and charter brokerage firm TAG Aviation Asia, a sister TAG Group company. –M.T.
Flying Colours signed up for VIP CRJ700 conversions by Charles Alcock Bombardier has appointed Canada’s Flying Colours (Booth P613) to handle an extensive interior modification of seven Bombardier CRJ700 NextGen aircraft for an undisclosed Chinese customer. The work will be conducted over a two-year period and part of the new-look cabins will be fitted out for VIP use. The project will be implemented through a new supplemental type certificate with approval by Chinese authorities. The first aircraft is due to be delivered by Bombardier to Flying Colours’s facility in Peterborough, Ontario, in the fourth quarter of this year, and the first delivery to the customer is anticipated in the first quarter of 2015. This will be the first CRJ700 conversion done by Flying Colours, which already has extensive experience in converting the smaller CRJ200 regional airliner for corporate and private use. The company is a preferred completion center for Bombardier’s Challenger aircraft and this year is set to undertake the completion of five green Challenger 850s. Expansion Plans in China
Executive vice president Sean Gillespie told AIN that it has been focusing on expansion plans in the Chinese market. “We’re getting to the stage where we would like to have a completion center there,” he said. The company has started the process of trying to establish a local partnership, a process that he admitted has been “slower than anticipated.” It has already recruited Chinese-speaking staff. Gillespie said that it is also seeing growing demand for private aircraft in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. In Flying Colours experience, Asian customers have shown a preference for red and burgundy-colored interiors, different textures to those common in the West and a large appetite for the latest cabin technology. The company also has worked on Dassault Falcon aircraft, as well as Beechcrafts, Gulfstreams and Embraers. “There is now a lot of interest in converting preowned aircraft because airframes are more available,” Gillespie said. o
Flight Explorer provides global weather information in addition to flight tracking.
Flight Explorer assessing China’s flight-tracking needs by Matt Thurber Flight Explorer, exhibiting at the ABACE show here in Shanghai for the first time, claims to offer much more than flight tracking, although that is one of the company’s core products. It can track aircraft equipped with Iridium satellite communications systems anywhere in the world, and provide a private feed of that data to customers who operate those aircraft. Flight Explorer (Booth H525) is a Sabre group company, and also provides flight tracking via global radar feeds of aircraft flying in airspace controlled by the U.S. FAA, the UK, Eurocontrol, Airservices Australia and Airways New Zealand.
To deliver flight tracking data to private customers with Iridium-equipped aircraft, Flight Explorer partners with service providers and equipment manufacturers, such as Arinc Direct, Satcom Direct, Flyht, Blue Sky Network, Latitude and Honeywell Sky Connect. In China, Flight Explorer does not yet have a business aviation customer, but the company hopes to develop relationships with local charter/management firms while here at the ABACE show. “We would [like to] assess the need for flight tracking [in China], how operators track their aircraft now and for them to see what we have to offer,” said Michael
Ficklin, Flight Explorer account director. Flight Explorer parent company Sabre Airline Solutions currently services most Chinese airlines, according to Ficklin. The advantage of using flight-tracking systems like Flight Explorer, he explained, is that aircraft operators can see the location of each aircraft in their fleet. Dispatchers and flight operations departments can quickly assess weather effects and notify key personnel about potential delays. “There’s no reason we can’t do that here [for business aviation in China],” Ficklin said. Flight Explorer’s other key product is delivery of global weather information, including weather radar over most of the world, graphical pilot reports, worldwide satellite infrared imaging, convective and turbulence forecasts, real-time worldwide lightning, temporary flight restrictions, volcanic ash advisory and worst-case scenario plotting, worldwide graphical METARs and worldwide TAFs. o
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Flight planning into China requires attention to details by Curt Epstein As the levels of business aviation traffic to and from China continue to grow, the regulations seem to be easing slightly. There is little doubt that the country is becoming more accustomed to private aviation, according to most major flightplanning providers. “Overall, the requirements to operate a foreign-registered aircraft haven’t changed that much,” said Jimmy (Sheng) Young, managing director of Universal Aviation China. “However, the time to process a business-jet landing application has improved over the years–from weeks to days.” For flights into China, the process begins with a detailed landing application submitted to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Among the details required are entry and exit points, arrival dates and times, airway routes, full crew and passenger manifests–including dates of birth, passport numbers and expiration dates–broken down by leg of travel and sponsor contact information. According to several flight-planning companies, Chinese authorities are now paying close attention to sponsor letters, in most cases verifying with the local sponsor the information provided. “The CAAC has also begun to clearly define the role and the requirements of the local sponsor,” said Young. “A local sponsor cannot be a tourist agency or a hotel where the passenger is staying. The local sponsor must have a physical office with an address in one of the destinations stated in the application.” That application should be submitted to the CAAC no later than seven-to-ten working days before departure, according to the flight planners, although “special rush” applications are sometimes accommodated. Most planners will caution that after the application is submitted changes should be kept to a minimum. “We all know that we use corporate aviation because business needs often require frequent changes,” said Jim Bartholomew, manager of flight planning for Rockwell Collins Flight Services. “Anytime you as an operator have a change, submit it right away to your service provider. It’s easier to make a change before the permit is approved than to make one after.” Visa Requirements
Another key concern before the flight is to make sure of the status of crew visas. “Make sure pilots know how many ‘entries’ remain on their China visas because a crewmember is allowed only two entries per six-month visa,” Bartholomew said. “In fact, when going over there it is good practice to have a fresh visa with two entries in case, for example, the boss wants to go jump over to Hong Kong and then back into China. If you have only one entry on your visa when you first enter the
country, you are out of luck.” Visa entry requirements also can change from airport to airport, so Young recommends that operators check with their service provider as to the specific requirements for each destination to ensure there are no problems. One specific example could involve relief crews flying in to China commercially on a crew visa; this would involve a careful explanation to authorities by the local handling agent meeting the flight. Once the flight permit is processed it will contain information such as the flight routing, altitudes and the assigned landing slot. “Operators must fly on the approved route given by the CAAC specified on the permit,” said Edmund Yuen, head of Universal’s Asia trip support services division. “Any discrepancy between the approved route and the flight plan will be rejected by ATC. Even a request to depart a few hours earlier than your approved departure time would require a revalidation of your permit,” Yuen said. Certain airways and altitudes in the country are reserved for the use of local airlines and the military, which could result in fuel optimization problems for private aircraft operators who might be forced to fly at less than optimal altitudes. Josh Anderson, a flight planner with Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen International Trip Planning Services, said, “If there’s a flight coming from, say, Europe, crossing over Russia into Mongolia and into China, that could put a big burden on fuel use for the aircraft because they have to go down from cruising at 45,000 feet to 26,000 feet.” Due to increasing traffic, most of China’s major airports are governed by a slot system for general aviation, with a limited number of arrivals and departures available during the peak hours from 00:01 UTC to 14:00 UTC. In Beijing there are 15 slots available during that time, while Shanghai’s Pudong and Hongqiao Airports each have 10. Outside of that period slots are not required. According to Universal’s Young, the CAAC will not allow any single foreignregistered aircraft (with the exception of those registered in Hong Kong and Macau) to occupy two peak-hour slots on the same day. This means that if you arrive at Beijing during a peak period, your departure will have to wait until the period ends. Airports in other major cities, such as Guangzhou, Shengzhen, Chengdu and Kunming, are regulated based on daily traffic flow. In Hong Kong, due to congestion at the international airport, a new policy was recently adopted whereby a flight permit will not be issued without the prior assignment of a parking space. Higher Fees
One thing that has changed since last year is the cost of operating into cities such
When selecting a flight planner for a China trip, it pays to choose a reputable provider with a local staff that will meet arriving flights and assist in dealing with any language issues.
as Beijing and Shanghai. While operating costs into China were already steep due to provisions such as a “compensation fee” of approximately $3,000 on private aircraft (whose passengers could otherwise be flying on Chinese airlines) and an approximately 44-cents-per-kilometer navigation fee the airport handling fees themselves have jumped by approximately $3,000 during the past year. “The normal long-range private jet going into Beijing can expect at least a $15,000 bill,” said Matt York, manager of Jeppesen’s global vendor relations group. “This is not counting fuel or catering or anything else you might expect to pay for.” Those fees put the price of operating into the Chinese capital on a par with operating into Japan, which was traditionally viewed as the most expensive country to fly to. Operators can expect to receive two invoices upon departure: one from the ground handler and a separate civil aviation services bill from Tong Da, the billing center authorized by the CAAC to collect fees. While dedicated “Western style” FBOs are still the exception rather than the norm in China, private flights into Beijing are now handled by Capital Jet, the airport-owned FBO. “Something that has changed recently in Beijing is that customs and immigration is now at the Capital Jet facility,” Bartholomew told AIN. “That’s a change that makes entry and exit a lot smoother.” In Shanghai, the price has also escalated at Pudong, but is still less than at Beijing, with handling costs for a typical Gulfstream V running at approximately $8,000. At that airport–in the absence
of a dedicated FBO–private passengers use the VIP terminal, while across the city at Hongqiao certain business aviation customers can use the Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre (which is hosting ABACE). “The restrictions on that depend on where you are coming from and where you are going to,” said Rockwell Collins’ Bartholomew. “Easterly departures toward Japan or North America, or arrivals from the east, can’t use that airport. They have to use Pudong,” he said. Most planners suggest that crews carry their own tow bars aboard the aircraft as limited parking spaces at some airports might require pushback. Young told AIN that self-taxiing is allowed for only six of the 34 dedicated general aviation parking stands at Beijing’s Capital International Airport. Catering at most of China’s major airports is not a problem, and ground handlers are well acquainted with airline provisioning companies or local hotels that can provide meals to suit Eastern or Western tastes. Young recommends that first-time operators into China use an experienced service provider, who will understand the constraints and allow operators to give their passengers reasonable expectations. He suggested the use of a checklist during the planning stage so as not to miss any important steps. o
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赛空1号预见广阔的中国市场 作者：Matt Thurber 中国市场是赛空1号增长速度 最快的市场之一。这家来自丹 麦的公司如今在上海参加此次展 会，强调其作为卫星通信服务供 应商所具备的各项能力。“中国 的市场潜力正在日渐增强，”赛
空1号国际销售经理表示。 赛空1号（展位号：P1308） 专注于服务政府机构、军事机构 和VVIP及大舱体商务喷气机， 这类飞机可以承载大型中高级增 益天线，从而能够帮助飞机与卫
星之间实现高速通信。 作为一家 服务供应商，赛空1号帮助客户 配置和支持卫星通信设备，安排 通讯时间和计费，还能通过其机 载飞行服务和软件提供各种增值 功能。在中国，政府和赛空1号
签署了一项协议，允许赛空1号 及其商务合作伙伴MCN为中国 飞机提供卫星通信服务。 赛 空 1号 为 其 客 户 开 发 的 一 项 功 能 就 是 通 过 Inmarsat SwiftBroadband系统聚合卫星信 道。对于一个拥有两条信道的 系统而言，其中每一个信道的 最高速度可达到432千比特每秒 （Kbps），而赛空1号可以将两 条信道聚合在一起，使最高速度
达到800至900千比特每秒，甚至 高达1.2兆比特每秒，其平均速 度可达到约700千比特每秒。这 种聚合需要使用超级信道，即 SwiftBroadband提供的最昂贵、 性能最好的高增益信道。 据Larsen透露，该服务每分钟 花费35美元，因为卫星提供的带 宽并不能和其他飞机共享，且只 有几个特定的信道才可以使用， 自然费用如此之高。这项服务 u
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Satcom1 foresees vast China market by Matt Thurber One of Satcom1’s fastestgrowing markets is China, and the Danish company is exhibiting here to highlight its capabilities as a satellite communications service provider. “The potential in China is growing by the day,” said Satcom1 international sales manager Jimmy Larsen. Satcom1 (Booth P1308) focuses on government, military and VVIP aircraft and large-cabin business jets, which can carry the large intermediate- and high-gain antennas that facilitate high-speed communication between aircraft and satellites. As a service provider, Satcom1 helps customers configure and support satellite communications equipment, arranges airtime services and billing and offers value-added capabilities via its own in-flight services and software. In China, the government and Satcom1 have a legal agreement allowing Satcom1 and its business partner MCN to activate satellite communications services for Chinese aircraft. One of the capabilities that Satcom1 has developed for its customers is aggregation of satellite channels on Inmarsat SwiftBroadband systems. Where the maximum speed for each channel on a two-channel system is 432 kilobits per second (Kbps), Satcom1 can bond the two channels to provide peak speeds up to 800 to 900 Kbps and up to 1.2 megabits per second and average speeds of about 700 Kbps. This bonding requires using extreme channels, which are the most expensive and capable high-gain channels available on SwiftBroadband. This service costs about $35 per minute, according to Larsen, because the bandwidth provided by the satellite is not shared with other aircraft and is dedicated to the user of those particular u
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主要供VVIP客户享用。 不过，赛空1号正在考虑通过普通的 SwiftBroadband信道提供相似的聚合服 务，这种服务既可以提高数据传输速度， 又比聚合的超级信道便宜很多。“这会使 我们提供的解决方案更具兼容性或在常 规的公务机市场上更具竞争性，”Larsen 说。普通的（非超级的） SwiftBroadband 服务每兆字节的费用是7至8美元（该服务 不是以分钟计费的）。 AvioIP 服务 赛 空 1号 研 发 的 AvioIP软 件 适 用 于 AES、Cobham、Emteq、ICG 和Vision Systems生产的机舱路由器。“我们提供 软件包，”Larsen说，“这个软件包在 路由器软件的基础上增加了我们所擅长 的服务功能，如加速和优化卫星连接功 能。”AvioIP的一个主要特征就是网络 用户管理员模块支持过滤功能，例如， 管理员可以将更多的频道宽度分配给一个 VIP乘客。“我们可以做很多有意思的事 情，”他说，包括将超级SwiftBroadband 信道连接在一起的聚合功能。“除非你在 你的硬件设备上运行我们的软件，否则你 无法实现聚合，”他解释道。 据赛空1号相关人员介绍，AvioIP还具 备其他“空中办公室”的特征，“例如， 强化的互联网接入、邮件、视频会议、网 络语音电话业务、嵌入式的打印机和扫描 设备，还有更多其他的。”每一项服务都 可以按一个模块购买。 大多数公务机旅客想在飞行途中依然 使用智能手机进行网络语音电话业务。赛
空1号开发的AvioIP 智能手机应用程序是 一个网络语音电话业务，适用于使用安卓 和苹果iOS操作系统的通讯设备。 飞行计费 近期，赛空1号开启了一项新的飞行计 费服务，包机服务供应商或分时产权运营 商可以将网络接入权限卖给乘客，就像宾 馆为客人提供住宿权限。虽然操作者可以 手动连接，但飞行计费可以大大简化这一 操作，乘客只需要查看闪屏，然后选择飞 行途中所需购买的带宽的数量。 “今 天 ， 如 果 你 想 销 售 包 机 飞 行 业 务，”Larsen说，“能够提供互联网连 接是必须的，这是个巨大的区别。运营 商如果无法提供连接功能，就将失去业 务。”通过飞行计费服务，乘客可使用 信用卡购买不同数量的带宽，分别有10 、25、50或100兆字节的带宽可供选择。 另外一种方法是，运营商可以向赛空1号 购买100兆字节带宽的付款凭单，然后 将其销售或送给乘客。付款凭单和闪屏 都可以附上包机运营商的商标和相关信 息。如果乘客购买了100兆字节的带宽， 不过没有一次用完，他们可以在下次航 程中继续使用剩余的带宽。 “对于分时产权或包机运营商而言，这 是巨大的利润，”他说。通常，在一次包 机飞行完之后，运营商落得一大笔的卫星 通信服务账单，而进一步跟踪查出谁应该 支付这笔费用非常困难。 赛空1号只收取一小部分费用来建立和 维持飞行计费。“我们通过销售通讯时间 赚钱，”Larsen说。
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channels. Naturally at such a cost, this service is used primarily by VVIP customers. Satcom1, however, is considering offering a similar bonding service on regular SwiftBroadband channels, which would speed up the data delivery but cost far less than the bonded extreme channels. “This would make solutions more compatible or competitive in the normal business jet market,” said Larsen. Ordinary (non-extreme) SwiftBroadband service costs about $7 to $8 per megabyte (it isn’t billed by the minute). AvioIP Service
Satcom1’s AvioIP software runs on cabin routers made by AES, Cobham, Emteq, ICG and Vision Systems. “We provide the software package,” said Larsen, “which is a shell on the basic router software that adds possibilities that we excel in, such as acceleration and optimizing satellite links.” One key feature of AvioIP, the Internet user manager module, is that it allows filtering so more bandwidth can be assigned to a VIP passenger, for example. “We can do a lot of fun stuff,” he said, including the aggregation feature that bonds extreme SwiftBroadband channels together. “Unless you’re using our software on your hardware, we can’t do aggregation,” he explained.
AvioIP also offers other “office-in-thesky” features, according to Satcom1, “such as enhanced Internet access, email, videoconferencing, VoIP, built-in printer and scanner servers and much more.” Each of these services can be purchased as a module. Most business jet travelers want to use their smartphones for voice-over IP (VoIP) telephone calls while in the air. Satcom1’s AvioIP smartphone app is a VoIP client, and it is available for Android and Apple iOS devices. Flight Billing
Recently, Satcom1 launched the new Flight Billing service, which allows a charter or fractional operator to sell Internet access to individual passengers, just as a hotel sells access to guests. “Today if you want to sell a charter flight,” Larsen said, “being able to offer connectivity is a must, it’s a huge differentiator. Operators are losing flights if they don’t have connectivity.” With Flight Billing, a passenger can use a credit card to buy bandwidth in chunks of 10, 25, 50 or 100 megabytes. Or the operator can buy 100-megabyte vouchers from Satcom1 and sell or give these to passengers. The vouchers and the splash screen can be branded with the charter operator’s logo and information. If passengers buy, say, 100 megabytes worth of bandwidth and don’t use it all, they can use the rest on the next flight. o
Pilatus PC-12 excels at high-altitude ops by Matt Thurber To show the PC-12NG singleengine turboprop on the ABACE static display, Pilatus Aircraft production test pilot Beda Rohner flew a long way, beginning at Pilatus headquarters in Stans, Switzerland. The brand-new PC12NG departed Stans and then stopped in Greece, Egypt, Bahrain, Karachi and Calcutta. But before the airplane landed in Shanghai, the Pilatus crew stopped in Kunming for a unique flight demonstration for a new PC-12 customer. The purpose of the demonstration was to show how the PC-12NG could carry a full payload, in this case 2,200 pounds that included Rohner, Chinese navigator Jack Li and four passengers (including two CAAC officials) when flying from Diqing Airport in Shangri-La. The airport is known as a “super-high plateau airport” and is one of the highest in the world, at its elevation of 10,787 feet (3,288 meters). The flight also was intended to demonstrate the safety and reliability of the PC-12 to the
Kunming-based customer, who has ordered two PC-12NGs for charter, aeromedical and sightseeing use. On April 11, Rohner flew the PC-12 from Kunming to Diqing, landing in the afternoon. The plan had been to land in the morning, but the earlier flight had to be cancelled due to weather. The PC-12 and crew stayed overnight in Shangri-La, then took off with the full payload on April 12, using just one-third of the runway to leave the ground. Rohner didn’t need to climb the PC12NG in a spiral to clear the mountains around ShangriLa because the aircraft was able to climb and fly directly to Kunming. From there, Rohner flew the PC-12NG to Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai in four hours and 25 minutes at 26,500 feet. According to navigator Li, “This PC-12 consumed less fuel during the round trip to Diqing than what was consumed by the APU while I was waiting for departure at Kunming
Beda Rohner, Pilatus production test pilot, lands a new PC-12NG at ShangriLa’s Diqing Airport, which has an elevation of 10,787 feet (3,288 meters).
Airport [in an airline jet].” The Diqing landing and takeoff were the first time had flown a single-engine turboprop flew from a super-high plateau airport, according to Pilatus. After ABACE, Rohner will fly the PC12NG to Australia. Pilatus is expanding its presence in China, too, and recently agreed on plans to build a PC-6 and PC-12 assembly facility in
Metrojet partners with Zhuhai Hanxing General by Chad Trautvetter Hong Kong-based Metrojet (Booth H100) has partnered with Zhuhai Hanxing General Aviation Co. to expand its business jet maintenance business into mainland China, the companies announced here at ABACE 2013 yesterday. Located in a 15,000-sq-ft hangar at Zhuhai Airport, Metrojet Hanxing now offers the same full range of maintenance,
repair and overhaul (MRO) services–in addition to authorizations for the same list of OEMs–as that at Metrojet’s facility at Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport. “China ranks as one of the world’s fastest-growing markets in business aviation,” said Metrojet CEO Björn Näf. “Our partnership with Zhuhai Hanxing General Aviation
now enables Metrojet to deliver world-class business aviation service standards to customers in China.” Metrojet’s move into mainland China is part of its ongoing regional expansion program, which has seen the aircraft management, charter and maintenance firm open service facilities in the Philippines and, more recently, in Mumbai, India. In conjunction with yesterday’s announcement, the company also unveiled its new official Chinese name, which is phonetically similar to Metrojet and translates as “offering perfect and efficient business aviation services to our clients.” o
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ASA Group opens new offices in region safety by design This MD Helicopters MD902, brought to ABACE 2013 by Avion Pacific, features a NOTAR (NO TAil Rotor) anti-torque system, which is much safer than the tail rotors that are usually found on most helicopters.
The ASA Group has opened new offices in Indonesia and Malaysia, expanding the scope of its services to the VIP aviation market. ASA Group services include arranging charters, security, concierge and ground handling services, over-flight
and landing clearances and inflight catering. Last year, ASA Group opened an office in Shanghai at Hongqiao Airport, and recently the company appointed Tom Mulvey as director of operations, based at its Hong
Kong office. “China is such an important region for business aviation,” said ASA CEO Joe Wilson, “and we are delighted to see the success of both ABACE and the FBO here as China continues to grow.” –M.T.
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Embraer sales success as regional presence grows
STAR JET TO BUILD SEAPLANE BASE AT ZHOUSHAN Here at ABACE signing a memorandum of cooperation on a project to build an amphibious-seaplane terminal and transportation service to promote the seaside-vacation destination of Zhoushan City in eastern China were (l to r): Ji Gui Rong, general manager of Avic International (Hong Kong); Li Shan Zhong, vice mayor of Zhoushan City; and Wang Xue Feng, CEO of Star Jet, a multi-faceted aviation business. One of the two prefecture-level cities of the People’s Republic of China consisting solely of islands, Zhoushan City lies across the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay, just south of Shanghai, and is separated from the mainland by a narrow body of water. The archipelago with its 1,390 islands is well suited for service by amphibious seaplanes, according to Star Jet. The joint-development effort of Avic International, Star Jet and the city has the goal of creating a free-trade zone in the region, and officials hope it will attract tourists from all over the world.
Stats show optimism in Asian bizav market by Amy Laboda “All of the numbers are clear,” said Rolland Vincent, creator-director of JetNet iQ (Intelligence Quarterly) yesterday at ABACE 2013. “Asia is growing economically, and there is a lot of room indicated, from our surveys, for growth of business aviation in the Asia market.” JetNet’s “State of the Market” briefing highlighted key trends and insights from JetNet iQ, the company’s premium business aviation forecasting and advisory service, which taps the insight of more than 4,500 business jet operators worldwide through detailed surveys. “Out of the big three markets–North America, Europe and Asia Pacific–it is the Asia Pacific buyers who trend toward large-cabin aircraft,” said Vincent. “Bombardier and then Gulfstream are the top two preferred aircraft brands in Asia.” JetNet surveys its business jet operators every three months, so data collected stays fresh, according to Vincent. The company collects results from 500 respondents in 63 countries for the survey. Focusing on the Asia Pacific market in his presentation, Vincent showed that the latest
data indicates that Asia Pacific business jet operators have the highest equipment utilization in the world, and respondents from the region predict that they will be flying even more in the next 12 months. As far as market sentiment is concerned, survey respondents in this region are the most optimistic, feeling that the world is past the low point in the current economic crisis. Regarding purchase preferences, respondents in the region
look at an aircraft’s range, cabin size and price, in that order, when deciding what to purchase. Forty-nine percent of respondents in the region believe that they will purchase a large-cabin business jet within the next 12 months, with 47 percent indicating they will purchase a medium-cabin size business jet within one-to-five years. “This is tough news for the small-cabin jet market in Asia,” said Vincent. Overall, however, the news from the survey is good. Jet deliveries worldwide are forecast to rise throughout the next decade. Vincent’s calculations put the worldwide fleet growing from nearly 19,000 to more than 26,800 business jets by 2022, with a value of $254 billion in 2012 dollars. o
JETNET’S CHINA-BASED AIRCRAFT SUMMARY BY MAKE Airbus (6) Learjet (6)
Beechjet (1)
King Air (17)
Boeing (3)
Caravan (34)
Hawker (14)
Challenger (34) Gulfstream (62) Cheyenne (4) Citation (31) Global (9)
Embraer (8) Falcon (13)
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Brazilian manufacturer Embraer announced on Monday here at ABACE that it received another order for its Lineage 1000. The order is for a single aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery to an undisclosed Chinese customer in the first half of this year, according to Ernest Edwards, president of Embraer Executive Jets. The order builds on previous successes, including an order from Minsheng Financial Leasing for five Lineages. Embraer Executive Jets’ (Chalet 130) presence in the Asia Pacific has grown significantly since the delivery of its first executive jet to the region in 2004. The Embraer fleet currently numbers more than 40 units spanning its complete portfolio: the Phenom 100 and 300, Legacy 600 and 650 and Lineage 1000. The company is displaying a Lineage 1000, Legacy 650 and Phenom 300 in
in the country are the only type of aircraft in that category, effectively creating the light jet segment in the India market. The Lineage 1000 based in India is one of two in the region; the other is located in Indonesia. Service Centers
To support the operations of the growing number of Embraer Executive Jet customers and operators in the country, the company has named Indamer as authorized service provider for the Phenom 100, Legacy 600/650 and Lineage 1000, and Air Works Engineering for the Phenom 100. Air Works also maintains a stock of parts on-site at its bonded facility in Bangalore. The customer-support network consists of seven service facilities: two each in New Delhi and Mumbai, and one each in Hyderabad, Chennai and Hosur. In Pakistan,
Embraer has received an order from a Chinese customer for its Lineage 1000, such as this one in the ABACE static display.
the ABACE static area here in Shanghai this week. Indonesia is one of two country-markets in the Asia Pacific where at least one type from each family of Embraer Executive Jets’ aircraft is in active service. The company recently announced the appointment of Hawker Pacific Singapore as an authorized service center for all of the manufacturer’s business jets, including the in-development Legacy 450/500 family when they enter service. In Thailand, the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Navy both operate two Legacies (also alluded to as the “ERJ 135 shuttle”). India is the second single country-market in the region where one type from each family of Embraer Executive Jet aircraft is in active service, but it is home to the largest fleet of jets (18, which is more than one third of the 42 regional total, and just over 10 percent of the total number of business jets in India). The six Phenom 100 jets
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the Pakistani government uses four Phenom 100 jets for VIP transport missions. In Australia, Embraer Executive Jets has successfully placed a Legacy 600 and two Phenom 100s. One of the Phenom 100s is with the China Southern Western Australia Flight College, the first flight school in the Asia Pacific region to choose a Phenom 100. Embraer has also appointed ExecuJet Australia as an authorized service provider, and it is approved for MRO services for the Phenom 100, Phenom 300 and Legacy 600/650 at its facilities in Melbourne and Sydney, and for the Phenom 100 in Perth via preferred partner Airflite. A stock of parts is also maintained on-site at the facilities in Melbourne and Perth. In Japan, Embraer has preselected Japcon to offer maintenance services to future Embraer Executive Jet operators in the country. o
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