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BUSINESS AIR NEWS ISSUE 208

OCTOBER 2010

Near miss over London highlights TCAS II light jet issue The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has recommended that the CAA considers mandatory TCAS II for aircraft operating in airspace where London City and Heathrow traffic interacts.

This follows what the AAIB described as a “serious” incident when a Citation 525 taking off from London City in July 2009 was about 100ft to 200ft and half-a-mile away from a Boeing 777 heading to Heathrow with 232 people on board.

The AAIB report said the control tower at London City had cleared the German-owned Citation 525 to climb to 3,000ft but when the flight crew acknowledged the instruction, they said they would be climbing to 4,000ft. This “read back” mistake was not noticed by the controller at the tower, the AAIB said.

Meanwhile, the Turkish flight had been cleared to descend to 4,000ft as it approached Heathrow Airport in west London.

If the aircraft had come close during bad weather “the only barrier to a potential mid-air collision” would have been built-in collision avoidance systems as the aircraft would not have been able to see each other, the AAIB said. The report found that when the aircraft came close, the Turkish flight crew had not followed the commands of three on-board collision avoidance warnings and the Citation jet did not have TCAS II on board.

A pilot sitting on the observer seat of the Turkish flight saw the Citation 525 carrying two crew members and one passenger “pass west of them at an estimated 100 to 200ft below,” the report said.

In his account the Citation 525’s captain said he had the passenger aircraft in sight “all the time” and had at first thought that his jet would be “well above” it.

The AAIB made five safety recommendations that: • The CAA considers whether TCAS II should be mandated for aircraft operating in those parts of the London TMA where London City airport SID interact with traffic positioning to land at Heathrow airport.

• NATS works to reduce significantly the risk of an accident resulting Continued on page 15

Polish entrepreneur chooses TBM

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Owners’ club aims to cut costs

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Hangar8 boosts long haul capability page 6 Operators confirm gradual For details of how to enter, see page 3. business uplift page 16 For details of how to enter, see page 3.

Charter broker news

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Industry news

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Air guitarists drum up business London Executive Aviation air guitarists have spent much of the summer flying genuine music legends on tour around Europe in its Embraer Legacy 600s. Pictured left to right are stewardess Kristina Manna, Capt Morten Lange and first officer Alec Whyte. Full story page 6.

EC135 order lays foundation for Eurocopter expansion in Russia Russia’s Gazpromavia, the air carrier of Russia’s Gazprom energy company, is bringing into service its first EC135 T2i.

“This EC135 is the first Eurocopter helicopter equipped with Russianbuilt mission avionics, produced by Transas Aviation, a leading Russian avionics manufacturer based in St Petersburg,” says Victor Rakhmanko, head of Gazprom’s transport division.

“It is the initial delivery of a purchase contract for eight EC135s in passenger configuration.”

Andrey Ovcharenko, general director of Gazpromavia, says: “The EC135’s introduction into our fleet is a milestone event for us and its Russian content has enabled perfect customisation of this reliable and efficient helicopter to our operational needs. We plan to extend our strategic partnership with Eurocopter. This will particularly focus on the field of training services and be in addition to the operations support and maintenance provided by the company in our facility at Ostafievo airport.”

The EC135: first of eight.

Ovcharenko says the helicopters will be operated in challenging weather conditions throughout Russia. “The twin-engine EC135 is a highly sophisticated, multi-purpose helicopter featuring cutting-edge technology that enables it to carry out diverse missions.”

Gazpromavia is one of Russia’s ten largest airlines and also operates a fleet of 108 rotary aircraft, mainly of Russian manufacture. But since 2006 it has operated the EC120 and it has set up a Eurocopter helicopter maintenance centre in Ostafievo.

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UK helicopter charter operator PremiAir, which is diversifying into fixed wing operations, has added a Learjet 45 to its AOC following its acquisition of the former Gold Air facilities at London Biggin Hill (see also show report on page 16).

Neil Gibson, director aircraft charter and management, says: “PremiAir offers clients a fully integrated executive helicopter and private jet option which gives us a distinct advantage over other operators. Many customers are interested in the time saving benefits of connecting arrivals and departures at the major London airports: some 40 per cent of helicopter movements departing the London Heliport connect on to business jets.”

Matt Ashby, operations manager, says: “The Learjet 45 has excellent range, speed, payload and short runway performance. Capable of flying non-stop between London and Moscow, our Learjet fleet is also certificated for London City which adds an important dimension to our private jet services.”

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for the company’s helicopters in Russia and the CIS. Rakhmanko says: “We expect the first operational results of the EC135 T2i to be good but the deliveries are part of a mutual programme that has long-term significance for the development of the use of helicopters in Russia and neighbouring countries.

It lays the foundation for long-term fruitful cooperation between Gazpromavia, Eurocopter Vostok and Transas Aviation.

Nikolai Lebedev, president of Transas group, says: “Not only are such contracts of interest to the participating parties but they also confirm the potential of Russia in the field of avionics development and manufacturing.” Transas Aviation focuses on avionics, navigation software and flight simulators at all certification levels.

Laurence Rigolini, ceo, Eurocopter Vostok, says sales of helicopters are rising in Russia and the CIS and there is increasing demand for customer support.

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Polish telecoms operator believes TBM 850 is ‘perfectly suited’ to take business to new levels Entrepreneur Robert Kowalczyk (pictured) is using the first Polishregistered TBM 850 to spearhead the international expansion of his communications company. The Sat Film owner and pilot, who is part of a new generation of self-made businessmen in Poland, graduated as an historian before creating Sat Film 18 years ago from scratch.

Kowalczyk, aged 46, says: “I started flight training in 2004 and obtaining a pilot’s licence was a dream come true for me. While preparing for my instrument rating in 2007 I decided to order a VLJ to extend the company’s operations all over Europe.

“But during my instrument rating training course, I realised the VLJ could not land on the short runways close to my final destinations and this would add travel times to my typical trips. So I looked for another aeroplane. Ultimately, I decided that a very fast turboprop would best meet my needs and that the TBM 850 was exactly what I was looking for in terms of speed, range and operating efficiency.”

Sat Film is a TV cable and communications operator that offers services in Lodz, the third largest city

in Poland. “The company now counts 60,000 subscriptions to its cable, telephone and internet services. In the next step, it anticipates a licence for mobile phone services,” says Kowalczyk. “I think, based on its performance and flexibility, that the TBM 850 is

perfectly suited to work that will help link the established business in eastern Europe to developing business in western Europe.”

Kowalczyk says factors that influenced his decision included the TBM 850’s maximum cruising speed of 320 kts. He says: “It combines the

MNG Jet chooses Global 5000 for range and speed Istanbul’s MNG Jet Havacilik AS has ordered a Global 5000. “It is the perfect addition to our current fleet,” says president Mehmet Nazif Gunal.

“It combines speed and range, with great comfort and luxury and will substantially enhance our business offering as well as provide an effective and important business tool for our own travel requirements.”

Founded in 2008, MNG Jet is a member of the MNG Group. The company currently operates a Challenger 601 aircraft and performs maintenance for executive jets.

Gunal says: “The Global 5000 combines superior transatlantic speed with a large cabin. It features high speed internet connectivity and has great entertainment options as well as a heads-up flight display system, with an excellent field-ofview. With a recent range increase of 400 nm it can now connect Istanbul to New York or Seoul non-stop with eight passengers and three crew.”

MNG Jet is expanding its business aviation services to include aircraft management, operations and spare parts distribution.

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cruising speed and trip times of a light jet with the economic direct operating costs, range and ecofriendly environmental signature of a turboprop engine. The TBM 850’s maximum range and useful load and the ability to land at small airports are very important features.”

ExecuJet Middle East has added a Hawker 800XP and two Challenger 605s to its managed fleet. The aircraft, based in Dubai, will also be available for charter worldwide including Afghanistan and Iraq, subject to regular internal security review by the ExecuJet safety committee.

Middle East md Mike Berry says: “The Middle East business aviation market is showing positive signs of recovery and business is now steady.

On the FBO side we are handling increased charter activity with flights within the Middle East and to regions such as Africa and Europe being especially popular. The new Hawker 800XP is a very welcome addition to the fleet.”

The company is expanding its maintenance capability at its Dubai base adding a second 4,830 sq m hangar. The facility is suitable to accommodate eight to ten aircraft or more of various sizes and also features 417 m2 of additional office space.

It complements its existing 5,600 sq m maintenance, FBO and office facility at the airport, where it also offers aircraft management and charter services.

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Legacy 650 is set to join DC Aviation on schedule Germany’s DC Aviation, which recently added three A319CJs to its fleet, says it is on schedule to bring a Legacy 650 into service this year, followed by a second in 2011. New ceo Michael Kuhn (pictured) says: “We are going to cement and expand DC Aviation’s solid market position in international business aviation. Over the next few years we intend to further expand our aircraft management programme in particular. We have already had concrete talks with a number of companies and private individuals to enlist their aircraft under contract.”

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Owners’ club will dramatically cut cost of private aircraft ownership says entrepreneur pilot Hotelier and pilot Ruchir Gupta is launching an owners’ club which he believes will lead to shared ownership of a fleet of Eclipse 500s and Citation Mustangs.

Gupta, md of the Farnborough, UK-based Speedflight, explains: “The owners buy a share in Speedflight and a share in the assets, initially into our first Total Eclipse, now based in Luton airport. Under a shareholders’ agreement each co-owner becomes the operator of the aircraft when it is being flown for their own missions. This way it stays a nonfractional operation and enjoys many cost advantages. In the fractional approach, adopted by companies such as NetJets, the owner and the operator are separate entities.”

Gupta says that shared ownership enables owners to save a great deal of money on fixed costs such as insurance, crew salaries, hangarage and operations. He adds: “There are still the variable costs such as fuel, flight planning and crew for non-pilot owners but owners only pay fixed costs in proportion to use.”

Gupta, who has chalked up more than 200 hours on the Mustang, says that it and the Eclipse 500 are

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complementary and that a fleet of three Eclipse 500s and two Mustangs would be ideal for shared ownership.

“The Eclipse is more cost-effective for two passengers looking to travel perhaps 1,100nm with two pilots,” he points out. “The Mustang comes into its own when there are three or four passengers and two pilots.”

Gupta says that fractional

ownership/charter makes sense for some low hour users but can cost around €1,800 an hour. “Shared ownership reduces the costs to around €900/€1,100 an hour,” he adds.

Gupta drew on his combined business and aviation background to design Speedflight for pilot owners and non-flying owners. He studied at Schiller University, Heidelberg and

trained as a pilot in London before going on to own three hotels and a pub in the UK. “It doesn’t make commercial sense for someone who flies less than 300 hours a year to own a whole jet. NetJets and similar fractional schemes work and have been very successful but owner pilots are not welcome there. In addition our shared ownership is more costeffective,” he says.

“I believe this is the first scheme of its type for the Eclipse 500. A share will cost less than owning a Ferrari or a Bentley and it will not be much more to run on fuel as the Eclipse is the greenest jet in the world.”

UTair to bring 20 Ecureuils into service Russia’s UTair is to acquire 20 AS350s and AS355s with deliveries beginning in the summer of 2011 and continuing through the spring of 2013. Andrey Martirosov, director, says: “These 20 Ecureuils perfectly meet Russian and worldwide requirements.”

UTair’s fleet currently includes the AS350B3, AS355N and BO105 which are flown in diverse missions ranging from vip and medical services to oil and gas industry support. “The company also is a launch customer for the EC175 and intends to order 15 with another 15 options,” Martirosov adds. UTair operates more than 250 helicopters and provides transport services for United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Martirosov says the AS350B3 provides high performance and is adapted to extreme operating conditions in high altitudes and the transport of heavy loads. “It has power, flexibility, safety and low acquisition and maintenance costs.

It is also an excellent business helicopter,” he adds. “The AS355NP is cost-effective and offers a proven design for utility work, public services and passenger transport missions.”

Ocean Sky to offer seven more aircraft in fleet Don Sigournay: consolidation.

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Ocean Sky is expanding its fleet and staff. Stephen Grimes, ceo, says: “By the end of this year the charter fleet will have expanded with the introduction of seven more aircraft.”

Two Challenger 604s, two 605s, a Global Express XRS and two Falcon 7Xs will join the fleet. “Our expansion plans are dramatic, diverse and exciting, not just in the UK, but across Europe and into the Middle East. We need top people to manage this kind of rapid growth,” Grimes adds.

New appointments include Capt Don Sigournay as director of flight operations, Lenny Gray as gm Ocean Sky Interiors and Paul Macintyre as head of the maintenance operations start-up at London Luton.

Sigournay says: “We are consolidating Ocean Sky’s flight operations management under one roof at Luton. My first job is to be the catalyst for that restructuring, turning the plans into reality. With that foundation in place, and the consequent efficiencies, the flight

operations team will play a key role in supporting Ocean Sky’s short and long-term expansion plans.”

Sigournay, formerly a Sea Harrier pilot and executive officer in the Royal Navy with active service experience in Bosnia-Herzegovina, will report to Andrew Hughes, md of Ocean Sky aircraft management.

Gray says: “We’ll be able to support third-party aircraft but given Ocean Sky’s rapid expansion plans, we’ll be kept very busy supporting our own aircraft. We’re looking to work on business jets from Cessna Citations through to the complete Bombardier range of business aircraft.”

Macintyre says: “My first task is to ramp the hangar up to a fullyequipped and fully-functioning engineering facility by early 2011.

The operation will be focused on serving all of Bombardier’s business aircraft.”

Ocean Sky’s fleet includes a Global Express, an XRS and a Falcon 900EX.

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6 OCTOBER 2010

Lineage 1000 makes impact on Middle East charter sector

Md Air is planning to expand its managed fleet and operate from the UK’s Coventry airport. Pictured (left to right) are co-pilot Tom Bristow, chief pilot and flight operations Ian Sixsmith, md and accountable manager Nigel Jones-Blackett, Coventry airport’s Marc Watkins and co-pilots Kevin Laporte, Jamie Shevlin and Carl Walker.

Dubai’s Al Habtoor Group reports great interest in a Lineage 1000 which it has brought into service following an acquisition and management contract agreed with Royal Jet more than two years ago (EBAN July 2008).

Maan Halabi, executive director, says: “We chose the Lineage 1000 because it delivers new standards of comfort and excellence in an unparalleled cabin. This is a very exciting time for the Al Habtoor Group, and we are eager to fly with this wonderful aircraft.”

The aircraft is configured with a bedroom offering amenities including a queen-size bed and a stand-up shower, three lavatories, conference tables, 23-inch LCD monitors, and a refrigerator and chiller.

Md Air works to add range and speed of the Mustang to Islander’s short hop capacity The UK’s Northampton-based Md Air is negotiating to add a Mustang to its Britten-Norman Islander and build a managed fleet based on the two aircraft types at the re-launched Coventry airport.

Nigel Jones-Blackett, md, says: “The managed aircraft side is on schedule to expand strongly early next year and will complement the well-established training side under Capt Ian Sixsmith which qualifies pilots to fly AOC.” The Islander, which has been

operating out of Wellesbourne, is managed on behalf of Metachem Diagnostics, a laboratory specialising in research into cancer and genetics.

Jones-Blackett says the aircraft offers short haul charter with two pilots at competitive rates for up to eight passengers.

“The outlay is roughly half that demanded by operators of private jets and the prices are attractive when compared with the total individual rail fares that might accompany the practical alternatives,” Jones-Blackett

adds. “The 800 kilogram luggage storage capability is also a good marketing point. The Islander obviously appeals to those who need to reach remote areas as well as executives whose budgets would not otherwise justify the expense of a private business flight.”

Recent trips include a group attending a 50th birthday party in Oban in the West Highlands of Scotland while the Isle of Man and Channel Islands are also within reach of its optimum 90 minutes to two-

hour flying range.

Jones-Blackett says: “The owner of the Mustang intends to fly 50 to 60 hours a year and this would give us the capability to offer the complementary alternative of flights further afield into Europe.”

Marc Watkins, bdm of Coventry airport, says: “We are talking to operations such as Md Air and building a mix of private and scheduled operations.

The framework should be in place for a take-off of business early next year.”

LEA Legacy flights rock on London Executive Aviation Legacy fleet crews have enjoyed sampling the rock star world this summer (see cover photo). “We’ve been flying some of the world’s most famous musicians,” says George Galanopoulos, LEA md.

“When you have a heavy international schedule of tour commitments, and hundreds of thousands of fans eager to see you perform across Europe, you need fast and reliable transport. Stars really like the Legacy 600 and the aircraft is enjoying much demand from tour managers.”

LEA operates five of the type in a total fleet of 23 aircraft ranging from the Mustang to the Falcon 900EX. Galanopoulos says the 13passenger capacity of the Legacy 600 is “the best cabin space for the money.” He adds: “The Legacy also has a huge luggage hold, accessible inflight. Its range is good and the dispatch rate is excellent. This is an element tour managers and performers take very seriously indeed.

You can’t afford to be sitting on the ramp at an airport somewhere when you should be singing to a stadium full of people.”

He says: “This summer, we’ve flown legendary singers and guitarists all over Europe, to and from places like Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Berlin.”

Hangar8 boosts long haul capability as it closes in on 30-strong fleet target Hangar8 is working to expand its 27strong managed fleet to 30 as it promises charter clients that its aircraft can be almost anywhere in the world within 90 minutes.

The company’s Tamara Smart says: “We are expanding the management side and there are very real prospects of adding another Hawker 4000 and a Challenger 604. We have a strong focus on the global charter side where our wide geographic spread of bases

and operations means we can be with our clients in most parts of the world, apart from exceptions like Australasia, within 90 minutes flight time. Our expansion focus is not currently on Australia, although that might be a longer term objective, but on market growth countries like Russia and India and on maintaining and improving our high level of aircraft availability in Europe and North America.”

Hangar8, headquartered in Oxford,

UK, has bases ranging from Kiev and Krasnador to the Channel Islands and Nice. Smart says: “Our global focus means that we have a very strong focus on adding long haul aircraft to our managed fleet.”

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Halabi adds: “The ample aft baggage compartment is pressurised and accessible during flight. Pilots benefit from an electronic fly-bywire flight control system and Honeywell’s Primus Epic avionics, complemented by an electronic flight bag and other cutting-edge technologies, resulting in a lower workload and increased safety.”

Nizar Jazzar, Royal Jet’s vp aircraft project engineering and business development, says: “A highlyexperienced crew is now operating the Lineage 1000 from our Abu Dhabi FBO in the vip terminal. We will also be managing the ongoing maintenance of our latest fleet addition. The Lineage 1000 is achieving growing success in the Middle East region.”

Shane O’Hare, Royal Jet president and ceo says: “Clients have been impressed by the range and comfort offered by the Lineage 1000 and we are able to provide guests with a new dimension in luxury.”

O’Hare says the Lineage 1000 comfortably carries up to 19 passengers in five distinct “privacy zones” with the cabin interior designed in partnership with the UK’s Priestmangoode.

However, much of the demand may come from smaller groups. Royal Jet points out that there is a range of 4,400nm with eight passengers and 4,500nm with four passengers enabling the aircraft to fly nonstop from Dubai to destinations including London, Johannesburg, Tokyo and Jakarta.

The Al Habtoor Group, created in 1970 by its chairman Khalaf Al Habtoor, has considerably expanded its international business. Although it is best known for construction, it is globally recognised in the hotel, automotive, real estate, education, insurance and publishing sectors, employing more than 40,000.

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HOLLAND REGIONAL REVIEW

Derk-Jan van Heerden, gm of Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions which is expanding its specialised service.

Dutch determination makes the most of private charter opportunities JetNetherlands typifies the spirit that has kept the services of resilient Dutch charter operators in demand during the global economic recession. “We are always looking for business, and try never to ‘fly home empty’,” says Eelco Los, manager sales and marketing. “We always try to operate in ways where we are in a position to meet the needs of clients around the clock. For that reason we are flying our clients during the day for business purposes and undertaking ambulance flights during the night. This way we optimise the efficiency of our fleet.”

Holland may be a small country but it has a good number of airports and a wide charter operator base for clients to draw on when neighbouring countries like Belgium, France and Germany are taken into account. Charter operators, therefore, have to work hard to acquire and operate aircraft for management and charter.

“JetNetherlands is always looking to acquire new aircraft,” says ceo Marcel Groeskamp. “Recently we acquired two new aircraft, a Gulfstream 200 and a Mustang. The Mustang will be used for commercial flights as well as being used by the owner. The Gulfstream 200 will be operated solely for its owner’s use.”

The company, founded in 2001 with two aircraft, has grown to operate a fleet of about a dozen aircraft including the Piaggio Avanti II, the CJ2 and CJ3, the Excel and XLS, the Beech 400A and the Falcon 2000 EX. JetNetherlands believes the market is in a consolidation phase. However, it has put in a great deal of hard work to be ready for the anticipated upturn. “As soon as the economy recovers and we begin to see the results of that process, we are sure that Dutch people will start ordering aircraft again,” says Groeskamp. “As they order aircraft we will be ready to carry out aircraft management for them.”

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JetNetherlands does not underplay the difficulties of the past two years. “Like every operator we have faced tough times but the market is improving,” says Groeskamp.

“In the second quarter of this year we flew 40 per cent more hours than the first quarter of 2010. However, because of the intense competition and overcapacity of the Dutch market, charter prices are still too low. As soon as the economy improves, and our expectations are that it will do from 2011, we are sure the prices per hour will increase in tandem.”

Los says: “Most of our aircraft are bought new from the factory and we carry out the delivery as well. For other clients we search the marketplace and purchase the aircraft pre-owned. Our approach, of course, depends on the wishes and budgets of the owners.”

Groeskamp says that few buyers select their aircraft for sentimental reasons. He explains: “Flights in Europe average about 1.2 hours per leg and do not tend to exceed 2.5 or three hours. This means that there are eminently suitable small and midsize jets with all the options and comfort they specify. Most of the time financial criteria dictate the choice of aircraft.”

JetNetherlands says its transparent business model enables it to work with brokers and direct with its own clients. Groeskamp says: “We respect our clients’ wishes whichever business channel is chosen. Our target market is wide so we do not focus on one particular sector.

We listen to our clients, see how the market is developing and make the best of the prevailing business and economic conditions. Until now that has worked well for JetNetherlands in good and bad times.”

Most of the routes are from the Netherlands to destinations around Europe.

“Approximately 70 per cent of our flights are booked to carry out business however we do fly a great many of our clients to their second homes in the Mediterranean.”

JetNetherlands says it is essential to ensure a constant high standard of flight and cabin crew performance.

“Prior to entering service, a pilot undergoes an extensive selection process that includes both psychological tests and an actual skill test in a flight simulator,” Groeskamp explains. “The first months of service are under the supervision of senior flight crew members to ensure a high professional standard.

Cabin crew is selected in a comparable manner with actual flights under supervision of senior cabin crew members the most decisive element in the process.”

Ground crew are selected and trained by ground operations personnel. He adds: “Only flight dispatchers trained by approved providers will be allowed to join our selection and training process.

A period of three months of on-the-job training is conducted to ensure that our ground operations personnel are up to the standards required by our customers.”

The company does not currently have any vacancies.

Solid Air recognises the importance of competing internationally as well as domestically. It has a base at Weeze Niederrhein in Germany as well as at Eindhoven and Schiphol in the Netherlands and will be operating out of the Caribbean.

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before and during the global economic recession. Its 14-strong fleet offers a range of aircraft that spans the CJ1, the Premier I, Bravo, Citation VI, Piaggio II, Challenger 850, Falcon 2000 EX EASy and the 900B. Rieko Dalhuisen, sales and marketing director, says: “The midsize jets are very much the workhorses of our fleet, even in times of recession, and they will be much in demand for such a big occasion in Europe as the Olympics. We don’t expect that one event to herald an end to the recession but it is reasonable to assume that established operators will enjoy a boost while it takes place and then continue to see an improvement in marketplace demand.”

He adds: “We also fly long haul flights to the Middle East, with Oman and Dubai among popular destinations and to Far East countries such as China but Europe is our most important market. The demand is far from confined to businessmen. The Dutch like to go on holiday by private charter to sunny destinations such as the Côte

Solid Air: cost benefits.

flight, helicopter maintenance, offshore and vip flights and helicopter flight training.

Central location

JetNetherlands ceo Marcel Groeskamp and manager sales and marketing Eelco Los.

d’Azur, Nice, Cannes and Malaga.

Although some 60 per cent of our clients are business executives the leisure side is still very significant.”

However, although Europe is the

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prime operating area, Solid Air has opened offices in Aruba and St Maarten. “We will operate the Citation Bravo there having identified a demand for our services,” Dalhuisen says. “Our marketing executives travel with the aircraft whenever possible and follow up any opportunities to meet the needs of new customers. We also have an extensive client base and work hard to ensure that we meet their needs and retain and increase their business. We take the same attitude to winning managed aircraft business from owners.”

Solid Air enjoys the costs benefit that 80 per cent of its fleet is managed but works hard to ensure that the owners benefit from maximum charter.

“Business is picking up again but it might still take some time to get back to levels that we would be happier with,” Dalhuisen says.

“There is a good demand in Europe for our midsize jets from the business community and from leisure travellers. That augurs well as we can expect increasing enquiries as the London Olympics get closer.”

Solid Air works hard through channels such as Avinode and charter brokers to publicise its services and win business but points out that winning and retaining business is all about the personal touch.

Belgium’s FlyingGroup wants to continue developing activities on Dutch soil by increasing operations out of Rotterdam and Schiphol. Ben Paindavin, marketing and PR director, says: “As a key player in private aviation in the Benelux, we significantly strengthened our European network with the launch of

operations in the Netherlands. From Rotterdam and Amsterdam more than 2,000 destinations can be reached within Europe and further afield. We have based three types of private jets in the Netherlands – the Mustang, the Challenger 604 and the Falcon 50EX.” Two four-seat Mustangs operate from bases in Rotterdam, Antwerp and Luxembourg while a Falcon 50 configured for eight passengers is based at Schiphol. “The Challenger 604 services Holland, offers a spacious and luxurious cabin and is configured for 12 passengers,” he adds.

Helicopter versatility Successful helicopter operators in the Netherlands tend to be focused on the North Sea or on offering a varied platform of activities. EEA Helicopter Operations BV, operating under the CHC brand name, is based at Den Helder. The company says: “This is the major jumping-off point for the Dutch sector of the North Sea, and a critical part of EEA’s success in this region. Our location on Holland’s northwest seaboard minimises flight times to offshore platforms, making it a convenient location for servicing the offshore industry.”

EEA’s fleet in Den Helder is operated by EEA’s subsidiary CHC Helicopters Netherlands BV, which points out that the Dutch offshore sector commonly has a large number of platforms within a small area. It operates a fleet which includes the AW139, EC155, Sikorsky S76 and S61N. Heli Holland bases its appeal on four main activities – air service which provides all types of

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Rob Blaauw, charter sales manager Europe of Aviation Charter Limited, says Holland is a developed market but an expansion of FBO facilities and choice would still be welcome. “Cities including Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Eindhoven have well-developed facilities and a good perception of what is needed to attract charter operators and owners of private aircraft,” Blaauw says. “However Holland, like other developed economies in Europe including Germany and the UK, must work hard to improve how business aviation is perceived. Governments need to realise that modern aircraft are much quieter nowadays and that business aviation brings much needed business and jobs with comparatively little impact on the environment, particularly when compared to sectors such as heavy manufacturing or construction. Such industrial sectors are obviously essential but business aviation also has a key role to play in networking, communication and winning business orders. Holland could very much benefit from 24-7 business aviation airports.”

Although there are a limited number of charter operators in Holland, that is no obstacle to charter brokers providing a good competitively-priced service to their clients. “We serve the Dutch market but Holland’s location provides a good deal more than proximity to our clients,” Global Aviation’s Stephan Van den Hurk says. “Holland is a good central location despite having few charter operators in its own right. Charter operators in Germany, France and Belgium provide a good, cost-effective service.

In many cases, we find that the prices and services that can be obtained in countries such as Germany are best for our clients, even allowing for re-positioning.”

Global Aviation, founded 16 years ago and managed by Karin Brocks and Van den Hurk, is headquartered in Eindhoven but carries out a great deal of work for clients based in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Van den Hurk points out that, although Holland is a small country, it has good airports countrywide servicing the areas of Amsterdam in the north, Rotterdam in the centre and Eindhoven and Maastricht in the south.

“Holland provides a good environment for a business with our focus. It has an entrepreneurial tradition that has seen nationals do business all over the world and I can't see that ethos changing in the near future,” Van den Hurk adds.

Other airports include Lelystad which is working to provide a new integrated FBO facility. “Most of the people that come to Holland tend to think in terms of Amsterdam Schipol but there is more than one good airport for business aviation,” says Pieter van der Ham, manager commercial affairs. “We are part of the same group as Schipol but we want to provide a good second

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possibility for those who may currently treat Amsterdam as the only or preferred option.”

Lelystad is working to bring its upgraded FBO facilities into operation. Van der Ham says: “Charter operators and brokers already know us but we feel the improvements we are making will attract more of their business. Up to now Lelystad is the busiest airport for the smaller general aviation aircraft in Holland. The airport already has a hotel, restaurant and conference facilities and is three minutes away from the main motorway connecting Amsterdam to the northern part of Holland. Hangarage is available and will accommodate up to Boeing 737 later this year.”

The present grooved runway length is 1,250 metres and the Dutch Minister of Transport has given permission for this to be extended to 2,100 metres. However Van der Ham says: “This investment will not take place immediately due to the present situation in aviation but 250 people are already employed by the airport and a growth in this number is expected.”

But he says that Lelystad’s position just 50 kilometres from Amsterdam city centre favours business development and its finances are boosted by its aviation theme park Aviodrome which attracts up to 200,000 visitors a year.

Van den Hurk says Lelystadt is good for turboprops but its shorter runway militates against jet business.

“A longer runway would add appreciably to its attractions but we understand that this project is not likely to be implemented imminently”

Service industries Service industries have grown up to serve the needs of private aviation in Holland and some are thinking in

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PropJet especially since it was certified as below 2,000 kg. The TBM 700/850 are also popular.

Leefsma concludes: “There is a good future in this niche market.”

The current demand for pilot training suggests that the private, corporate and charter market in Holland will expand once the global economic recession recedes, probably from around 2012 onwards.

Lelystad: looking to boost private aviation attractions.

terms of growth. Derk-Jan van Heerden is gm of Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS), which is expanding its specialised service focusing on the disassembly and dismantling of aircraft and related services. He says: “We might start component brokering but that is not certain.”

Not surprisingly support services tend to be based at airports.

They include JetSupport which maintains Cessnas, Falcons and Dorniers from Schiphol and the Aviation Competence Centre at Maastricht Aachen.

The Regional Educational Center Leeuwenborgh and several partners are developing a new educational facility. They report that the Aviation Competence Centre will be tripling its output to support companies based on Maintenance Boulevard. The company says: “We work together with several engineering schools with graduate and undergraduate facilities in our Meuse-Rhine region. In

Global Aviation’s Stephan Van den Hurk.

general good skilled labour is widely available. Multilingual skills are widespread in Dutch, German and English. Our targets are to make more qualified engineers available for the MRO companies and increase quality by gaining our own Part 147 approval while developing a structural relationship with the MRO companies.”

The demand for support skills is

highlighted by the success of Sylvain’s Enterprises BV whose principal Sylvain J de Haas Leefsma markets pilot and flight instructor services.

The diverse focus is on air safety, survey and training but Leefsma also works as a broker in the corporate, executive, private and utility aircraft sectors.

He says: “Throughout the last year I have seen no downturn in the constant demand from private entrepreneurs for the PPL(A) – JAA Private Pilot Licence with the addition of IR(A) – JAA Instrument Rating training.”

The requirements focus on advanced single-engine piston, diesel and turboprop aircraft and the clients either intend to acquire an aircraft or have already purchased one, Leefsma says. The range includes the Cessna 182 with Garmin G 1000; the Cirrus 20/22 series, Diamond DA40 with Garmin G1000; the Piper Saratoga, Matrix, Meridian, Mirage and the JLX

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SPECIAL FOCUS – SAFE FLYING Top rate training for crews and the latest avionics are critical issues for charter operators seeking to win business on the basis of safety and reliability. The demands have generated advances in simulation and research that promise to maintain and improve private aviation’s strong safety record despite concerns over a rising number of illegal flights.

Business aircraft operators in Europe and the Middle East take training in safety and the addition of the latest avionics very seriously.

These include Gama, Comlux, FAI rent-a-jet, Dragonfly and DC Aviation.

Gama’s Dave Edwards says: “The next big development for us is in flight data monitoring. It’s already in place on our large cabin aircraft but we are very keen to roll it out across the fleet. The benefits to us are clear – they allow us to spot trends early on and use our training team to address them quickly.”

But he stresses: “The latest technology is only ever as good as the people operating it and that’s why it’s so important for us as an organisation to focus so heavily on our training.

There’s been a sea change in the way we’ve developed our training department over the past ten years from one which relied heavily on inaircraft flying to one which now oversees some 300 simulator training events a year running our own specific programmes.”

These programmes have been refined to train and test Gama crews in environments and scenarios that the company has identified as being the ones it feels benefit the safety of its passengers, crew and aircraft the most.

Training gets ever more realistic as business aviation builds on its strong safety record

Safety-conscious operator and brokers. Pictured from left are: Joel Fenn, executive jet sales director Air Charter Service; Peter Turner, operations manager Air Partner; Joanna Woods, executive aviation, Hunt and Palmer; Howard Palser, ceo DragonFly and Neil Harvey, director executive aviation, Hunt and Palmer.

Edwards says: “The advent of safety and quality management systems has also been a watershed in the professionalism of the industry, changing the way we work and think

on a daily basis.”

Gama, he says, has made great efforts to ensure that everybody in the organisation embraces the systems fully. “After some ten years we’re very

happy with the result, a dynamic system which continues to evolve with every day that goes by but which assists us in identifying problems before they occur. Likewise, the

introduction of flight safety officers and security managers has changed the way in which we assess and undertake each flight so that we’re not only thinking about how we operate in the air, but also how we look after our passengers and our team on the ground.”

Business aviation, Edwards points out, has traditionally been at the forefront of technological advances.

“As a result, we’re operating aircraft which are virtually unrecognisable from the first jets we operated back in the mid-1980s. Technology such as EGPWS and infrared head up displays were things that were only being whispered about 15 years ago. Now we are operating aircraft every day which benefit from the additional safety margins that these developments provide.”

Claas Detel, an FAI rent-a-jet quality management flight operations specialist, puts into context the challenge for operators of mixed fleets. FAI operates a range that includes the Learjets 35 and 60, the Challenger 604 and Global Express and the Falcon 900 EASy. “We carry out point-to-point vvip business charter and worldwide ambulance flights and in addition we are operating up to five bases for the United Nations in Africa,” he says.

“For us, crew training is one of the biggest challenges in the whole business. On the one hand we are managing three different types of

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operation with the same equipment and personnel, while on the other hand we have a floating base concept for ambulance and vvip charter and the bases in Africa.

“To comply with EU OPS and JAR FCL 1 we send all crew members in annual cycles to simulator training.

But we do not rely solely on the simulator aspects – we are also running a large amount of of CBT which is focused on training the pilots in issues such as TCAS, CFIT and special airport procedures. All our aircraft are equipped with stateof-the-art avionics to guarantee the highest level of safe operation.

“From our point of view the most important skills in the modern cockpit environment is system knowledge combined with outstanding CRM skills which are honed by training updates. Having advanced equipment on the aircraft is good but the pilots have to undergo man-machine interactions more than once a year in the simulator to ensure the right actions in difficult situations and to maintain a minimum communication level between all crew members.”

Howard Palser, ceo DragonFly Executive Charter, says: “Safety is paramount. We work closely with Executive Aviation Services Limited, the holders of the AOC under which our aircraft are operated, to ensure that safety is to the forefront of everyone’s thinking at all times, whether as operations staff or flight crew.”

He adds: “One factor that singles out DragonFly from most other operators of King Air 200 series aircraft is that although technically classed as suitable for single pilot operation we choose to operate these aircraft at all times with two fully qualified, type-rated pilots. This policy involves the company in

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Key considerations

Comlux Global Express 556: latest avionics.

Jens Henry Dreyer: demand for brand new jets.

significantly more cost in terms of recruitment of flight crew, salaries and crew expenses, as well as the time and cost spent in initial and recurrent training.”

Palser says: “Our pilots operate on a strict multi-crew basis which should be differentiated from single pilot operators who may have a pilot of some description in the right-hand seat, but who is unlikely to be typerated. We feel strongly that the cost of multi-crew operation is more than justified by the greater safety that results from sharing the workload in the cockpits of complex aircraft that operate in the congested airspace and seriously inclement weather that is experienced in the UK

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and Europe. We find it to be increasingly the case that charter brokers and private clients insist on multi-crew operation.”

The EBAA says that the importance of security and safety cannot be stressed too highly and points to its focus on recognising achievements. Recipients of the 2010 EBAA Flying Safety Awards presented at the Bombardier fourth annual Safety Standdown Europe reception included Dassault Falcon Service which received the 2010 Platinum Safety of Flight Award (50 years or 100,000 hours without an accident). Other companies honored were: Tyrolean Jet Services and Abelag Aviation, recipients of the

2010 Gold Safety of Flight Award (40 years or 80,000 hours); Tyrol Air Ambulance, recipient of the 2010 Silver Safety of Flight Award (30 years or 60,000 hours); and VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen, recipient of the 2010 Bronze Safety of Flight Award (20 years or 40,000 hours).

“Safety is certainly the top concern for the people in our industry, and we’ve got the data to prove that we are seriously committed to achieving the highest safety standards possible,” said Brian Humphries, EBAA president and ceo.

“These outstanding companies are examples of how this dedication to safe operations adds up to exemplary records.”

Humphries says: “Safety requires a year-round focus, and we at EBAA work daily with government and industry officials to enhance our already good safety record. The EBAA also works with the International Business Aviation Council to develop safety management systems and other industry standards of best practice.”

Investment in safety makes business sense Charter operators that invest in new aircraft equipped with the latest avionics and ensure that crews

• Owners and char ter operators need to identify safety issues early on and deal with them in advance.

• Pilots and crew need regular vir tual reality training to prepare for real-life problems.

• Training organisations are having to invest heavily to ensure that vir tual scenarios mirror the real operating environments.

• An understanding of how avionics work, as well as what they do, is vital.

• Training approaches are designed to eliminate errors wherever possible, contain them if they occur and mitigate their effects.

• Bona fide char ter operators investing heavily in safety are calling on the authorities to clamp down on illegal flights.

• Brokers are urged to put safety records and reliability before ‘best price’ deals.

• Some operators are exceeding statutor y requirements by flying multi-crew where regulations mandate single pilots.

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particular ask for detailed information about security and the experience and qualifications of the pilots.”

Julian Burrell, md, says that The Charter Company takes safety and security issues very seriously. “We do all the important checks on behalf of our clients and these obviously include the age and sometimes ownership of the aircraft.

The safety record of the operator is a prime consideration. We do a full due diligence before placing any business with a new operator.”

EBAS International, founded by Jochen Petereit more than 10 years ago, takes the view that such high standards are not only desirable from an ethical and legal point of view but the only basis on which to build longterm international business.

Monika Petereit, Jochen’s wife and director of sales and marketing, says.

“We always take the trouble to get to know the aircraft as part of our due diligence and also to examine how the operator’s pilots, cabin crew and other staff serve the charter clients.”

Britta Martin, international marketing and relationship manager for EBAS International Gmbh, confirms that safety and security concerns are the top priority. “When we book an executive jet our upmost priority is to select the best and safest air charter company for our clients,” she says. “In many cases we do know the air charter companies, their aircraft, and most of their crews personally.

“This gives us an advantage in being able to be certain that the aircraft is in top condition, not only from the exterior and interior appearance, but also from a technical point of view.”

She adds: “According to the EU OPS aviation regulations every air charter operator is obligated to have a safety manager and for aircraft over 5.7 tons to also have a security manager.”

The safety manager must make sure that the flights are conducted safely and legally and also to schedule the checks for recurring crew training. But EBAS has its own procedures to ensure safety and

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Cabin crew Mark Jenkins (top) and Sarah Hellyn (right) welcome Julian Burrell, md, The Charter Company, on an inspection. Tony Farmer, marketing manager for Cello Aviation, is on the left.

security issues are properly addressed. These require documents to be provided including the AOC and insurance record and documents, crew safety record, license and medical information.

EBAS charter and handling staff are themselves very safety and security conscious, she says. “Each staff member has special safety training, plus many years of operating expert knowledge within business aviation. Keeping up-todate on safety and security issues is absolutely vital for any broker since we have the responsibility to make sure that the customer can travel with peace of mind.”

Dreyer says Aviation Broker insists on vetting documents including the AOCs and insurances. “We use online quotation systems which allow access to updated information on how the aircraft and pilots compare

with the Wyvern Standard. These systems provide background to the company including safety intelligence reports. These span accident and incident data, pilot information and audit reports.”

Aviation Broker has an annual inhouse audit procedure. “Once a year we check with existing and also with potential carriers and ensure that at least a minimum of information is provided.”

Updates focus on AOCs, validity of all insurances and flight safety programmes and ensure that carriers with aircraft weighing more than 5.7 tons have an emergency response plan and meet airport parking requirements.

“We check airworthiness reviews and whether the charter operator has authorisation for low visibility operations,” says Dreyer. “We check if the pilots are qualified to operate under low visibility circumstances.

Pilots are expected to conduct flights safely and remain in compliance with the aviation regulations. Ramp checks are conducted to ensure pilots meet these expectations.

“A typical check involves the inspection of the pilot’s air and medical certificates and aircraft paperwork and an exterior inspection of an aircraft. Inspectors are

authorised to check for the airworthiness certificate, aircraft registration, the operating handbook, weight and balance information, minimum equipment list, and the general airworthiness of the aircraft,” Dreyer points out.

Volker Meissner, director of Aviation Charter Limited, says that one of the most important issues is to ensure that brokers have the systems and knowledge in place to exclude unscrupulous operators. “Aviation Charter sets great store by ensuring that all the requisite checks are made on a regular and timely basis,” he says. “One challenge for the industry is to ensure that no-one is tempted to undermine the probity of the majority by cutting corners to win short term business.”

Business aviation experts help to set the standards The European General Aviation Safety Team (EGAST) was launched at EASA headquarters in Cologne, Germany, at the end of 2007 as an ambitious partnership between the aviation community and the authorities, responding to the need for coordinated safety efforts in Europe.

“The sharing of good practices among operators and the industry, including from different aviation sectors, is increasingly recognised as an efficient way to improve safety.

This approach is encouraged worldwide by ICAO,” the organisation explains. “Building on existing initiatives identified in the European general aviation community, EGAST creates a forum for sharing best practices. It seeks to improve data sources and promote safety through communication and education.”

EGAST is composed of

Helicopter advice highlights common risks Helicopter pilots routinely face diverse challenges ranging from dangerous SAR missions to complex deliveries of loads and personnel in remote locations. “Helicopters tend to fly in more dynamic environments than most fixed-wing aircraft,” says Duncan Trapp who works for the European Helicopter Safety Team (EHEST). “It is really important that we try to reach out to all areas of the helicopter community – no matter how small – to communicate the latest safety advice, promote training best practice and flag up new ways of meeting regulatory requirements.”

Trapp, as safety and regulatory manager for all CHC Helicopter’s European operations; looks after the safety of around 100 helicopters. He explains: “EHEST is the European branch of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST). Both organisations are made up of volunteers from operators, regulators and manufacturers – all with the aim of improving safety within the helicopter community. In 2006, IHST set itself the goal of reducing rotary accident rates by 80 per cent by 2016. In Europe more than 300 accident reports have now been analysed and common themes

and trends from these highlighted.”

These results have prompted EHEST to focus on a number of key areas including the introduction of Safety Management Systems (SMS).

Trapp says: “Although most of the large operators have already deployed SMS and are formalising processes such as regular risk assessments or carrying out safety audits, smaller operators are less likely to have an SMS. Statistically it is smaller operators that tend to experience the majority of accidents.

In response to this the IHST has already drawn up an SMS Tool Kit to offer basic guidelines – free to download on the organisation’s web site. With the majority of helicopters being operated by companies with between one and five aircraft, these types of operations are the IHST’s target audience.”

Trapp says helicopter operators should have a major focus on current training practices and learn how their rotary aircraft can avoid joining the high percentage of accidents that take place during tasks such as aerial firefighting.

Trapp says: “Technology plays a vital role in the IHST/EHEST review of training issues: from the availability of computer based

training – relatively cheap and allowing those undergoing the training to revisit areas for consolidation as well as familiarising themselves with the use of new equipment such as GPS – to the introduction of simulators – a bigger challenge if they are to be affordable, accessible and accurate in how they replicate the characteristics of the ‘real’ aircraft.”

Flight data monitoring, he points out, is another key step in the use of technology to improve training.

“Becoming more and more affordable, it provides accurate and timely feedback on what actually happened,” Trapp adds. “If ideal profiles were not followed it offers insights into why and allows training to be modified to iron out potentially unsafe habits (whether they were being applied knowingly or otherwise). Such technological benefits need to be introduced within a non-punitive culture.”

Trapp adds: “Perhaps easier still is the use of the Internet to create a one-stop-shop of quality training material, free of charge, to the smaller operators. IHST/EHEST is developing a partnership with SKYbrary to upload training material such as specially produced DVDs.”

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representatives of aircraft manufacturers, national and European civil aviation authorities, the aviation community, research institutes, and national and international representative organisations.

It points out that, each year, EASA publishes a review of aviation safety in Europe. The 2009 edition reported 1,234 accidents causing 264 deaths in the general aviation sector on aircraft registered in EASA member countries. Statistics indicate that from those 1,234 accidents, only 12 involved an aeroplane over 2,250 kg.

“Such figures are not new. In 2007, EGAST therefore decided to focus on the most safety beneficial domain: the lighter part of GA.” The project is run by a core team of 20 organisations representing the various GA sectors. EGAST conducts its work through three subgroups addressing safety promotion (development of subject specific safety leaflets and videos), data collection and analysis, proactive safety (addressing today the risks of tomorrow), and links between research and the GA community (identification of needs and promotion of results).

The organisation explains: “The team is working actively on safety promotion for pilots and other GA personnel. In 2009, EGAST has produced a leaflet on reducing the risk of collision in collaboration with UK CAA and videos on preventing the loss of control during take-off together with the Institut pour l’Amélioration de la Sécurite Aérienne (IASA), France.

“To improve safety, regulatory compliance can be complemented by voluntary commitment to safety improvements,” EGAST says. “The establishment of standards by the industry with the support of the authorities is one key pillar of this voluntary commitment to continuous safety improvement.”

Abelag is among fixed wing and rotary operators in Europe and the Middle East that are placing an

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problems but is proving detrimental to professional operators who are investing increased resources in strengthening safety measures only to see potential clients flying with cost-cutting illegal operators.”

Training must invvolve the cabin crew too The private aviation industry as a whole in Europe and the Middle East is benefiting from an increasing number of training facilities, advances in avionics and greater dissemination of information and advice.

But Brian Hayvaz, an experienced airport rescue firefighter paramedic and a senior lead educator for FACTS Training International, and G Blain Stanley, a firefighter/medic and SAR team leader, believe that some areas of training can be under-valued or neglected.

Hayvaz says: “When considering advances in training technologies and methods relating to corporate aircraft crews and flight departments,

Training is expanding.

increased emphasis on safety while seeking stronger action to deter illegal flights exploiting gaps in rule enforcement.

Abelag’s Hervé Laitat says he welcomes a launch by the EBAA of a campaign targeting a minority of brokers who refer business on price and ignore safety issues. Laitat, who reports a rising number of illegal flights, says the national civil aviation authorities should be encouraged to take firmer action. “Operators without an AOC are carrying out commercial flights or are not respecting the rules,” Laitat says, and argues that regulators need increased powers. SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft) inspections are common at airports and carry out checks for deficiencies such as worn tyres or oil leaks or whether flight crew members have licences.

However Laitat says: “We do not feel that national authorities have sufficient powers to stop illegal flights. Illegal operators are exploiting loopholes in bilateral laws between countries. National authorities should consult with local operators to assess how to better monitor illegal flights and what legal action can be taken. This is not only causing safety

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Monika Petereit and Britta Martin of EBAS: inspections are a priority.

one must think about the everimproving realism provided in today’s emergency procedures training.

While ‘flying skills’ have been realistically addressed through decades-old advances in the flight control simulator, cabin crew simulators have historically been

obsolete commercial fuselages with inaccurate corporate configurations and overall compromised realism.”

Stanley says: “The more realistic one can make the training for a given student, the more event-driven stress can be replicated resulting in realistic behaviour and reactions during an

‘emergency’ event. This is, and should be, the focal point of any quality training session.”

Both say that rapidly advancing tools now enable trainees to experience effects such as hypoxia at 8,000 metres and see how other crew members react.

Hayvaz says: “From water survival to fighting live fires, experiencing realistic safety training as a complete crew builds confidence among all who participate. Showing reliance on each other under stressful but safe conditions highlights the importance of teamwork in effective decision-making.”

There is now training for almost every conceivable type of weather conditions. Kilfrost, for instance, specialises in safe flying in the winter months stressing de-icing and antiicing measures.

The private aviation industry is adept at ensuring that training facilities are available as new aircraft come into service.

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300, which is proving popular in the Middle East and Europe, are being expanded and simulators added to cope with rising demand for training.

The Phenom 300 training is being delivered through the Embraer CAE Training Services (ECTS) joint venture which has also provided pilot and maintenance technician training in Dallas, Texas, and Burgess Hill, UK, for Phenom 100 operators. “Phenom 300 training is focused for single crew or multi-crew operations, depending on the client’s preference,” ECTS says.

“It began in July at CAE SimuFlite in Dallas and the programme incorporates a CAE 5000 series fullflight simulator. Students also receive hands-on lab training with the Garmin 1000 avionics system, as well as instructor-led classroom sessions.”

Among the pilot training programs available are accelerated transitions from the Phenom 100 to the Phenom 300 or from the 300 to the 100 as well as full initial and recurrent training for the Phenom 300.

“We are committed to expanding training options for corporate aircraft fleets,” says Jan Van Engelen, CAE civil aviation regional leader for Europe and Africa. “We recognise that the past couple of years have been very challenging for the business aviation market. However, the consensus forecasts are for steady growth going forward, and CAE’s mission is to enhance safety and efficiency – through technology innovation and best practices as well as delivering training in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas so pilots and technicians can train close to their home base.”

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Several new simulators were added in the first half of 2010 with more to follow. Aircraft for which training is being made available include the Citation II, the Falcon 50EX, the Challenger 300, 604 and 605, the Global Express and Learjet 40/45, the Bell 412 and the AS350.

London Burgess Hill has a Citation II simulator that was approved by EASA in May. Bombardier and CAE will have added six new simulators to their worldwide training networks in five locations by the end of this year. The first FFS in Europe for Learjet 40, Learjet 40 XR, Learjet 45 and Learjet 45 XR aircraft is in operation at Burgess Hill. Global Express aircraft operators in the Middle East now have convenient access to a simulator located at the Emirates-CAE Flight Training facility in Dubai.

A simulator for Challenger 300s will be added at a CAE location in

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Europe in the third quarter of 2010. A Challenger 604 FFS currently located at Bombardier’s training centre in Montreal will also be relocated to the CAE training centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in early 2011.

Simulators have become crucial for flight crew training, according to Helisim ceo Alain Salendre.

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Helisim simulates rescue operations involving hover flights over water as well as land in day and night conditions. The company says: “We also simulate evacuation flights to the hospital which is normally the final phase of such missions.”

It adds: “The trainees are forced to deal with many technical and operational problems that test their teamwork skills. A wide variety of challenges, from the most simple to the most difficult, are introduced to force flight crews to optimise their task management and improve their decision-making process.”

Urban areas pose difficulties because of the many obstacles that must be avoided, including antennae and power lines. Helisim says it has developed a high definition urban backdrop. It can also simulate mountain areas. “A variety of different scenarios can be re-enacted in closeto-real-life detail so as to immerse the trainee in missions ranging from law enforcement to vip transport and from aerial works to medical evacuation,” the company adds.

Weather and environmental conditions are integrated into the

simulation. Helisim says: “Flight crews must nowadays master a wide range of technical and operational skills to perform these complex missions both day and night over sea and land in all weather conditions and on all five continents.”

Demands for safe and reliable navigation in difficult weather conditions have led to sophisticated research including the Mature Applications of Galileo for Emergency Services (MAGES) European research project. Eurocopter and Funkwerk report: “The Galileo satellite positioning system, scheduled to be operational by the end of 2013, will provide flight crews with extremely reliable and precise positioning signals. It will be the first navigation system operating independently of the American GPS service but will nonetheless be compatible.”

Eurocopter project manager Stefan Haisch says: “For rescue flights, we will probably be able to rely on the GNSS signal alone. But if a failure should compromise the availability of one of the two systems – due to heavy fog for example – we’ll be able to use the other system for navigation.”

The Malta Business Aviation Association has teamed up with the EBAA to host its first SMS Seminar in Malta in October. “The objective of the introduction to SMS workshop is to provide business aviation operator personnel with an understanding of the basic principles of safety management and safety management systems,” says Stanley Bugeja. “The workshop is based on the SMS Toolkit developed by the International Business Aviation Council.

The association is supporting public and private colleges in Malta to support growth in the aviation industry. The Maltese College for Science and Technology in partnership with local maintenance organisations is already providing a number of courses aimed at the maintenance sector recently.”

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Capt Anton Galea, chief pilot of the Comlux Airbus fleet, and Robert Risso, its post holder crew training, point out that today’s pilots need to develop their knowledge of how modern avionics work. There is a complex array of latest technology that includes: • TCAS which is now becoming linked to auto flight systems for automatic initiation of recovery procedure.

• Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS) with a worldwide database to ensure that the aircraft is kept on the intended flight path away from known obstacles in every take off, approach and landing.

• Flight Management Systems (FMS) that are able to provide systems display indications, navigation display for lateral and vertical aircraft trajectories and even target aircraft attitudes to fly in the case of unreliable airspeed indications on the Primary Flight Display units.

• Complete redundancy in automated flight to ensure landings in RVR values of 75m and with no need for decision heights. This, with Head Up Display Systems (HUDS) and Enhanced Visual Systems (EVS), enable the display of external world in Instrument Visual Conditions giving a virtual real world view together with a real time display of instrument indications on the forward field of view.

Galea says: “There are many other avionic enhancements that

can be included but from a selection we can see that while the traditional pilot had to use external indications and his basic instruments to develop a mental model of the outside world, he must now rely a lot more on technology to build this model. This needs to be an identical copy of the real world for flights to remain safe.”

Risso says: “The main training objective is to ensure pilots are ever more alert for systems threats and errors and for possible input errors that they can introduce. Top rate training must do much more than fulfil basic legal requirements which have remained unchanged for decades, notwithstanding all the developments that have taken place. There must be a strong emphasis on pilot enrichment programmes that increase the underpinning know-ledge of such systems.

These programmes, integrated with scenario driven, evidence based learning concepts on the simulator or other devices, will deepen a pilot’s understanding of these systems and create a proactive challenging approach rather than a passive ‘wait and see’ what is happening one. Through such training the virtual reality pilot’s mental model is tested continuously for its authenticity and relationship with the real world outside.”

Galea says: “Ultimately the quality of training will decrease the likelihood of errors by first avoiding them, trapping them if they occur and mitigating their effects through effective monitoring.”

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Recently the association has organised a series of meetings in Malta with the minister of information, transport, and communication, Transport Malta and the department of civil aviation to investigate how Malta could attract leading international organisations to provide the industry with the necessary training for cabin and cockpit crew. Bugeja says: “While some local enterprise is already providing training such as CRM, aviation security and training in dangerous goods, we feel that Malta could become a centre of excellence for providing training not only to the local community but in the Mediterranean region.”

In brief Fixed wing and rotary manufacturers and equipment suppliers stress that the latest advanced avionics enhancing flight safety should be ready as new aircraft are introduced and that upgrades be available as soon as possible.

Agusta Westland says its GrandNew is the first type certified light twin to enter service with a new EFIS featuring Synthetic Vision. “It is also the first helicopter in this class on the market fully

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compliant with the latest advanced global positioning system-based navigation requirements for all weather operations.”

Sloane Helicopters, which also acts as a service centre, maintenance facility and type rating transition centre for AgustaWestland helicopters in the UK, recently signed a contract for ten additional helicopters comprising the AW109 Power and GrandNew light twins. “The latest avionics are a strong selling point,” the company says.

DC Aviation, one of the largest business aviation operators in Europe, has one of the most rigorous training standards for both cockpit and cabin crew with a certification that not only involves a German EU OPS AOC but also an audit to Wyvern and IOSA standards.

Daher-Socata is expanding its customer

service activities to support the growing number of TBM owners and ensure its light aviation support is available for aircraft below 19,000 lbs (8.6 metric tons) This involves providing avionics modernisation as well as maintenance and repair.

Flight safety today involves much more than abiding by procedures and organising updates of avionics. It requires full commitment to an evolving partnership between manufacturers, maintenance support companies and training firms that feeds effectively through to pilots and cabin crew.

These men and women are in the frontline of professionals that must become familiar with increasingly complex avionics and use virtual reality to understand how to deal with problems in the real world of private aviation.

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Near miss over London highlights TCAS II issue for light jets Continued from front page

from a level bust by an aircraft departing London City or on the base leg turn positioning to land at Heathrow.

• London City amends all SIDs so that they terminate at an altitude of 3,000ft.

• London City removes step climb procedures from its SIDs. • The directorate general of civil aviation of Turkey ensures Turkish Airlines TCAS training complies with ICAO guidelines.

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Public debate The incident, described as a “near miss,” ignited a public debate which led to PrivateFly’s Adam Twidell being interviewed on UK television. “The press wanted to know why all private jets do not have TCAS II as a mandatory requirement.

Current CAA regulations are for aircraft above 5,700kgs,” Twidell explains.

The AAIB points out that the Citation 525 did not have TCAS II. This meant that the “increased safety benefit of RAs was not available.”

In May 2008 EBAN carried an article written by John B Robinson, operations consultant to the British Business and General Aviation Association. He asked what the reaction would be if a VLJ was flown by a single pilot holding a private pilot’s licence with a current instrument rating and 250 hours total flying experience was not equipped with TCAS/ACAS and was involved in a collision with another aircraft.

Robinson pointed out:

Adam Twidell: fielded press enquiries about incident.

“Under the present regulations the VLJ would have been operating perfectly legally. Concern has been voiced in some aviation committees, and the national press, over VLJ aircraft operating in the same airspace as commercial and similar air traffic but without the safeguard of a TCAS. At present there is no requirement for aircraft under 5,700kg maximum take-off mass to be fitted with TCAS but Eurocontrol has for some time made it known that a study is to be undertaken to assess the impact of VLJs on the network and evaluate the risks and safety issues of such aircraft as VLJs operating in European airspace.”

Robinson added: “Now that Mode S transponders are a mandatory fit for operations

in European airspace it can be argued that it is not necessary to fit TCAS to a VLJ as a TCAS II equipped aircraft will be able to receive the signals from the Mode S transponder and take appropriate avoiding action.

This can be done without the non-TCAS aircraft being aware that it is causing a possible conflict. However what is worrying is the case that if this non-TCAS aircraft does see the other it could take action that would put it in more danger due to not knowing the intent of the TCAS II operator.”

Robinson suggested: “It would go a considerable way to assuaging the concerns of operators and crews who regularly use congested airspace if all aircraft within that airspace were fitted with TCAS II for safety purposes.”

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SPECIAL FOCUS – SHOWS

Buyers emerge from the shadows as the leading air shows get back to business as usual Business and corporate aviation conventions and shows in Europe, the Middle East and North America are confirming upward trends that indicate a gradual recovery in business levels.

The latest grounds for cautious optimism crystallised at the sixth Business & General Aviation Day hosted by Marshall Business Aviation at Cambridge airport and organised

by EBAN, which exhibitor Matthew Day of Hayward Aviation feels delivered a good profile of visitors, with genuine influence.

Michael Hampton, md of Capital Air Services which is working to expand its fleet of aircraft under management, reports that helicopter charter demand had been “surprisingly brisk” in the run-up to this year’s BGAD. “We are optimistic that there are also good prospects in the fixed-wing sector for management and related charter,” he says. The optimism was confirmed by the company’s Capt John Hill and Capt Paul Lees, managing pilot.

Hill says that negotiations to add aircraft under management were proceeding positively.

Visiting pilot Steve Munro was pleased with the event, saying he used the opportunity to make new contacts within the aviation industry.

David McRobert, group md of PremiAir, says that there is good potential for expanding managed

Capt John Hill (left) and Capt Paul Lees enjoy BGAD.

BGAD exhibitors reported good demand for helicopter charter.

fleets for both fixed and rotary aircraft. “We want to add jet aircraft under management and extend our client base and believe the next couple of years will bring good opportunities to do this,” he says.

Synergy md Capt Glen Heavens and marketing director Jane Thompson, Skydrift’s Andrew Lee,

Flair Jet’s Danielle Stoney, Hangar8’s Tamara Smart, Md Air’s Nigel JonesBlackett and PrivateFly’s Carol Cork were among others who confirmed a good rise in demand in the run-up to BGAD. Following the show, Carol Cork says: “It was a great event, a very positive experience for the PrivateFly team with a great line-up of aircraft.”

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Similar cautious optimism permeates the run-up to shows including MEBA and NBAA. “The last running of MEBA in November 2008 attracted some 250 exhibitors from 30 countries and over 5,500 visitors, closing with more than US$1.5 billion worth of deals made,” says Alison Weller, md of organisers F&E Aerospace.

Despite the global economic recession she is confident that MEBA will achieve a 40 per cent increase in participation.

Weller admits: “The industry was no doubt affected by the worldwide economic downturn, putting a brake on business aircraft sales. However, signs are that the world economy is at the start of its upturn and over the next two years business aviation will again be considered a vital business tool for corporates who need to get swiftly to where the deals are being made. MEBA is coming at the right time as I predict we’ll be seeing quite a number of companies open up their order books as they plan for a full return to business.”

She continues: “MEBA’s counterparts in other regions – NBAA in Atlanta and EBACE in Geneva – are bigger, but their location can be inconvenient to travel to most of the

time for busy decision-makers in the Middle East region.”

MEBA, held on alternate years to the Dubai Airshow, is preparing to welcome a record number of visitors and exhibitors for three days from 7 December 2010.

Weller says: “Outside on the static park, more than 70 business aircraft will be displayed. We expect announcements of important orders to take place during the show. The static park will be lined by 30 double-storey hospitality chalets and more company pavilions than in previous shows, giving companies and their guests the privacy to negotiate deals and the chance to network among their peers.”

MEBA attracts exhibitors from the US, Brazil, Hong Kong and Europe and Middle East aviation companies including Dubai World CentralAviation City, Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Saudi Arabia’s MAZ Aviation, Lebanon’s Executive Airport Services and Jordan’s International Wings Group.

First-time exhibitors include Honeywell from the US, Egypt-based AN Aviation, Lebanon’s Emerald Jet and Rizon Jet from Qatar, joining returning companies such as Sikorsky and the UAE’s Al Jaber Aviation.

Meanwhile, the NBAA has praised the easing of the red tape burden that affects private operators flying to the US from regions such as Europe and the Middle East. In the run-up to NBAA 2010 in Atlanta, the organisation says Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials have acted to eliminate a historically unpredictable and burdensome process for companies using business aviation to obtain international waivers for flights into the US. NBAA president and ceo Ed Bolen says: “Federal security officials are in agreement that the move will reduce the administrative burden and costly travel delays for industry that have beset the waiver programme in recent years, while preserving stringent security protocols for USbound flights. Companies across the world that rely on business aviation will welcome the announcement.”

The TSA will now be conducting its security review by working with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to gather the data through CBP’s Electronic Advance Passenger Information System (e-APIS). The e-APIS programme, it says, has proved relatively easy to use and highly effective in gathering information about an aircraft’s owner, operator, passengers and intended destination.

Bolen says noteworthy work was done by the EBAA and its members who met with government officials on numerous occasions to provide real-world feedback to the agencies.

NBAA 2010 will pay tribute to business aviation’s “historic airlift” that aided Haiti after its devastating earthquake. It has welcomed President Obama’s plan to invest $50 billion in the nation’s transportation system, including funding for aviation projects and the growing number of states that are supporting business aviation.

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NBAA progress Recent NBAA shows have been short on major announcements, but this year Bombardier plans to reveal details of an expansion of the Global aircraft family. The launch event will take place in the Bombardier Pavilion in the static display park on 18 October.

Yacht builder Benetti and business aircraft manufacturer Piaggio cemented and promoted their marketing alliance at the Monaco Yacht Show 2010. Benetti builds full custom motor yachts in steel and aluminium over 145ft while Piaggio Aero Industries’ core product is the P.180 Avanti II. “Our client bases have a great deal of affinity and synergy,” Piaggio says.

Airex showcase Organisers of Istanbul’s Airex 2010, which showcased aircraft including the G150 and the G450, say the thousands that attend the biannual event reflects the growing importance of business aviation in Turkey.

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Smart Aviation and Just Plane Crazy take filming to new heights

and destroy civic morale with the power of peace poems inspiring hope and forgiveness.”

Smart Aviation enjoyed intense involvement in the filming of UK Channel 4’s Derren Brown television programme titled “Hero at 30,000 feet” which was screened recently.

Smart worked with the consultants to the production company Just Plane Crazy to source the Jet2 aircraft for the programme (pictured). Smart’s Matthew Savage says: “Smart also made numerous calls to the press offices of both airports involved in order to facilitate the landing, taxi and ground shots requested by the film crew. The role included liaising between the consultants Just Plane Crazy, Jet2 crew and ground staff as well as the various other parties involved including the two airports that had agreed to take part in the production.

“We helped to maintain a high degree of safety throughout but also guaranteed that everyone was happy with the final cut.”

ProAir’s goal is to support successful football teams

Broker team escape office for two-week working holiday ProAir’s Kathrin Schuessler and Kerstin Mindermann enjoyed a twoweek working holiday out of the office. They accompanied a family air excursion across Austria and Germany on two reserved and parallel flying Canadair CRJ200s.

“Our client could unreservedly rely on both executives who were on hand night and day to carry out duties including labelling luggage, loading everything into mini-vans and briefing the airports and handling agents,” the company says.

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on a trip-by-trip basis.

CitationAir is Air Partner’s preferred private jet supplier for its JetCard clients travelling in North America. Under the agreement, Air Partner JetCard customers now have guaranteed access to a young fleet of 80 Cessna aircraft when travelling within CitationAir’s North American service area. Mark Briffa, Air Partner ceo says: “This agreement is in line with our strategy to continue to develop our products and services globally.”

and will also be appointing an experienced travel industry sales professional to join the sales team.”

Berlin enjoys A109’s aerial poetry in motion

PrivateFly adds private jet capability to lastminute.com PrivateFly.com, which is providing online retailer lastminute.com with online search and booking services for private jet charter, has appointed Alex Nott to the new role of web site manager.

Nott says: “My key objectives at PrivateFly will be to improve site usability for customers and to further streamline the process for operators – optimising the marketing benefits of the platform and making it much easier for operators to quote and search for flights.”

Carol Cork, marketing director, says: “The company is currently implementing expansion plans following its successful first round of investment funding earlier this year

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Sharp spearheads expansion of commercial jets division Suzanne Sharp has been appointed manager of Air Partner’s UK commercial jets division which charters airliners with 20 to 500 seats.

The division’s clients include the sport, entertainment and energy industries, governments, military and humanitarian aid organisations, royal families, motor manufacturers and the conference and incentive sector.

Sharp, who previously managed Air Partner’s government and defence teams in the UK and Europe, reports

Learjet 60XR addition takes GAMA charter service fleet to ten Gama Aviation has added a Learjet 60XR to its UK AOC. “It previously operated privately with Gama Aviation on the Bermuda registry,” says commercial manager Paul Cremer.

The 60XR boosts Gama’s core charter fleet in the UK to ten, joining two Hawker 800s, a Hawker 1000, a Gulfstream 550, two Learjet 45s, a Super King Air and two Challenger 604s.

“The 60XR will be a popular addition in the charter market, combining high levels of comfort and an elegant cabin design with wood veneers and royal hide savannah beige leather seats,” says Cremer.

“It provides good leg room and a host of features including Iridium Satcom wireless phone, high speed

to head of UK Trading, Celine Shabbas. She says: “Air Partner Commercial Jets has devised and executed many of the most complex air operations in civil aviation as well as thousands of routine individually tailored flights. Contracts have ranged from large product launches and arctic trooping exercises to birthday weekends and world breaking in-flight concerts and there are good opportunities to expand these services.”

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering (CF) has again assisted in a high-profile public art event where bookmarks containing poetry are dropped on cities that have suffered aerial bombing raids. A Rotorflug A109 dropped 100,000 poems printed on bookmarks on Berlin.

Thousands took to the streets to witness the display and catch the bookmarks whose poems were written by an array of contemporary poets.

The drop was the fifth “poetry rain” project from Chilean art collective Casagrande following events in Santiago de Chile (2001), Dubrovnik (2002), Gernika (2004) and Warsaw (2009). CF explains: “The idea is to contrast terrifying acts of war designed to kill and injure civilians

ProAir management and staff are cheering on half-a-dozen football teams taking part in the European Championships. The company explains: “Every year ProAir flies the top teams from international football leagues to their preparatory matches and training camps as well as for qualification to the Champions League and Europa League competitions. So far we have been in action for six teams from Germany, Austria and Spain.

“All teams have reached the qualifying round and our fingers are crossed for their further success. We would be pleased if we can continue to welcome the teams on board until or even after Christmas.”

Advance bookings confirm private aviation’s gradual recovery PrivateFly says it is cautiously optimistic that private aviation business is recovering.

Adam Twidell, ceo, says: “Private aviation in Europe was growing rapidly, at 12 per cent year-on-year in 2006/2007 but this trajectory was stopped in its tracks by the economic downturn. However, European air traffic control figures showed a +6.35 per cent growth in private aviation for July 2010 versus July 2009, suggesting the private jet sector is on the move again.”

He adds: “Another indicator of customer confidence is booking lead times. The travel industry as a whole saw a clear shift to short-term planning during the downturn. Our latest data shows a growing trend for forward planning, with the average lead time for bookings between February and July 2010 standing at 12.4 days. This compares to a fourday booking lead time for the period July-December 2009.”

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AW139s add to Bristow’s growing capability The Bristow Group reports that two AW139 medium twins recently added to its fleet are performing key offshore transport missions confirming their suitability to the oil and gas industry.

Bristow says factors in its decision to acquire the aircraft included advanced technology, outstanding performance, low operating costs and safety standards. It adds: “An ergonomic cockpit, excellent handling characteristics and low vibration levels significantly reduce pilot fatigue and enhance comfort.”

As well as operating in the North Sea in Europe, Bristow deploys helicopters in operations in the

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US Gulf of Mexico and in most of the other major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the

world, including Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Trinidad.

FlairJet recruits pilots for Phenom 300s FlairJet has recruited two additional pilots as it prepares for the arrival of two Phenom 300s. David Fletcher, ceo and chief pilot of the London Oxford-based company, says the first stage of crew training has been completed.

Personnel now number 15, up from eight in December 2009.

Fletcher says the company enables pilots to become skilled in other areas of the business. First Officer Danielle Stoney also acts as the conduit for sales to charter brokers while first officer Daniel Marshall helps develop IT. FlairJet, which currently operates

three Phenom 100s, has been operating flights to destinations including Corsica, Sardinia, Dubrovnik, Lisbon and has regularly flown to Cannes, Nice and Paris.

“The Phenom 100 is proving very popular with yacht owners and FlairJet has carved a niche serving this important market,” says Fletcher. “We are also witnessing an increase in client loyalty. During the week clients utilise us to serve their business needs and then come Friday, fly their family on weekend breaks. We continue to win business because brokers and their clients genuinely like the product.”

For the winter season the Phenom 100 can operate into Chambery and they are now aiming to get approval for other popular ski destinations including Sion.

Tim Barber, JetBrokers Europe md, and Brendan Lodge, bdm.

JetBrokers Europe opens UK offices JetBrokers Europe, the European arm of JetBrokers Inc, has opened for business at TAG-owned Farnborough airport, UK. Tim Barber, md Europe (pictured), says: “This will complement our network of offices in Germany, Switzerland and the US and representation in Italy.”

JetEx expands network in Ukraine JetEx Flight Support is rapidly developing its network throughout Ukraine after opening its 24-7 multi-lingual operation at Kiev airport. CIS bdm Mariya Vynohradova confirms that JetEx has been licensed for ground handling administration at five airports.

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The EBAA will host its third regional forum entitled “One Europe: A Roadmap for Aligning East and West” on 20 and 21 January, 2011, at the Hilton Vienna in Austria. Guest speakers include Dr Caspar Einem, president of the Austrian Business Aviation Association; Leonid Koshelev, chairman of the Russian United Business Aviation Association; and Kimon Daniilidas, chairman of the Hellenic Air Carriers Association.

EBAA ceo and president Brian Humphries says it will address issues including aircraft financing

challenges, achieving industry standards for insurance benefits, and easing access for Eastern Europe-based operators into Western Europe and vice versa.

Middle East business jet market to ‘grow steadily’ The business jet market in the Middle East is poised for steady growth with more than 200 units expected to be delivered to the region by 2015, according to an estimate released by Frost & Sullivan. “The region currently accounts for approximately six per cent of the global business jets market and demand for an additional 400 units is expected to surface within the next eight years,” it adds.

Le Bourget FBO takes on dual identity ExecuJet Europe and Advanced Air Support have launched a partnership FBO at Le Bourget Airport, Paris. The FBO has undergone a full refurbishment over the past few months and will now incorporate the joint branding and style of both companies. The FBO is the third in the European network for ExecuJet and their seventh worldwide, with further plans for expansion expected.

Piper Cheyenne engines are boosted Blackhawk has been awarded EASA certification for its XP engine upgrade for the Piper Cheyenne I, II and IIXL models.

This replaces original engines with factory new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135As and also allows for the installation of a Hartzell 4 bladed “Whisper” propeller.

GrandNews for France and Monaco Owners have brought into service the first GrandNew light twin helicopters to be delivered in France and the Principality of Monaco. “The two aircraft will be used for passenger transport,” AgustaWestland says.

They will receive technical support from Sky Maintenance Services (SMS) of France whose parent company SkyGroup owns several

affiliated helicopter service companies. These include SkyCam of France, which operates and manages 15 single and twin engine helicopters, and Monacair, headquartered at the Principality of Monaco Heliport.

SkyGroup also offers aerial photography, helicopter management, public transportation and pilot training services.

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