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On September 9, 2008 the company received its maintenance repair station approval from the Hong
Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD). The company offers line maintenance, inspections, and defect
rectifications, as well as AOG support, and has access to a 9,200 square meter (99,027 square feet) hangar.
In addition to Hong Kong CAD maintenance repair station approval, the company holds an FAA repair station
certificate, and mainland China JMM approval for PRC-registered aircraft. In addition, it services aircraft
registered in 11 other countries through Jet Aviation’s maintenance approvals in Singapore, which include
EASA, Aruba DCA, Australian CASA, Bermuda DCA, Cayman CAA, Indonesia DGAC, Macao MAR-145, Malaysia
DCA, Philippines ATO, Singapore CAAS, and Thailand DOA.
“With more than 20 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North and South
America, our scope and scale of service offerings offers major benefits that are difficult to match. We have
experience and know-how that is well-respected in the market and shaped around the highest industry
standards. While I don’t want to underestimate the learning curve we faced when we first started operating
in Asia, we did bring a lot of valuable experience with us. For example, we manage a fleet of more than 250
aircraft worldwide and all members of the Hong Kong dispatch team have been trained in cooperation with
the company’s headquarters in Zurich,” said Riesen.
“Our global network of maintenance, FBO and aircraft management and charter facilities represent a
major benefit to international travelers in terms of service, but our aircraft management and flight support
customers also benefit in terms of the bottom line through our global buying power we negotiate substantial
reductions in fuel and insurance costs, etc., which we pass on to our customers to ensure comprehensive
services - at great value,” continued Riesen.
When it comes to safety, as a leading business aviation services provider, Jet Aviation Business Jets
Limited’s highest priority is to uphold, promote, and improve Safety standards in every aspect of operations.
“This means working with each other, our customers and the industry to ensure Safety is as prominent in our
goals as quality, integrity, continuous improvement and profit generation. We make Safety an integral part
of our corporate culture that is continually reflected in all of our daily activities. For us, Safety is everyone’s
responsibility. From our leadership, operations, maintenance and engineering teams to everyone in or
administration, security and housekeeping teams, we have adopted a Safety first approach to make certain
that Safety guides our actions as a matter of habit. Our goal is Zero Safety Incidents,” Riesen explained.
In 2014, Jet Aviation Houston and Jet Aviation Basel both earned ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications
in recognition of their commitment to protecting health and safety, as well as the environment. It is just a
question of time before more of their facilities follow suit.
When asked about the challenges of operating in Asia and China, as well as examples of lessons learned,
Riesen explained that “China was and still is to some extent a new market for corporate aviation. The current
lack of infrastructure to support the needs of the business jets community presents some challenges,
as well as the restrictions in permits and approvals.” Whilst a lot has changed in recent years to better
accommodate business aviation in Asia and China, there is not the same freedom of operation like in some
of the older markets of our businesses. Jet Aviation Business Jets Limited have learned that patience is a
virtue and that only with polite persistence will yield results where solutions are achieved. “What we can say
for certain is that it is very interesting and exciting area to be in and that we are fully committed to Asia and
its customers here for the long term. To succeed here in the long term, we believe in thinking globally, but
acting locally,” Riesen reflected.
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