On 25 December, OTT Airlines successfully obtained CCAR-121 certification and has also acquired CCAR-135 certification. The company has become one of the few civil aviation and business aviation operators that “fly on both wings”.
ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia is building a 100,000- to 150,000-sq-ft facility at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport that will simultaneously be able to accommodate 10 to 15 large-cabin, long-range business jets. The announcement comes after the Dassault Aviation subsidiary reports that it is now certified to perform maintenance on all in-production Falcon aircraft.
Over the last week, new COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported in Beijing, China. As a result, due to current and expected social distancing requirements, the AsBAA-ACP China Safety Day 2020 (tentatively a physical event) will be postponed from mid-January to some time in the first quarter of 2021. Please stay tuned to our digest for updates and we appreciate your continued support.
If you missed yesterday’s engaging Women in Corporate Aviation Asia (WCAA)’s “Agility in Crisis: What should we do to make a difference in the aviation industry” panel featuring AsBAA’s COO Jeff Chiang and Captain Miwa moderated by aviation lawyer Datin Shelina, watch the full session here.
Effective midnight of December 29, 2020, all passengers originating from the countries listed below will not be allowed to enter the Philippines. This is a precautionary measure put into place by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in preventing the entry of a second COVID-19 strain which was recently detected.
Today, a global group of leading business aviation organizations announced a coordinated effort to combat illegal on-demand charter flights in the sector. The group, called the Air Charter Safety Alliance, will raise awareness among potential customers, charter brokers, ministries of transport, and national aviation authorities regarding the use of unauthorized aircraft operators for on-demand ...
The globally disruptive COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily lives and how we interact with one another. In light of social distancing recommendations, several million people across the globe had to stay home, it has also sparked innovation.
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) today canceled its biennial MEBAA Show, which in September was postponed from early December 2020 to late February 2021 in the hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic would ease. “Due to concerns related to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and international travel restrictions imposed across numerous countries around the world, we believe ...
The final assembly team at Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux-Merignac (France) opened the doors of Charles Lindbergh Hall today to show the world the company’s newest and most advanced aircraft, the Falcon 6X.
Supersonic aircraft company, Aerion, the leader in supersonic technology and Avion Pacific a leader in general aviation services in Asia have enter into a strategic collaboration which aligns the two companies to expand Aerion’s Asia Pacific presence and deliver ultra-luxury supersonic flight to customers in the region.
