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ABOUT ASIAN SKY GROUP


Asian Sky Group Limited (ASG) is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices throughout Asia.
It has assembled the most experienced business aviation team in the Asia-Pacific region to provide
a wide range of independent consulting services to both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft owners.
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exclusive partners: Avpro Inc., the largest business jet brokerage firm in the US; and AVIC International
Development Corporation, the largest state-owned aviation enterprise in Mainland China.
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over US$ 1 billion in revenue and nearly US$ 3 billion in assets, and by Avion Pacific Limited, a
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and bases throughout the country.
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ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

INTRODUCTION
Asian Sky Group (ASG) is pleased to present the first of its kind Asia Pacific
Business Jet Fleet Report for Year-End 2014. The report follows ASGs
previously established Greater China Business Jet Fleet Report, first published
in March 2012. For copies of ASGs various industry reports, please visit us
at www.asianskygroup.com.
This report provides the most complete coverage of the business jet
fleet in the Asia Pacific region, Asia Pacific being defined as Asian
countries in the Pacific Ocean region. Therefore, northern/central Asia
and Oceania countries such as India, Australia or New Zealand are not
included. Countries covered in this report include: Greater China (China,
Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia,
Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia and Papua
New Guinea.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS..3
FLEET BREAKDOWN ASIA PACIFIC
Fleet by OEM and by Country................................................6
Top-20 Operator Fleets by OEM............................................22
Aircraft Models by Region......................................24
Fleet by Size Category.............................................36
Fleet Registrations.........................................38
Fleet Age Distribution..........................................41
FLEET ADDITIONS ASIA PACIFIC...............48
GREATER CHINA MARKET TRENDS..............................54
Net Fleet Growth 2012-2014...........................................................................55
Aircraft Additions & Deductions......................................................................61
Foreign Aircraft Operation Highlights.............................................................70
Forecast for 2015...........................................................................................71
SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ASIA PACIFIC
Maintenance Service and Training Centres.....................................73
Fixed-Base Operators (FBO).............................................81
Financing Institutions..........................................83
Legal Firms........................................................................................................83
Compeletion Centres...........................................84
CHARTER AIRCRAFT AVAILABILITY............88
PRE-OWNED AIRCRAFT GLOBAL AVAILABILITY................91
AIRCRAFT MODELS POSITIONING....92

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET


2013
647

2014
744

+15%

297

256

41

Japan +7%

20 21

114
98

44

South Korea +5%

China +16%
15 17
Myanmar

Taiwan +13%

Hong Kong +16%


11 11

27 30

Macau

Thailand +11%

40

Cambodia

45

3
43

61

48

Philippines +13%

50
3

Malaysia +12%

Brunei

Singapore +22%

40

46

Indonesia +15%

Papua New Guinea

Note (1): Fleet Distribution was done according to Business Jets in service and their active base of operations
Note (2): As only Greater China 2013 fleet distribution was independently verified, 2013 data for the Asia Pacific region has
been determined by using deductions for the Greater China region only.

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Asian Sky Groups Business Jet Fleet Report introduces a unique and alternate perspective on the business
jet market in the Asia Pacific region. The report focuses on net additions of aircraft into in the Asia Pacific
region as of year-end 2014. Net additions is defined as new aircraft plus pre-owned aircraft deliveries less
the aircraft which exited the market throughout the year, or deductions.
The report provides an important overview of the performance of each Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM),
pre-owned sales and acquisition market activity, and is ultimately also a gauge of regional and per country
business confidence levels.
So by these measures:

2014 appears to have been a successful year for Gulfstream who remains the market leader and

delivered 30 new aircraft into the Asia Pacific region the first G650s but the majority, as usual, being
G450s and G550s;

If the Greater China market is any indication of the overall pre-owned market activity levels in the whole

Asia Pacific region, aircraft sales activity levels dropped off dramatically in 2014 to almost half of those in
2013; and

Normally, as China goes, so does the Asia Pacific region. This is due to the fact that China represents

almost 50% of the market. However, 2014 was a challenging year for China which consequently has
allowed others countries in the region to shine and demonstrate their continuing strong performance.
Those other countries in the region are primarily Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia, which grew
at the same rate as China in 2014. So one can interpret that business confidence levels in China are
down while up across South-East Asia.

As is always the case, there are inevitably other typical factors and market influences to consider. Hopefully,
Asian Sky Groups report will be able to reveal these key market drivers and thus ultimately shed an important
light on the outlook for 2015.
Not considering Greater China (see the special section in the report on this key market):

The largest business jet markets are Singapore and Malaysia where in both cases Bombardier is the

dominating OEM and has a fairly balanced fleet in both countries with aircraft in operation from across its
product line of Lear Jets, Challengers and Globals.

Indonesia is where Embraer has had the most success outside of China. There are 9 Legacy aircraft in
Indonesia and the first Phenom 300s.

The Philippines is a Medium and Light aircraft size category market thus dominated by Cessna and
Hawker, but is probably one of the oldest fleets in Asia Pacific.

Thailand seems to be either a Long Range Gulfstream market or, at the other end of the spectrum, a
Light Cessna and Hawker market.

Japan is Cessnas largest market outside of China and it has Gulfstreams largest fleet of G650s in the
Asia Pacific region.

Finally South Korea is another strong market for Cessna (66% of Cessnas fleet in Asia Pacific is located
in North Asia) but also has the largest concentration of BBJs in the Asia Pacific region.

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Key Findings
At the end of 2014, there were 15% more business jets based in the Asia Pacific region than in the
previous year, growing from 647 to 744 aircraft.
Out of the 18 countries and territories, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Indonesia had a higher than
average addition of jets with 22%, 16%, 16% and 15% respectively.
Gulfstream and Bombardier continue to dominate the Asia Pacific business jet market with 30% and
26% of the fleet. Cessna, Dassault and Hawker follow with a 14%, 8% and 8% market share respectively,
by aircraft number.
In 2014, Boeing increased its net Asia Pacific fleet by 30.4%, Dassault 29.5%, Embraer 29.4% and
Gulfstream 20%.
The top-20 operators in the Asia Pacific operate 51% of the entire business jet fleet. Out of those, 16 are
based in China or Hong Kong.
Nearly 60% of the Asia Pacific business jet fleet consists of large or long range category aircraft largely
positioned in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The vast majority (72.2%) of business jets in the Asia Pacific were manufacturer in 2005 or later. 90% in
Hong Kong and 80% in China are younger than 10 years old.
The USA registration (N prefix) is preferred in almost every country in Asia Pacific representing 24%
of all business jets in the region.
Out of 97 net additional aircraft in the region, 87 were new deliveries from OEMs, 42 were pre-owned
aircraft and 32 were relocated out of the region. Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault combined
contribued 70.6% of all the additions with 33.3%, 24.8% and 12.4% shares respectively.
The most popular business jet models added to the Asia Pacific fleet in 2014 were the Gulfstream
G550, G450, Bombardier Global 6000 and Dassault Falcon 7X.
The majority of 2014 net additions were for aircraft based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore,
representing 77.5% of total additions, or 44.2%, 24.8% and 8.5% respectively.
The Greater China business jet fleet represents 59% of the aircraft (439 in total) in the Asia Pacific region.
The net number of aircraft additions in Greater China in 2014 was 59 versus 64 in 2013 and over
100 in 2012.
Pre-owned aircraft represented almost half the additions to the Greater China fleet in 2013. However,
this number was only 27% in 2014.

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

FLEET BY OEM & COUNTRY ASIA PACIFIC

297

114

Bombardier

80

35

25

15

10

1
1

11

Cessna

37

10

23

Dassault

32

Dornier

Eclipse

Embraer

20

Gulfstream

96

54

18

10

11

Hawker

14

10

10

Nextant

Sabreliner

14

Westwind

30

Thailand

44

Japan

Hong Kong

11

Boeing

China
Airbus

45

Philippines

Indonesia

46

Malaysia

48

Singapore

61

Total

297

114

61

48

46

45

44

30

% of Total

40%

15%

8%

6%

6%

6%

6%

4%

% Change from 2013

+16%

+16%

+22%

+12%

+15%

+13%

+7%

+11%

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Others 7 (1%)

Airbus 24 (3%)
Boeing 30 (4%)
Embraer 44 (6%)
Dassault 57 (8%)

Gulfstream 225 (30%)

744

Hawker 60 (8%)

Cessna 104 (14%)

Cambodia

Papua New Guinea

Myanmar

11
Macau

17

Taiwan

South Korea

21

Brunei

Bombardier 193 (26%)

Total
1

6
3

24

3%

30

4%

193

26%

104

14%

-1%

57

8%

1%

44

6%

1%

225

30%

60

8%

-1%

1
8

% Change
from 2013

% of Total

21

17

11

3%

2%

1%

+5%

+13%

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

744

Fleet by Country Top Markets


China

Hong Kong

Boeing 7 (2%)

Airbus 6 (5%)

Airbus 11 (4%)

Dassault 8
(7%)

Gulfstream 96 (32%)

Hawker 14 (5%)

Boeing 5 (4%)
Embraer 4 (4%)
Cessna 1 (1%)
Hawker 1 (1%)

Embraer 20 (7%)

114

297

Bombardier 80 (27%)

Dassault 32

Cessna 37 (12%)

(11%)

Macau

Bombardier 35 (31%)

Gulfstream 54 (47%)

Taiwan
Hawker 1 (9%)

Airbus 2 (12%)

Embraer 1 (6%)
Gulfstream 8 (48%)

Dassault 1 (9%)
Airbus 1 (9%)

11

17

Bombardier 3 (17%)
Gulfstream 3 (27%)

Bombardier 5 (46%)

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Hawker 3 (17%)

Singapore

Malaysia

Nextant 1 (2%)

Dassault 1 (2%)

Airbus 1 (2%)

Cessna 3 (5%)

Sabreliner 1 (2%)

Embraer 1 (2%)

Boeing 3 (5%)

Eclipse 1 (2%)

Boeing 3 (6%)
Bombardier 25 (41%)

Hawker 5 (10%)

Embraer 4 (6%)

Bombardier 15 (32%)

61

48

Gulfstream 9 (19%)
Cessna 8 (17%)
Hawker 5 (8%)

Dassault 5 (10%)

Gulfstream 18 (29%)

Indonesia

Philippines

Boeing 2 (4%)

Dassault 2 (4%)

Cessna 4 (9%)

Gulfstream 7 (16%)

Embraer

Hawker

14 (30%)

10 (22%)

Dassault 3 (7%)
Westwind 3 (7%)

Gulfstream
4 (9%)

Bombardier 10 (22%)

46

45

Hawker 10 (22%)

Cessna 10 (22%)

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Dornier 1 (2%)

Bombardier 11 (24%)

Japan

Thailand

Dassault 2 (5%)

Boeing 1 (2%)

Hawker 3 (7%)

Airbus 1 (2%)

Dassault 2 (7%)

Bombardier 1 (3%)

Boeing 1 (3%)
Bombardier 4 (9%)
Gulfstream
11 (37%)

44

30

Gulfstream
10 (23%)

Cessna 8 (27%)
Hawker 7 (23%)

Cessna 23 (52%)

South Korea

Airbus 1 (5%)

Hawker 1 (5%)

Gulfstream 2 (9%)
Cessna 8 (38%)

21

Bombardier 3 (14%)

10

Boeing 6 (29%)

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Fleet by Major OEM Asia Pacific


Airbus
Brunei 1 (4%)

Japan 1 (4%)

Macau 1 (4%)

Malaysia 1 (4%)
South Korea 1 (4%)
Taiwan 2 (9%)

24

China 11 (46%)

11
Hong Kong 6 (25%)

South Korea

Malaysia

Macau

Brunei

Japan

Taiwan

Hong Kong

China

Total
A319ER

A340--200

ACJ318

ACJ319

7
1

10

+1

ACJ320

+1

ACJ330

+1

Total
Change from 2013

12

Change
from 2013

11

+1

+1

+1

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

24
+3

Boeing
Thailand 1 (3%)

Japan 1 (3%)

Indonesia 2 (7%)
China 7 (23%)
Brunei 2 (7%)

30

Malaysia 3 (10%)

South Korea 6 (20%)


Singapore 3 (10%)

Hong Kong 5 (17%)

1
Japan

Thailand

Indonesia

Singapore

Hong Kong

Souht Korea

China

Brunei

Malaysia

Total
727-100

737-200

737-400

747-400

767-200ER

BBJ

BBJ2

Total

Change from 2013

+3

1
6

5
+2

1
1

+1

+1

Change
from 2013

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

20

+3

+4

30
+7

13

Bombardier
Thailand 1

South Korea 3 (2%)


Taiwan 3 (2%)

Myanmar 1

Japan 4 (2%)
Macau 5 (3%)
Indonesia 10 (5%)
China 80 (41%)

Philippines 11 (6%)
Malaysia 15 (8%)

193

Singapore 25 (13%)

Hong Kong 35 (18%)

80

11

10

Indonesia

Macau

Japan

Taiwan

South Korea

Thailand

Myanmar

15

Malaysia

Singapore

Hong Kong

China

25

Philippines

35

Total
Challenger 300

Challenger 601

Challenger 604

Challenger 605

11

Challenger 850

12

Challenger 870

11

CRJ200 VIP

Global 5000

10

Global 6000

Global Express

Global Express XRS

12
3

2
7

34
1

Learjet 24

Learjet 35/A/36A

Learjet 40
Learjet 45/XR

14

1
1

Learjet 60/XR

Total

80

35

25

15

Change from 2013

+10

+3

+5

+1

+1

18

+1

11

+6

1
2

1
1

Learjet 31A

-1

6
2

Challenger 800

Change
from 2013

24

+4

18

+10

-1

14

+1

3
2

12

+1

9
11

10

+3

-1

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

1
+1

193
+22

Cessna
Singapore 3 (3%)

Papua New Guinea 2 (2%)


Hong Kong 1 (1%)

Indonesia 4 (4%)
Thailand 8 (8%)
Malaysia 8 (8%)

China 37 (35%)

104

South Korea 8 (8%)

Philippines 10 (9%)
Japan 23 (22%)

37

Papua New Guinea

Hong Kong

4
Indonesia

Malaysia

Thailand

Souht Korea

Philippines

Japan

China

10

Singapore

23

Total
Citation Bravo
Citation CJ1/+

2
13

Citation CJ2/+

20

Citation CJ3

Citation CJ4

Citation Encore

Citation Excel

Citation I/SP/II

Citation S/II

Citation Sovereign/+

9
4

Citation X/+

Change from 2013

+4

1
1

3
23

15

+2

3
1

37

+2

3
1

Total

+1

Citation VI/VII
Citation XLS/+

-1

2
1

Citation V

Citation Mustang

Citation Ultra

Change
from 2013

10
+4

3
+1

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

1
-1

-1

+1

15

+4

104
+8

15

Dassault
Singapore 1 (2%)
Macau 1 (2%)

Papua New Guinea 1 (2%)

Thailand 2 (3%)
Japan 2 (3%)
Indonesia 2 (3%)
Philippines 3 (5%)

China 32 (56%)

57

Malaysia 5 (10%)

Hong Kong 8 (14%)

Philippines

Indonesia

Japan

Thailand

Macau

Singapore

Papua New Guinea

Hong Kong

China

Malaysia

32

Total
Falcon 10
Falcon 2000LX

1
1

Falcon 2000S

Falcon 2000LXS

1
1

+1

+1

Falcon 20F-5

Falcon 50

1
26

Falcon 900
Falcon 900DX

+1

31

+8

Falcon 900EX

1
1

Falcon 900LX

Total

32

Change from 2013

+8

+3

+2

57

6
3

+1

* includes one aircraft lost in Taiwan

16

Falcon 20D

Falcon 7X

Change
from 2013

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

+2
+13*

Embraer

Malaysia 1 (2%)

Taiwan 1 (2%)

Hong Kong 4 (9%)


Singapore 4 (9%)

China 20 (46%)

44
Indonesia 14 (32%)

20
14

Legacy 600

Legacy 650

13

Legacy Shuttle

1
Taiwan

Lineage 1000

Lineage 1000E

1
3

Total

20

14

Change from 2013

+9

Change
from 2013

13

+1

17

+5

+2

+2

1
1

Total

Phenom 100
Phenom 300

1
Malaysia

Hong Kong

Singapore

Indonesia

China

1
4

+1

+1

44
+10*

* includes one aircraft lost in Macau

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

17

Gulfstream
Cambodia 3 (1%)

Macau 3 (1%)

Indonesia 4 (2%)

South Korea 2 (1%)

Philippines 7 (3%)
Taiwan 8 (4%)
Malaysia 9 (4%)
Japan 10 (4%)

China 96 (43%)

Thailand 11 (5%)

225
Singapore 18 (8%)

96
Hong Kong 54 (24%)
54

10

Malaysia

Taiwan

Philippines

Indonesia

Cambodia

Macau

South Korea

Thailand

Singapore

Hong Kong

China

11

Japan

18

G100

G150

G200

11

G280

G300
G450

35

2
1

15

39

28

+1

+4

64

+9

1
3
2

G-II

5
1

G-III

29
1

G650

18

Change
from 2013

2
1

G500
G550

Total

85

+10

10

+6

G-IV

G-IV-SP

G-V

Total

96

54

18

11

10

Change from 2013

+8

+8

+2

+3

+3

6
2

+1

9
9

+1

+1

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

+3

+2

225
+31

Hawker
Macau 1 (2%)

South Korea 1 (2%)

Hong Kong 1 (2%)


Taiwan 3 (5%)

Japan 3 (5%)
China 14 (23%)

Singapore 5 (8%)

60

Malaysia 5 (8%)

Indonesia 10 (17%)
Thailand 7 (11%)

Philippines 10 (17%)
14
10

Macau

South Korea

Hong Kong

Taiwan

Japan

Malaysia

Thailand

Philippines

Indonesia

China

Singapore

10

Total
HS 125-1A
Hawker 400/A/XP

1
1

Hawker 700A/B

1
2

13

1
1

Hawker 850XP

Hawker 900XP

17

9
2

Premier I/IA

14

10

10

Change from 2013

-1

+1

+2
-1

Total

1
4

Hawker 1000A
Hawker 4000

2
5

+3

Hawker 750
Hawker 800A/B/XP

Change
from 2013

-3

4
5
+1

3
+1

1
-1

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

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PERSONALITY PROFILE

Interview and Text by Anthony Lam

William E. Heinecke

Chairman & CEO, Minor Group of Companies

Youve got to have the passion.


In 1967, an American youngster with a secondary school education, a blank CV, and lean financial resources
walked into a lawyers office in Bangkok. He handed over the equivalent of US$1,000 and signed the
necessary papers to incorporate two companies, Inter-Asian Enterprise and Inter-Asian Publicity. While
the names sounded impressive, their assets were meager. After spending the bulk of the US$1,200 he
had borrowed from a moneylender on the company registrations, what little remained was spent on plastic
buckets and floor mops for his new cleaning business along with a few minutes of air time on a local radio
station. There was nothing too glamorous about cleaning offices and writing simple advertisements for local
businesses, but it was a start. Bill Heinecke had taken his first faltering step into the world of commerce and
entrepreneurship.

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As Bill Heinecke himself and Jonathan Marsh have said in The Entrepreneur, Thirty-five years later, that
teenager has turned 53 and sits on top of a expansive business empire. He has become the most successful
foreign businessman in Thailand and perhaps one of the smartest expatriate entrepreneurs in the whole of
Southeast Asia. Heinecke has persuaded the spice-loving Thais to eat pizza; he has built luxury hotels and
shopping malls where others feared to tread; he has spotted trends and opportunities where competitors saw
only red ink and dead ends. Scattered over the country is a chain of more than a hundred pizza restaurants,
two ice cream franchises, steak, restaurants, and a host of manufacturing and licensing operations that
include the worlds largest golf glove factory, Esprit fashion, Sheaffer pens, cosmetics, and a company that
provides catering to offshore oil rigs. He is chief executive and major shareholder of three publicly listed
companies - The Minor Food Group, Royal Garden Resorts, and the Minor Corporation - that employ more
than 12,000 people. Forbes has named it one of the best 300 small companies in the world - and for a time
it was the only Thai company to be nominated. William E. Heinecke with Jonathan Marsh (1-2).
These days the mop and bucket business have disappeared. As a passionate aviator, Heinecke flies himself
around Thailand in his Piper Malibu. Being no stranger to aviation or private aircraft, Heinecke has owned
and piloted a Grumman Lynx, Mooney, Bonanza, and a Piper Mirage, among others. Flying really came from
an extension of my businesses, said Heinecke. At the time, to travel to and from the location of my business
required 8 hours of driving time - it was either that, or a 35-minute flight, so I had a big incentive to learn how
to fly, Heinecke continued. Over the years, Heinecke pursued flying and upgraded his fleet of aircraft as his
mission requirements and experience grew. Minor Aviation was then founded, becoming the Mjets we know
today.
As an entrepreneur with an adventurous spirit, when Heinecke wasnt busy closing the next multi-million
dollar deal, he could be found diving, racing vintage cars, skiing, and free falling out of an aircraft. I did a
little bit of everything. I flew from London to Bangkok in my Bonanza, and then in my Piper Malibu I flew from
Florida to Bangkok. Today, our fleet of jets consist of the Bravo for EMS operations, CJ-3 for short haul flights,
Citation X, and a Gulfstream V, all owned by MJets, recounted Heinecke. Beyond that, Heineckes other
businesses own and operate six aircraft in the Maldives, many of them Dehavilland Twin Otters, as well as
numerous Cessna Caravans in Africa for their hotels. Aviation is an important part of all of our businesses,
it is in fact a critical aspect. There is no doubt that the fastest growing businesses use business aircraft, and
that is no coincidence, said Heinecke.
Many have correlated Heineckes success for business to his passion for adventure, and more specifically risk
taking. I may have an adventurous spirit, but I dont think Im necessarily a risk taker, explained Heinecke.
Heinecke feels that training well, preparing well, and never going into something that may endanger oneself
are the ingredients to success. The key is preparation - the more prepared you are, the more luck will
be on your side, Heinecke continued. Always invest in the best aircraft you can afford, and dont skip on
maintenance, said Heinecke, who had learned of this lesson after an unfortunate incident where the cause
was attributed to maintenance. Above all, plan your journey carefully, remain cool and calm at all times.
Keeping a cool head and reacting well to crisis situations comes from training. The more prepared you are
and the harder you work, the luckier youll get, reflected Heinecke, who continued, In the end youve got to
have the passion - because when you do, nothing can stop you.

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TOP 20 OPERATOR FLEETS BY OEM ASIA PACIFIC


51% of total Asia Pacific fleet
The Top-20 operators in Asia Pacific fly 51% of the total business jet fleet in the region. Deer Jet, TAG Aviation, Business
Aviation Asia, Metrojet and Jet Aviation remain the top five jet operators in the region while many Chinese and Hong Kong
operators follow, making Greater China count 16 out of the top 20 Asia Pacific operators. In 2014, it was observed that
Non-China based operators were able to grow their aircraft fleet while China-based operators had very little if any growth
in the number of aircraft they managed.
70

49
45

35

30

13

11

17

24

49

45

35

Dassault
Embraer
Gulfstream

22

47

Hawker

Total

70

10

Cessna

12

HongKong Jet

Bombardier

12

China United

Minsheng Intl Jet

13

China Eastern

BAA

Boeing

14

Jet Aviation

TAG Aviation

Airbus

Metrojet

Deer Jet

16

Lily Jet

30

11

21

30

16

12

12

1
14

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Nanshan Jet

VistaJet

CAAC Academy

Asia Jet

Premiair

Korean Air

Challenger Aero Air

Sino Jet

CAAC Inspection

10

Beijing Airlines

11

Total

2
1

17

1
3

10

1
9

11
7

27
33
6

11

10

100

27

153

14
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382

23

AIRCRAFT MODELS BY REGION TOP OPERATORS*


China
51% of the Total China Fleet
68

35
17

Deer Jet

BAA

TAG Aviation

16

China Eastern

14

Minsheng Intl Jet


Total

A319ER

ACJ318

1
1

ACJ319

BBJ

3
3

Challenger 300
Challenger 605

1
1

Challenger 850

Citation CJ1/+

5
2

Falcon 2000S

Falcon 7X

Falcon 900LX

Gulfstream G200

1
1
5

2
1

Gulfstream G280
Gulfstream G450

12

5
5

19

8
2

23

29

Gulfstream G550

20

Gulfstream IV

Gulfstream IV-SP

Gulfstream V

Global 5000
Global 6000

Global Express

Global Express XRS

1
1

Hawker 4000

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Hawker 850XP

Hawker 900XP

Learjet 60/XR

1
1

2
1

Legacy 650

1
1

2
5

Lingeage 1000E
68

5
2

Lineage 1000
Total

35

17

16

12

14

150

* The top 5 operators are shown unless many operators share the same number of aircraft at the 4th and 5th place.
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Hong Kong
75% of the Total Hong Kong Fleet

30

19
16
11

Metrojet

Jet Aviation

TAG Aviation

Hongkong Jet

BAA

Total
ACJ318
ACJ319
BBJ

1
1

Challenger 604

Challenger 605

Challenger 850

Citation Sovereign/+

Falcon 7X

2
1

2
1

Falcon 900EX
Falcon 900LX

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

13

Gulfstream G650
Gulfstream V

Global 5000

2
1

3
1

11

26

3
1

Global 6000
Global Express

Global Express XRS

2
1

Legacy 600

Legacy 650

Lineage 1000

Lineage 1000E
Total

30

19

16

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85

25

Macau
64% of the Total Macau Fleet
3

Fortuna Jet

Jet Asia

TAG Aviation

Total
Challenger 605
Challenger 850
CRJ200 VIP

Global Express

Gulfstream G550

Total

1
2

Taiwan
59% of the Total Taiwan Fleet

Executive Aviation
Taiwan

Win Air Jet

Aerospace Industrial
Development

EVA Airways

Total
ACJ318

Gulfstream G100

Gulfstream G450
Gulfstream G550

26

2
2

Global Express XRS

Hawker 400/A/XP

Legacy 600

Total

1
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10

Singapore
46% of the Total Singapore Fleet

6
5

Pacific Flight
Services

TAG
Aviation

Jet
Aviation

Execujet

Asia Pacific
Jets

Precious
Jet

TWC
Aviation

Total
BBJ

Challenger 300

Challenger 605

Gulfstream G150
Gulfstream G550

2
1

Gulfstream G450

1
1

Global 5000

Global 6000

2
1

Hawker 800A/B/XP

2
2

Learjet 35/A/36A

Learjet 45/XR

Learjet 60/XR

2
2
1
2

Legacy 600

Legacy 650

28

Nextant 400XT
Total

1
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1
3

27

Malaysia
38% of the Total Malaysia Fleet

4
3

3
2

Govt of
Malaysia

Smooth
Route

TAG
Aviation

Weststar Aviation
Aerotree
Services
Defense & Services

Berjaya
Air

Total
Boeing 727-100
Boeing 737-200
ACJ319

Challenger 300

Citation Bravo

Citation Sovereign/+

Gulfstream G450

2
2
1

Gulfstream II
Gulfstream IV

1
1

Global 5000

Global Express XRS

28

2
2

Total

1
2

Learjet 35/A/36A
Learjet 60/XR

2
2

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18

Philippines
49% of the Total Philippines Fleet

Challenger
Aero Air

Metrojet

Subic Intl Air


Charter

Lionair

Royal Star
Aviation

Total
Dornier 328JET
Challenger 300

1
1

Citation I/SP/II

Citation XLS/+

CRJ200 VIP
Falcon 900

1
1

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream IV-SP

Global 5000

Hawker 700A/B

Hawker 800A/B/XP

1
1

Learjet 35/A/36A
Learjet 40
Learjet 45/XR

Westwind 1
Total

1
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1
3

22

29

Indonesia
59% of the Total Indonesia Fleet
8

Premiair

Govt of
Jhonlin
Indonesia Air Transport

Transpac

Lionair

Airfast
Transwisata
Indonesia Prima Aviation

TAG
Aviation

Enggang
Air Service

FlyJet

Total
BBJ

BBJ2

1
1

Challenger 601

Challenger 604

Challenger 605

Citation VI/VII
Gulfstream G550

1
1

Hawker 900XP

Legacy 600

Legacy 650

2
1

5
2

Legacy Shuttle

Lineage 1000

Phenom 300

1
1
1

Premier I/IA

30

Gulfstream IV-SP

Total

1
1

Learjet 31A

1
8

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1
2

27

Japan
41% of the Total Japan Fleet

Asia Jet

Govt of Japan Coast Guard

Ministry of Land
& Traportation

Nakanihon
Air Service

Jet
Aviation
Total

ACJ318
BBJ

1
1

Citation V

Falcon 900
Gulfstream G650

1
3

Gulfstream IV

Gulfstream IV-SP

Gulfstream V
Global 6000

Global Express
Total

1
2
4

2
3

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

18

31

Thailand
57% of the Total Thailand Fleet
6
4

Mjets

Siam Land
Flying

AC
Aviation

Advance
Aviation

Thai Flying
Service
Total

Citation Bravo

Citation CJ3

Citation VI/VII

Citation X

1
1
2

Gulfstream V

1
2

4
1

Global Express XRS

Hawker 400/A/XP

1
2

2
2

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Hawker 850XP

Flight
Inspection
Center

SK Telecom

Hyundai
Motor

Total

1
1

Falcon 2000LX
Gulfstream G200

2
1

1
17

South Korea
81% of the Total South Korea Fleet
8

Korean Air

Samsung
Techwin

Total

ACJ319
BBJ

Citation Ultra

Challenger 601
Citation CJ1/+

2
4

1
1

32

1
2

Hawker 750
Total

5
1

2
4

Gulfstream G550
Global Express XRS

1
2

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Text and photo by Anthony Lam

Iris Riesen

Managing Director, Jet Aviation Hong Kong


In addition to aircraft management and charter, internationally renowned operator Jet Aviation, a whollyowned subsidiary of General Dynamics, serves the business aviation industry with core services including
maintenance and engineering, completions and refurbishment, FBO and staffing. Headquartered in
Switzerland since 1967, Jet Aviation Business Jets Limited today is based out of the Hong Kong International
Airport and led by its Managing Director Iris Riesen.
We have been providing business aviation services to aircraft owners and operators for nearly half a
century, said Riesen. In this time, we not only developed comprehensive business aviation service
capabilities, we established a global network of facilities and earned a reputation for excellence. Jet Aviation
takes pride in exceeding customer expectations, and our good standing in the aviation industry is based on
the quality, transparency, commitment and dedication of each member of our global team of professionals.
This is the highest value we offer and is what differentiates us from our competitors, said Riesen.
Jet Aviation Business Jets Limited first entered the Asian market in 1995 with the opening of their
maintenance, refurbishment, and FBO facility in Singapore. In Hong Kong, their aircraft management and
charter operation was launched in September 2001 as a division of Jet Aviation Business Jets, and they have
been promoting and maintaining relationships with owners, partners, and authorities ever since. Available
services include the full range of aircraft management, operations, and flight support services, as well as
charter services all provided on a 24/7 basis by a team of multilingual specialists.

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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 Aviations 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 dont 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 companys 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
Limiteds 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 everyones
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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FLEET BY SIZE CATEGORY ASIA PACIFIC


Nearly 60% of the Asia Pacific business jet fleet consists of Large or Long-Range category aircraft largely positioned in
China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Aircraft size preference in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia also include the medium
size category aircraft, while the Philippines tends more towards medium and light aircraft categories.

Corp. Airliner 63 (8%)

Very Light 59 (8%)

Medium 119 (16%)

Large 224 (30%)

744
Long Range 201 (27%)

Light 78 (11%)
297

114
61

48

46

45

44

30

Cambodia

Papua New Guinea

Myanmar

11

Macau

Taiwan

South Korea

Thailand

Japan

Philippines

Indoenesia

Malaysia

Singapore

Hong Kong

China

17

Burnei

21

Total
Corp. Airliner

23

13

Long Range

89

55

15

10

63
1

201

Large

106

37

18

14

20

Medium

40

13

15

14

10

Light

20

14

Very Light

19

16

Total

297

114

61

48

46

45

44

30

21

17

11

+16%

+16%

+22%

+12%

+15%

+13%

+7%

+11%

+5%

+13%

% Change
from 2013

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Market
Share
Change

224
119

+2%

78

-2%

59
744

Size Category Description


Corporate Airliner

Long Range

Large

Boeing 727-100

Gulfstream G500

Challenger 601

Boeing 737-200

Gulfstream G550

Challenger 604

Boeing 737-400

Gulfstream G650

Challenger 605

Boeing 747-400

Gulfstream V

Challenger 800

Boeing 767-200ER

Global 5000

Challenger 850

Airbus 319ER

Global 6000

Challenger 870

Airbus 340-200

Global Express

CRJ200 VIP

ACJ318

Global Express XRS

Gulfstream G280

ACJ319

Falcon 7X

Gulfstream G300

ACJ320

Gulfstream G450

ACJ330

Gulfstream II

BBJ

Gulfstream III

BBJ2

Gulfstream IV

Lineage 1000/E

Gulfstream IV-SP

Dornier 328JET

Legacy 600
Legacy 650
Legacy Shuttle
Falcon 900
Falcon 2000LX/S/LXS
Falcon 900DX/EX/LX

Medium

Light

Very Light

Challenger 300

Citation Bravo

Citation CJ2/+

Citation X/+

Citation CJ3

Citation CJ1/+

Citation Sovereign/+

Citation CJ4

Citation I/SP/II

Gulfstream G100

Citation Encore

Citation Mustang

Gulfstream G150

Citation Excel

Eclipse500

Gulfstream G200

Citation S/II

Phenom 100

Falcon 50

Citation Ultra

Learjet 24

Falcon 20D

Citation V

Hawker 400/A/XP

Falcon 20F

Citation VI/VII

Premier I/IA

Learjet 60/XR

Citation XLS/+

HS 125-1A

Learjet 31A

Hawker 700A/B

Learjet 35/A/36A

Hawker 750

Learjet 40

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Learjet 45/XR

Hawker 850XP

Phenom 300

Hawker 900XP

Falcon 10

Hawker 1000A

Westwind 1/2

Hawker 4000

Sabreliner 65
Hawker 400/A/XP
Nextant 400XT
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8 (18%)

Indonesia (PF-)

Papua New Guinea (P2)

Myanmar (XY-,XZ-)

Thailand (HS-)

Philippines (PR-C)

China (B-XXXX)

Macau (B-MXX)

Hong Kong (B-K/B-LXX)

Taiwan (B-XXXXX)

South Korea (HL)

Japan (JA-)

USA (N)

FLEET REGISTRATIONS ASIA PACIFIC

36 (82%)

Japan
20 (95%)

South Korea

1 (5%)

22 (19%)

43 (37%)

5 (4%)

Hong Kong
1 (9%)

6 (55%)

Macau
10 (59%)

6 (35%)

Taiwan

247 (83%)
30 (10%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

China

Aircraft Base

1 (100%)

Myanmar
34 (74%)

10 (22%)

Philippines
2 (67%)

Cambodia
24 (80%)

5 (17%)

Thailand
Brunei
28 (58%)

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

Malaysia
3 (100%)

Papua New Guinea


30 (65%)

12 (26%)

Indonesia
31 (51%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

Singapore

% of Fleet
38

24%

5%

3%

1%

4%

34%

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

5%

3%

4%

Australia (VH-)

New Zealand (ZK)

Luxembourg (LX-)

Malta (9H)

San Marino (T7)

Finland (OH-)

Austria (OE-)

Isle of Man (M-)

Cayman Islands (VP-C)

Bermuda (VP-B, VQ-B)

Singapore (9V)

Brunei (V8)

Malaysia (9M)

Japan
South Korea
11 (10%)

26 (23%)

2 (2%)

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

Hong Kong
1 (9%)

2 (18%)

1 (9%)

Macau
1 (6%)

Taiwan
6 (2%)

9 (3%)

China

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

Philippines
1 (33%)

Cambodia

Aircraft Base

Myanmar

1 (3%)

Thailand
3 (100%)

Brunei
12 (25%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

Malaysia
Papua New Guinea
1 (2%)

1 (2%)

2 (4%)

Indonesia
2 (3%)

7 (11%)

3 (5%)

4 (7%)

1 (2%)

2 (3%)

9 (15%)

Singapore

2%

3%

5%

3%

1%
ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

1%

% of Fleet
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Popular Aviation Registrations Asia Pacific


Characteristics Comparison

Country
of
Registration

Cost of
Registering
an Aircraft

Time for
Registration
(Weeks)

Effective
Import
Taxes

Ease
of
Financing

Sale Value New AC Type


Crew
Attractiveness
Delay
Licensing
Internationally (Months)
& Training

International
Operational
Flexibility

AUSTRIA

Medium

Short

None

Good

Good

Short

Medium

Medium

BERMUDA

Average

Reasonable

None

Good

Good

Short

Easy

Reasonable

CAYMAN
ISLANDS

Average

Reasonable

None

Good

Good

Short

Easy

Reasonable

CHINA

Average

Very Long

Very High

Mostly Local

Medium

Very Long

Difficult

Medium

HONG
KONG

Expensive

Very Long

None

Good

Good

Long

Medium

Medium

INDONESIA

Average

Long

High

Restricted

Low

Reasonable

Medium

Low

ISLE OF
MAN

Average

Reasonable

None

Good

Good

Short

Reasonable

Reasonable

JAPAN

Expensive

Long

Medium

Good

Good

Long

Difficult

Medium

KOREA

Medium

Medium

None

Reasonable

Good

Reasonable

Medium

Medium

MALTA

Average

Reasonable

None

Good

Good

Short

Reasonable

Medium

MALAYSIA

Average

Reasonable

High

Mostly Local

Good

Medium

Medium

Medium

PHILIPPINES

Average

Reasonable

High

Restricted

Low

Medium

Difficult

Reasonable

TAIWAN

Average

Reasonable

None

Good

Reasonable

Long

Medium

Medium

THAILAND

Average

Medium

Medium

Mostly Local

Reasonable

Reasonable

Reasonable

Reasonable

USA

Average

Short

None

Good

Good

Short

Easy

Good

Applicable tax rates & regulations may change without notice and vary depending on the structure of the transaction, the timing and
place of entering into agreements. It is therefore advised to retain professional advice before entering into any transaction.

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FLEET AGE DISTRIBUTION ASIA PACIFIC


744 Total

80

The vast majority (72.8%) of business jets in Asia Pacific were manufacturer in 2005 or later. Only Cessna, Boeing and
Hawker have more than 30% of their fleet older than 10 years old in the region (35%, 35% and 63% respectively). The
business jet fleet is very young in Greater China with 90% in Hong Kong and 80% in China being 10 years old or less. This
then decreases with Korea (76%), Singapore (69%), Indonesia (61%), Thailand (57%), Japan (50%) and the Philippines
(48%) illustrating the ages and business jet experiences of various markets.

70
60
50
40
30
20

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

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1966
1967
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1982
1983
1984
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1990
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1995
1996
1997
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2003
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2005
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2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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1966
1967
1968
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1970
1971
1972
1973
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1980
1981
1982
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1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
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1978
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1981
1982
1983
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1995
1996
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2001
2002
2003
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2005
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2010
2011
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2013
2014

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1966
1967
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1982
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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Age Distribution by OEM


Airbus

24 in total

20

15

10

Boeing

30 in total

20

15

10

Bombardier

193 in total

25

20

15

10

Cessna

104 in total

20

15

10

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1965
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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

30

20
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

20

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Dassault

57 in total

15

10

Embraer

44 in total

20

15

10

Gulfstream

225 in total

25

20

15

10

Hawker

60 in total

15

10

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43

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Age Distribution by Region

China

297 in total

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

Hong Kong

114 in total

20

15

10

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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

10
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Japan 44 in Total

10

South Korea 21 in Total

10

Philippines 45 in Total

10

10

Thailand 30 in Total

Indonesia 46 in Total

10

Singapore 61 in Total

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Denzil White

COO, Hongkong Jet


As the international business aviation arm of the conglomerate HNA Group which holds 17 AOCs and over
400 jet aircraft, Hongkong Jet provides aircraft management, charter, maintenance, and advisory to a wide
range of business jet owners and clients in the region. Co-led by the recently-joined industry veteran and
COO Denzil White, the company today is a key player in the market that is constantly on the rise.
Hongkong Jet has many strengths. With our Chinese parents from the mainland and ourselves born in
Hong Kong, the edge gives us a more international flavor when looking at the APAC region, allowing us more
flexibility in terms of business law and the operating environment, said White. With their services in aircraft
management, charter, maintenance, and consulting, Hongkong Jet is also embarking readily on aircraft sales
as well. We have 18 aviation companies under the parent company and with businesses that span multiple
businesses such as shipping and hotels, in additional to aviation. With this setup, we are able to leverage
our operations with the economies of scale, helping with insurance rates and fuel pricing, among others.
This is what gives us the competitive advantage, White remarked.

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While most players in the industry come into Hong Kong to try to penetrate into the Chinese market,
Hongkong Jet has a unique position in that they were from China since the beginning. For this reason,
Hongkong Jet can focus externally to diversify its client pool and businesses. Expansions are good, but it
all starts at the core values, explained White, who continued, The HNA group has sewn on very solid core
values since its inception, and they have been transmitted to Hongkong Jet as part of the DNA of the group,
and therefore becomes a part of the companys lifestyle. Take safety, for example. It is a way of life. A lot
of companies say they commit to safety, but they dont walk the talk. How do you get people to look at the
safety model day in and day out? Safety needs to start at the top of the organization, so that management
leads the directors and the directors lead the rest of the team.
Today, Hongkong Jet has its ISBAO-2, and is well on its way toward ISBAO-3. Their team of five in corporate
safety, quality, and security work around the clock to ensure the highest standards are met. No matter
how small the incident - it gets reported, and everyone gets to see and hear about it. When asked about a
non-punitive culture, White felt that it takes time for employees to trust and believe that when something
happens, they dont get punished, instead the goal is to find solutions. More importantly, White stressed
that it does not help when a company has a safety expert providing safety - only to have the companys
senior management not cooperating for financial reasons, effectively undermining crucial safety initiatives.
Hongkong Jet is very fortunately that its management is completely on board. We will enhance and
continue to grow with a safety culture, said White, who continued As the industry has learned, loss of safety
is not just a loss of life - it is a loss of reputation, it is a loss of finances. Its the foundation to any business in
aviation.
Beyond safety, lies trust. According to White, the business aviation industry is an emotional one, at a certain
level. You have an individual or company that wants to buy an airplane, and in the end you have a choice of
five airplanes that meet your mission requirements and do their jobs equally well. Typically, at the end of the
day, it is an emotional decision which one you choose. If you have the ability to develop the relationship with
the right people, and if they trust you, then you get the business, said White, who believed that there are four
elements to trust - reliability, openness, congruence, acceptance. If any one of those elements are not there,
trust vanishes.
According to White, the China market is growing very rapidly in terms of the number of business jets,
with a compound growth of roughly 35% percent annually. Though with that growth, unfortunately, the
infrastructure is not growing in parallel. All the regulations that may be unnecessary, combined with far
too many hindrances for owning a business jet such as the inflexibility of short notice flights or getting the
approvals in China, may defeat or undermine the purpose of traveling via a business jet.
Day by day, the infrastructure development is far too slow to keep up with the growth of the industry. Take
the pilots for example - the industry here has had to hire foreign pilots for most flight crew positions. Local
pilots are available but many of them are tied up with contracts with the airlines, noted White, who felt that
the other major issue the industry faces is fuel pricing - where currently, Hong Kong has by far the most
expensive fuel in the region. If youre a business jet, youre paying about 50% higher than what the airlines
pay for the same fuel, and there is no reason for that, said White, who pointed out that if the market has
100 business jets parked at the HKBAC, that is bigger than what most airlines have. Sadly, White noted
that this may never change unless there is some competition brought on to the business aviation terminal in
Hong Kong.
As the international business aviation arm of HNA, Hongkong Jet has recently expanded its operations by
acquiring a share of Hawker Pacific, growing its business to FBO operations and services, and effectively
becoming a cousin of the Asian Sky Group, whose parent company SEACOR Holdings own approximately
33% of Hawker Pacifics common equity. With a bright spot on the horizon, Hongkong Jet is poised to soar
progressively higher in this rapidly growing region.
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47

FLEET ADDITIONS ASIA PACIFIC


Net Additions - 2014

Airbus 3 (3%)

Boeing 7 (7%)

Eclipse 1 (1%)
Hawker 1 (1%)

Cessna 8 (8%)

Sabreliner 1 (1%)

Embraer 10 (10%)
Gulfstream 31 (32%)

+97

Dassault 13 (14%)

Bombardier 22 (23%)

New Deliveries

Pre-owned Deliveries

Boeing 4 (5%)

Airbus 3 (3%)

Embrer 8 (9%)

Gulfstream 30
(35%)

Cessna 9 (10%)

Dassault 10
(12%)

Sabreliner 1 (2%)
Embraer 2 (5%)

Eclipse 1 (2%)

Cessna 2 (5%)

Gulfstream 13 (31%)

Boeing 3
(7%)

+87

+42

Hawker 5
(12%)

Bombardier 23
(26%)

Dassault 6 (14%)

Deductions

Dassault 3 (9%)

Gulfstream 12 (38%)

Cessna 3 (9%)

Hawker 4 (13%)

Bombardier 9 (22%)

-32

Bombardier 10 (31%)

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Net Additions Per Model New vs Pre-owned


97 in total
The most popular business jet models to be added to the Asia Pacific fleet in 2014 were the Gulfstream G550, G450,
Bombardier Global 6000 and Dassault Falcon 7X.
Global 6000

-1

Gulfstream G550
Gulfstream G450

10
12

-4

Falcon 7X

-1

Gulfstream G650

Challenger 870

2
6

Lineage 1000/E
-1

Global 5000

1
1

Gulfstream G280

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Hawker 400/A/XP

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Falcon 900LX

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Challenger 800/850

Sabreliner 65

Learjet 35/A/36A

Global Express XRS

Gulfstream IVSP

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New Deliveries
Pre-owned

1
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Falcon 50

Falcon 2000S

Falcon 2000LXS

Eclipse 500

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ACJ330

ACJ320

ACJ319

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Learjet 60XR
Falcon 2000LX

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Challenger 605

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Hawker 900XP

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Global Express

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Challenger 300

Hawker 4000

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Legacy 600/650

Gulfstream G200

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Note: Deductions were only counted for the Greater China Market.

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49

2014 New Deliveries by Country and Aircraft Model


87 in Total

ACJ319

Taiwan

Total
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Challenger 300
Challenger 605
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Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream G650
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South Korea

Malaysia

Macau

Japan

Thailand

Philippines

Indonesia

Singapore

Hong Kong

China

The large majority of 2014 business jet net additions in Asia Pacific were for aircraft based in China, Hong Kong and
Singapore, representing 77.5% of total additions, or 44.2%, 24.8% and 8.5% respectively.

1
1

7
1
4

2
4

2
1

10

10

Global 6000

Legacy 650

Lineage 1000

Lineage 1000E

Total

48

18

12

2
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87

2014 Pre-Owned Deliveries by Country and Aircraft Model

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Thailand

Myanmar

Macau

Taiwan

Philippines

Japan

Singapore

Indonesia

Malaysia

China

Hong Kong

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Challenger 850

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Falcon 2000LX

Falcon 50
Falcon 7X

Falcon 900LX

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

2
1
1

4
3

Gulfstream G650

Gulfstream IV-SP

2
1

Global 5000

Global 6000

Global Express

Global Express XRS

Hawker 400/A/XP

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Learjet 35/A/36A

2
1

Learjet 60/XR

Legacy 600

Lineage 1000

Sabreliner 65
Total

1
14

1
2

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2014 Deductions by Country and Aircraft Model


32 in Total
Hong Kong
Challenger 300

China

Taiwan

Challenger 601

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Challenger 605

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Falcon 2000LX

Falcon 7X

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

Global 5000

Global 6000

Global Express

Hawker 4000

Hawker 900XP

52

Macau

3
1

Learjet 60/XR

Total

16

1
1

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GREATER CHINA

GREATER CHINA MARKET TRENDS


In the context of the Asia Pacific region, not too surprisingly due to the dominance of the China market, the
Greater China business jet fleet at the end of 2014 represents the lions share of the installed fleet in the AsiaPacific region with 59% of the aircraft (439 in total). Individually, China represents 40% of the Asia Pacific fleet,
followed by Hong Kong with 15%, Taiwan 2% and Macau 1%.
Compared to year-end 2013 however, the Greater China fleet grew only 15.5% in 2014 pulled down by lower
fleet growth in China specifically and consequently, the Greater China fleet portion of the total Asia Pacific fleet
remained unchanged 2013 to 2014.
From an OEMs perspective and whether their fortunes will rise or fall in the Asia Pacific region in the near
future, different manufacturers have very different dependencies on the Greater China market. Keeping in mind
that the Greater China market is very much a large cabin / long range market, it is not too surprising that Hawker
and Cessna have just over a third (32% and 37%) of their Asia Pacific fleet based in Greater China versus 83%,
72%, 72% and 64% for Airbus, Dassault, Gulfstream and Bombardier respectively. Of note are Embraer and
Boeing (57% and 39%), with Embraer having a large fleet in Indonesia to counter balance Greater China, and
Boeing doing very well at placing aircraft throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Year-End 2014 Review


In ASGs 2013 year-end business jet fleet report, it was expected that the Greater China market would grow at
20% and reach 445 aircraft by the end of 2014. ASG also highlighted a number of market drivers that could
end up influencing these numbers.
These market drivers were:
Austerity measures put in place by the Central Government in Beijing
The introduction of a more clearly defined tax structure for business jets registered
Operational and infrastructure issues like parking constraints in Hong Kong

in China

To these we can also now add:


Spending fears linked to the on-going corruption
The slowing pace of GDP growth in China

crackdown by the Central Government

In line with ASGs predictions, market drivers did exactly as expected and 2014 saw growth in the Greater
China market of only 15.5% - a drop of 5% from the growth rate achieved from 2012 to 2013. The net number
of aircraft (new deliveries plus pre-owned additions minus deletions from the market) added to Greater China
in 2014 was 59 in total versus 64 in 2013 and over 100 in 2012. The Greater China market is very much in
decline.
When breaking the 2013 net numbers down even further versus 2014, new aircraft deliveries held up through
2014 (+21%) and even deletions decreased (-17%). The big change was therefore in the pre-owned deliveries.
In 2013, pre-owned aircraft represented almost half the additions to the Greater China fleet. In 2014 this
number was just 28%. In 2013 there was almost an insatiable, immediate demand for aircraft in Greater China.
The only way to meet this requirement was through more pre-owned aircraft sales, with a vast majority of these
sales being relatively new, i.e. recently delivered & low time pre-owned aircraft. With the austerity measures
and corruption crackdown gaining steam through the course of 2014 however, buyer demand and sentiment
declined, directly impacting pre-owned aircraft sales.

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GREATER CHINA

Winners and Losers in 2014


If we look at China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau individually, the net business jet fleet growth for 2014 in China
and Hong Kong were almost the same: 16.0% versus 16.3%. This represents a considerable change in the growth
rate of these 2 key markets. In 2013, Chinas fleet grew at 26.7% and Hong Kong at a mere 5.4%. This change in
fortunes is directly attributable to the market drivers outlined above.
Examining Greater Chinas net growth further, in the dominating large size category and up, there were only two
OEMs that added more aircraft in 2014 than in 2013. These were Boeing and Embraer, recognizing though that
these OEMs also have amongst the smallest market shares in Greater China. All the other OEMs Gulfstream,
Bombardier, Falcon and Airbus added less aircraft in 2014 than in 2013.
On the important topic of new aircraft deliveries, Gulfstream, Bombardier, Cessna and Boeing all increased their
deliveries of new aircraft into Greater China in 2014 (however, see Forecast for 2015). All the other manufacturers
either saw flat growth or delivered fewer new aircraft than in 2013. The top 4 aircraft models delivered in 2014 were
the G550, the G450, Falcon 7X and Global 6000.
For pre-owned aircraft deliveries, only Falcon and Hawker saw increases and only Gulfstream saw their deletions
increase.
Of note is also the small 2014 net growth in the Light and Very Light size categories. This is directly attributable to
the opening up of the lower airspace across China which is in turn encouraged growth in the flight training sector.
The only category which has seen a declining growth year on year 2012 through 2014 is the Medium size category.

NET FLEET GROWTH 2012-2014


Per Aircraft Base

297
256

2012

2013

2014

202

93 98

114

14 11 11

China

Hong Kong

Macau

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Taiwan

55

GREATER CHINA

Net Fleet Growth 2012-2014 by OEM


161
2012

2013

2014

142
123

117

111
92

41

38
34 35

31

25

19

28

20 19

16

14

Gulfstream

Bombardier

Dassault

Cessna

18 20
4

Embraer

Hawker

Airbus

153
2012

134

2013

2014

122
103
91

63

58

54

39
20

28

Corp. Airliner

56

23 21 22

Long Range

Large

Medium

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Light

12

Boeing

Net Fleet Growth 2012-2014 by Size Category


151

20
16 17

Very Light

GREATER CHINA

Net Fleet Growth by Models 2012-2014 Top 40 Models


72
64

2012

52

2013

2014

52
46

33
30
25
23

22

22

21

20

19

17 17
11

10

16

14

13
9

13 13
12

12

9
5

5
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Gulfstream
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Gulfstream
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Falcon 7X

11

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10

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Gulfstream
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Global 6000

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Global 5000

3
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CRJ200VIP

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Challenger 870

13

Challenger 850

Challenger 605

Challenger 604

Challenger 601

1
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Challenger 300

BBJ2

BBJ

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ACJ330

ACJ320

ACJ319

ACJ318

Airbus 319VIP

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Net Fleet Change by Model 2012-2014

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Gulfstream V

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-3
2
2

-4
-2
-1
-2

Hawker 800 A/B/XP

Hawker 900XP

1
1
1

Hawker 750

Hawker 4000

Hawker 400 /A/XP

Gulfstream IV-SP

Gulfstream G650

Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G280

Gulfstream G200

2
2
-1

Gulfstream G100

Phenom 300

Lineage 1000E

Lineage 1000

12

Leagacy 650

-1
2
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Legacy 600

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Falcon 900LX

2
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2
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Falcon 7X

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11

12

19

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22

12

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GREATER CHINA

AIRCRAFT ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS

2014
59 Net Additions
68 New Deliveries

26 Pre-owned
94

Additions
-35

Deductions
59

Net Additions

2013
64 Net Additions
56 New Deliveries

50 Pre-owned
106

Additions
-42

Deductions
64

Net Additions

2012
102 Net Additions
111

Additions
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Deductions

Net Additions

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

102

61

GREATER CHINA

Net Additions in 2014


59 in total

-1

Falcon 7X
-6

Gulfstream G550

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Global 6000

-5

Gulfstream G450

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Gulfstream G280
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Citation Mustang

Falcon 900LX

Lineage 1000

Lineage 1000E

Gulfstream 650

ACJ330

ACJ320

Challenger 850

Global Express XRS

Falcon 2000S

Hawker 400/A/XP

-1

Learjet 60/XR

-1

Citation Sovereign/+

-1

Citation VI/VII

-1

Hawker 900XP

-1

Challenger 300

-1

Citation CJ3

-1

Global Express

-2

Falcon 2000LX

-2

Challenger 605

-2

Challenger 601

-2

-3

Deductions
New Deliveries
Pre-owned

-4

Gulfstream G200

62

Challenger 870

Hawker 4000

-3

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

GREATER CHINA

New Deliveries by OEM 2013-2014


25

2013

2014

19
16
10

14
9

5
2

Gulfstream

Bombardier

Dassault

Embraer

Cessna

Boeing

MODEL

2013

2014

ACJ318

ACJ319

ACJ320

ACJ330

BBJ

BBJ2

Challenger 300

Challenger 605

Challenger 850

Challenger 870

Global 5000

Global 6000

Citation CJ1

Citation Sovereign/+

Citation Mustang

Citation XLS/+

Falcon 7X

11

Falcon 900LX

Falcon 2000

Legacy 600

Legacy 650

Lineage 1000/E

Phenom 300

Gulfstream G280

Gulfstream G450

13

Gulfstream G550

11

Gulfstream G650

Total

56

68

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Airbus

63

GREATER CHINA

Pre-owned by OEM 2013-2014


2013

20

2014

17
9

6
4
1

1
Gulfstream

64

Bombardier

Dassault

Hawker

5
2

Boeing

Embraer

Cessna

MODEL

2013

2014

ACJ318

ACJ319

BBJ

Challenger 604

Challenger 605

Challenger 850

CRJ200VIP

Global 5000

Global 6000

Global Express

Global Express XRS

Learjet 60/XR

Citation Sovereign/+

Citation VI

Citation X

Citation XLS

Falcon 2000LX

Falcon 7X

Falcon 900LX

Legacy 600

Lineage 1000

Gulfstream G100

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

Hakwer 400/A/XP

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Hawker 4000

Total

50

26

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

3
Airbus

GREATER CHINA

Deductions by OEM 2013-2014


2013

2014

15
11

11

10

9
4

Gulfstream

Bombardier

Hawker

6
3

Dassault

Cessna

Airbus

Embraer

MODEL

2013

2014

ACJ318

Challenger 300

Challenger 601

Challenger 605

CRJ200VIP

Global Express

Global Express XRS

Global 5000

Global 6000

Learjet 60/XR

Citation CJ3

Citation XLS/+

Citation Sovereign/+

Citation VI/VII

Falcon 2000

Falcon 2000LX

Falcon 7X

Lineage 1000

Gulfstream G200

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream IV

Hawker 750

Hawker 800A/B/XP

Hawker 900XP

Hawker 4000

Total

42

35

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

65

66

Challenger 300

111

111

11

11

11

Falcon 2000LX

11

Lineage 1000

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014


22

25

2012

34

2012
2013
2014

34
40
45

8
8

2013

2014

Hawker 900/XP

22
Hawker 800/850

33 3

Hawker 4000

111

Hawker 4000

Gulfstream G550

8
Gulfstream V

67

2 2

Gulfstream G650

TAG Aviation
Gulfstream IV-SP

33 3

Gulfstream G450

BAA
2013

57

Gulfstream G550

1
32

Gulfstream G200

2012

Gulfstream G450

111

Gulfstream IV

Gulfstream G200

32

Gulfstream G550

Falcon 900LX

Gulfstream G450

Gulfstream G200

Falcon 900LX

18
21
20

Falcon 900LX

4
1

Falcon 900EX

111

Legacy 650

Falcon 2000S

Falcon 7X

Global Express XRS

Deer Jet

Falcon 7X

444
111

Legacy 600

8
2
3

Lineage 1000E

1
2

Learjet 60/XR

111
Falcon 7X

Citation CJ1/+

333

Learjet 60/XR

Global Express XRS

7
1

Global 6000

11

Global Express

Global 6000

Challenger 605

BBJ
2

Global 6000

34
3

Global 5000

444

Challenger 850

22

Challenger 850

2 22
Challenger 605

1
1

ACJ320

ACJ319

A319ER
2 22

Challenger 605

22

ACJ319

ACJ318

111

Challenger 604

111

ACJ319

GREATER CHINA

Fleet by Operator & Models 2012-2014


2014

70

13
12

66 6
332

5
22

49

111

Global Express XRS

11

Jet Aviation

11
111

China Eastern

33

111

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014


Citation XLS/+

Legacy 600

Legacy 650
Lineage 1000

21

2012

11

2012

2013

22

2013

14

2013
2014

28
30
35

2 2

Gulfstream V

Gulfstream IV-SP

Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream G450

2012

44

Hawker 800A/B/XP

3
2
44

Gulfstream G650

11

Gulfstream G550

111
3

Gulfstream G550

11

Citation Sovereign /+

Gulfstream G450

1
Gulfstream G200

11

Global Express XRS

Metrojet

Gulfstream G450

Global 5000

Gulfstream G200

Falcon 900LX

Gulfstream G200

1 1

Falcon 7X

1
111

Legacy 650

22
2
Global Express

Challenger 850

Challenger 605

Challenger 604

11

Citation CJ3

1
1

Global Express

2 22

Global 6000

Global 5000

1
21

Falcon 2000LX

111

Challenger 300

Challenger 605

111

BBJ

Citation Sovereign /+

1 1

ACJ318

ACJ318

GREATER CHINA

14
13
12

5
1
111

2014

30

8 8 8

1
4

2014

16

33

111

67

1 1

68

22

1 1

Gulfstream G450

22

Hongkong Jet

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China United
2012

7 7

17

Lily Jet
2012

1
111
11

2013

2013

18

11

Hawker 900/XP

Gulfstream G550

Gulfstream G450

2012

Hawker 4000

Lineage 1000E

Gulfstream G280

Citation VI/VII

Citation Bravo/II

555

Lineage 1000

Gulfstream G200

Global Express XRS

1
Global Express

Falcon 2000

Gulfstream G650

Legacy 650

Falcon 900DX

Minsheng Intl Jet

Gulfstream G550

Legacy 650

1 1

Falcon 7X

11
CRJ200VIP

Citation Sovereign/+

Global 6000

Global Express XRS

3
11

Global 5000

Challenger 870

3 3

Global Express

22

CRJ200VIP

Challenger 850

ACJ319

Citation XLS/+/Excel

Global 5000

11

Challenger 605

22
Falcon 7X

Challenger 605

Challenger 604

BBJ

ACJ319

ACJ318

GREATER CHINA

2014

14

1
1

2014

13

5
11

2013
2014

11
12

4
11

2012
2013
2014

4
7
12

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GREATER CHINA

FOREIGN AIRCRAFT OPERATION HIGHLIGHTS* IN CHINA


Landing Slot Restictions

Aerodrome Specific Restrictions


Beijing Capital Intl Airport
(ZBAA)

No takeoff between 07:00 - 09:59

Beijing Capital Airport (ZBAA)

No double

Only one slot avialable 06:00 - 23:59

Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (ZSSS)

movement

No takeoff & landing between 00:00 - 05:59

Shanghai Hongqiao Airport


(ZSSS)
Not allowed to operate to/from the east /

northeast direction between 07:00 - 22:59

Shanghai Pudong Airport (ZSPD)

between

Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (ZGGG)

08:01 -

Shenzhen Baoan Airport (ZGSZ)

21:59

Jiamusi
Hulumbuir

Sponsor Letters

Mudanjiang

Inviting company background info


Purpose of flight and visit

Yanji

Passenger detailed info

Beijing

Contact methods of the sponsor


Aircraft regulations

Weihai

Flight number
Aircraft model
Full schedule

Shanghai

Chengdu

Taipei
Guangzhou

Haikou Hong Kong

Airport Restrictions

China Landing Permit Regulations

Jiamusi Dongjiao Airport (ZYJM)

Not open except for

Within China:

Mudanjiang Hailang Airport (ZYMD)

Russian registered

Landing permit application to be subimitted 2 to 3 days in advance.

Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (ZBLA)

aircraft

Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (ZYYJ)

Not open except for

Mudanjiang Hailang Airport (ZYMD)

South Korea registered

Weihai Dashuibo Airport (ZSWH)

aircraft

Landing permit application cannot be changed more than twice.


One permit may only contain 6 sectors.
For domestic flight operations:
A Chinese navigator must be arranged beforehand
Both government and sponsor letter are needed

*information provided by AsBAA

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At least 7 working days are required to apply. Once submitted, it may


not be revised.

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GREATER CHINA

FORECAST FOR 2015


The forecast for 2015 for the Greater China market is dire indeed. For one, all of the market drivers noted earlier
in this report will remain throughout the year and continue to negatively influence buying sentiment in the Greater
China market. ASG also expects pre-owned activity to remain low and deductions to increase as more and more
owners either sell their existing aircraft or move them out of the region. But whereas 2014 was propped up by new
aircraft deliveries from the OEMs, this will not be the case in 2015. As noted earlier, new aircraft deliveries slightly
increased in 2014. However, this was the end result from orders placed in 2012 and 2013. 2015 will see a decline
in new deliveries as OEM sales in Greater China declined in 2014.
Additionally a major influence on new aircraft deliveries by OEMs in 2015 will be the existing backlog with the
Chinese leasing companies. By ASGs estimation, between the 5 main Chinese business jet leasing companies,
there exists roughly 30 new aircraft either delivered and unsold or due to be delivered in 2015 hanging over the
market. These new aircraft will in particular present significant market challenges to Gulfstream and Bombardier
throughout the year as both these OEMs and leasing companies compete for the same base of dwindling potential
buyers. Of note and a harbinger for deliveries beyond 2015, even though these leasing companies have historically
been large buyers of new aircraft, they are unlikely to place any new orders in 2015.
The potential silver lining is that while the combined effects of slowing GDP and the governments austerity / anticorruption measure have weighed heavily on the Greater China market in 2014, the relatively favourable exchange
rate, combined with willing sellers, willing operators and willing financiers in 2015 should provide a small measure of
positive outlook for the market.
All things considered through, ASG is still predicting the Greater China market to slow overall in 2015 and growth to
be in the area of just 10%.

No of
Aircraft

Growth
Rate %

+49.8%

500

480
439

+42.3%

+41.5%

380

400

40%

316

+28.3%

300

50%

30%

+25.4%
211

+20.3%

200
148

20%

+15.5%

118
+9.33% 10%

92

100
65

0
2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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2014

2015

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SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Airbus
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Beijing Support Centre

Beijing, China

ST Aerospace

Singapore

ACJ318/319/320

Sepang Engineering

KL, Malaysia

ACJ318/319/320

HNA Aviation Technik

Haikou, China

ACJ318/319/320

Spare Parts

Refurbishment

China Eastern Technik

Shanghai, China

ACJ318/319/320

AMECO

Beijing, China

ACJ318/319

STARCO

Shanghai, China

ACJ318/319/320

STAECO

Jinan, China

ACJ318/319/320

TAECO

Xiamen, China

ACJ318/319/320

HAECO

Hong Kong

ACJ319/320

Training Centres Worldwide

Hamburg, Germany
Beijing, China

Toulouse, France

Miami, Florida, USA

Bangalore, India

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Boeing
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Beijing Service Centre

Beijing, China

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

Boeing Shanghai Service

Shanghai, China

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

AMECO

Beijing, China

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

STARCO

Shanghai, China

BBJ

STAECO

Jinan, China

BBJ

TAECO

Xiamen, China

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

SMECO

Chengdu, China

BBJ

Refurbishment

HAECO

Hong Kong

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

Jet Aviation

Singapore

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

ST Aerospace

Singapore

BBJ/BBJ1/BBJ2

Training Centres Worldwide

London Gatwick, UK
Seattle, Washington, USA
Istanbul, Turkey
Casablanca, Morocco

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Incheon, South Korea

Miami, Florida, USA


Mexico City, Mexico
Singapore

Brisbane, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bombardier
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Refurbishment

Bombardier Service Centre

Singapore

Learjet, Challenger and Global

Shanghai Hawker Pacific

Shanghai, China

Global

ExecuJet Haite

Tianjin, China

L60, CL604/605, Global

STAECO

Jinan, China

CRJ200, CL604/605, Global

Metrojet

Hong Kong

CL300, CL604/605, CL800, Global

Jet Aviation

Singapore

L40/45, L60, CL300, CL604/605, Global

ExecuJet Malaysia

KL, Malaysia

L60, CL300, CL604/605, CL800, Global

Airworks

Mumbai, India

L60, CL300, CL604/605, Global

JAMCO

Sendai, Japan

Global

Jet Aviation

Hong Kong

CL604/605, Global

ST Aerospace

Singapore

L40/45, L60

Training Centres Worldwide

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Montreal, Canada

Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK


Dallas, Texas, USA
Dubai, UAE

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Houston, Texas, USA


Toluca, Mexico

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Cessna
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Refurbishment

Cit Mustang, XLS, Sovereign

Beijing, China

Cit XL, Sovereign, X

Shanghai Hawker Pacific

Shanghai, China

Cit XLS, Sovereign, X

Okayama Air Service

Okayama, Japan

Cit 500s, Mustang, CJs, Sovereign

SR Aviation

Kuala Lumpur

Cit CJ, Mustang, X

Airworks

Mumbai, India

Cit II, Sovereign

Jet Aviation

Singapore

Cit X

Mjets

Bangkok, Thailand

Cit X, Mustang, CJs (except CJ4)

Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Cessna Service Centre

Singapore

Beijing Dingshi GA

Training Centres Worldwide

Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Antwerp, Belgium

British Columbia, Canada

Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Aurora, Oregon, USA

Zurich, Switzerland
Seosan, South Korea

Creswell, Oregon, USA


Bend, Oregon, USA

Kapolei, Hawaii USA


Maui, Hawaii, USA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sydney , Australia

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Gig Harbor, Washington, USA


Snohomish, Washington, USA

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Dassault
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Line
Maintenance

Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Shanghai Hawker Pacific

Shanghai, China

F7X, F2000s, F900s

Hawker Pacific Asia

Singapore

All Falcon products

Dassault Business Services

Beijing, China

All Falcon products

Jet Aviation

Hong Kong

F7X, F2000s, F900s

Airworks

Mumbai, India

F900s

TAJ Air

Mumbai, India

F2000EX, F2000EX EASy

Siddhartha Logistics Co Pvt Ltd

Mumbai, India

All Falcon products

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Refurbishment

Training Centres Worldwide

Chichester, West Sussex, UK


Colombus, Ohio, USA

Merignac, France
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dallas, Texas, USA

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Teterboro, New Jersey, USA


Whippany, New Jersey, USA
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

77

Embraer
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Embraer China Services

Beijing, China

All Embraer Models

STAECO

Jinan, China

Legacy 600/650, Lineage 1000

ExecuJet Haite

Tianjin, China

Legacy 600/650, Lineage 1000

China Eastern

Shanghai, China

Legacy 600/650

Metrojet

Hong Kong

Legacy 600/650, Lineage 1000

Hawker Pacific Asia

Singapore

WJA Aviation

Jakarta, Indonesia

Legacy 600/650

Airworks

Mumbai, India

Phenom 100/300, Legacy 600/650

Indamer

New Delhi, India

Legacy 600/650, Lineage 1000

Phenom 100/300, Legacy


600/650, L1000

Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Refurbishment

Training Centres Worldwide

Paris, France
Dallas, Texas, USA
Long Beach, California, USA

St. Louis, Missouri, USA


Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Houston, Texas, USA

Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Gulfstream
Maintenance Service Centres in Asia Pacific
Facility

Location

Aircraft Model

Gulfstream Service Centre Beijing, China


Metrojet

Hong Kong

Jet Aviation

Hong Kong

Jet Aviation Pte

Singapore

Airworks

Mumbai, India

JAMCO

Sendai, Japan

STAECO

Jinan, China

G200, G450, G550


GV, GIV/GIV-SP, G100, G150, G200,
G300, G350, G450, G550, G650
GIV/GIV-SP, G300/G400, G100, G150,
G200, G450, G500/550, G650
GV, GIV/GIV-SP, G100, G150, G200,
G280, G300/G400, G450, G500/G550
G100, G200, G300/G400, G450,
G500/G550, GIV/GIV-SP, GV
G300/G400, G500/G550, GIV/GIV-SP,
GV
G450

Line
Maintenance

Heavy
Maintenance

Spare
Parts

Refurbishment

Training Centres Worldwide

Chichester, West Sussex, UK


Colombus, Ohio, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Hong Kong

Long Beach, California, USA

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Haikou, China

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FIXED-BASE OPERATORS (FBO) ASIA PACIFIC

KBAS
Flightrans Jet
AVJET Asia

AA Corporation

Beijing

C-jet FBO

Seoul
Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre

Premier Gate Business Aviation

Shanghai

Eva Sky Jet Centre


Taiwan Taoyuan Business Aviation Centre

Macau Business Aviation Centre

Hong Kong
Taiwan

Macau

Deer Jet FBO

Haikou
Sanya
Bangkok

MJets

IASS

Tokyo

Executive Aviation FBO


Win Air Business Jet FBO

Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre

Deer Jet FBO

Royal Skyways

Jet Aviation

ASE Handling

Universal Aviation
Wings Over Asia

Kuala Lumpur

Hawker Pacific Asia

Singapore

Jarkarta
Bali

ExecuJet Indonesia

AeroHandlers
SkyPark Malaysia

IndoAsia Ground Services

Nusantara Aviation Services


Smooth Route

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Financing Institutions
Name
GE Capital
CIT
BNP Paribas
UBS
Citi Bank
Bank of America
Credit Suisse
Goldman Sachs
Global Jet Capital
SMBC Aviation Capital
WellsFargo Bank Northwest, N.A.
LaserLine Lease Finance Corporation
Minsheng Bank
ICBC
Bank of China (BOC Aviation)
Industrial Bank
China Development Bank
China Merchants Bank
Agriculture Bank of China
Changjiang Leasing
AVIC Leasing
Shanghai Guojin Leasing
Anbang Insurance
China Huarong Financial Leasing
CITIC Futong
China Trust
Chailease Finance
ITC-Leasing, Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Lease Co., Ltd.

Office Location
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
International
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
Taiwan
Taiwan
Japan
Japan

Finance Lease

Operating Lease

Legal Firms
Involving an experience lawyer or law firm in the early stages of an aircraft sales and purchase is key to minimize
both costs and potential problems relating to the aircraft for the long run. Aircraft transactions are complicated and
involve a sizable number of documents, including sales and purchase agreement, financing agreement, aircraft
management agreement, and all specification, registration, and importation documents, just to name a few. Due to
the unique nature of aircraft transactions, industry experts and specialists in both the legal and commercial aspects
of transactions will be needed to scrutinize each transaction as to ensure that seller or buyers legal interests are best
protected and the best commercial terms are obtained.
ASG will liaise with top law firms should legal services be required, and thereby ensure a smooth transaction both
legally and commercially.
Law Firm
King & Wood Mallesons
Run Ming Law Offices
Clifford Chance
Clyde & Co
Holman Fenwick William
Mayer Brown JSM
Stephenson Harwood
William K K Ho & Co.
Lee and Li
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Shook Lin & Bok
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Squire Sanders
Bae, Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang

Region
China
China
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Taiwan
Indonesia
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Korea
Korea

Law Firm
Lee & Ko
Yulchon LLC
Yoon & Yang LLC
Appleby
Bedell Cristin
Carey Olsen
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maples and Calder
Mourant Ozannes
Walkers
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Hogan Lovells
Milbank
Watson Farley & Williams
Siam Premier

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Region
Korea
Korea
Korea
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Offshore
Philippines
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Thailand

83

INTERIOR COMPLETION CENTRES WORDWIDE

Fokker Air Services


Papendrecht , South Holland, Netherlands

Lufthansa Technik
Hamburg, Germany

Kvand Aircraft Interiors


Moscow, Russia

SR Technics
Zurich, Switzerland

Delta Interior Design


Sirone, Italy

Haeco Private Jet Solutions

Amac Aerospace
Jet Aviation Management

Xiamen, China

Basel, Switzerland

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre


Toulouse, France

JCB Aero
Auch, France

Sabena Technics
Bordeaux, France

ST Aerospace
Paya Lebar, Singapore

Flying Colours Corp


Singapore

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ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT YEAR END 2014

Standard Aero, Associated Air Centre Gulfstream Completion Centre


Springfield, IL, USA

Jet Aviation Management


St. Louis, MO, USA

Bombardier Aerospace

Appleton, WI, USA

Comlux Completion USA

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Wichita, KS, USA

Cascade Aerospace

Flying Colours Corp

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Bombardier Aerospace

Abbotsford, Canada

Montreal, QC, Canada

Greenpoint Technologies

Innotech Aviation

Kirkland, WA, USA

Montreal, QC, Canada

Cessna Completion Centre

PATS Aircraft Systems

Wichita, KS, USA

Georgetown, DE, USA

Flying Colours Corp


St. Louis, MO, USA

Gulfstream Completion Centre

Embraer Completion Centre

Long Beach, CA, USA

Melbourne, FL, USA

GDC Technics
San Antonio, TX, USA

Gulfstream Completion Centre


Savannah, GA, USA

L-3 Platform Integration

Gulfstream Completion Centre


Brunswick, GA, US

Waco, TX, USA

Bizjet
Tulsa, OK, USA

Duncan Aviation
Hillaero Modification
Lincoln, NE, USA

Dassault Falcon Jet


Little Rock, AR, USA

Gulfstream Service
Centres Standard
Aero, Associated Air
Centre

Embraer Completion Centre


Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dallas, TX, USA

Altitude Aerospace Interiors


Auckland, New Zealand

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OEM Completion Centres


NAME

AIRCRAFT CAPABILITIES

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre

Airbus ACJ Family

Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier, Learjet

Dassault Falcon Jet

Falcon

Embraer Completion Centre

Legacy 600/650, Lineage 1000 and Phenom 100/300

Gulfstream Service Centres

Gulfstream

Cessna Completion Centre

Cessna

Independent Completion Centres

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NAME

AIRCRAFT CAPABILITIES

Aeria Luxury Interiors

Boeing and Airbus

Altitude Aerospace Interiors

Boeing BBJ and 787

Amac Aerospace

Boeing 747/777/787, Airbus A330/340/380

Bizjet

Boeing BBJ, 737CL, 737NG, Airbus ACJ Family and Gulfstream

Cascade Aerospace

Boeing

Comlux Completion USA

Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ Family

Duncan Aviation

Falcon, Gulfstream, Global, Challenger, Hawker, Learjet, Citation, Embraer, King Air, Astra / Westwind

Elliott Aviation

Hawker, Beechjet, Bombardier

Flying Colours Corp

Challenger, Global 5000/6000, Learjet, Hawker, Falcon, Cessna Citation

Fokker Air Services

Airbus ACJ family

GDC Technics

Boeing BBJ, 767, 787 and Airbus ACJ, A330, A340

Greenpoint Technologies

Boeing BBJ

Haeco Private Jet Solutions

Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ

Hillaero Modification Centre

Learjet, King Air, Citation, Pilatus, Hawker, Beechjet, Diamond, Falcon, TBM, Meridian and Westwind

Innotech Aviation

Bombardier

JCB Aero

Boeing BBJ (B737 series) and Airbus ACJ (A320 series)

Jet Aviation Management

Boeing BBJ, Airbus ACJ, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Falcon, Hawker

Kvand Aircraft Interiors

Tu-134, TU-154B, M, YAK-40,YAK-42

L-3 Platform Integration

Boeing 707/737/747/757, Airbus A310/340, MD11, Gulfstream, Lockheed

Lufthansa Technik

Airbus ACJ Family, Boeing 737CL, 737NG, 747, 767, 777, 787

PATS Aircraft Systems

Boeing BBJ, 727, Lineage 1000 and CRJ200

Sabena Technics

Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer and Fokker

SR Technics

Airbus A320, A330, A340, A380, Boeing 737NG and MD11

ST Aerospace

Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ

Standard Aero, Associated Air Centre

Boeing BBJ and Airbus ACJ, Falcon Jet, Challenger, Hawker, Gulfstream

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CHARTER AIRCRAFT AVAILABILITY ASIA PACIFIC

South Korea
2
China
41

Macau
2

Thailand
19

Hong Kong
11

Philippines
1

Malaysia
3
Singapore
19

Indonesia
17

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Japan
7

Charter Aircraft Availability by Model


China

Hong
Kong

Macau

Indonesia

ACJ318

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

ACJ319

BBJ

Total
1

2
1

Boeing 727-100
Challenger 300

South
Korea

Challenger 601

Challenger 604

Challenger 605

Challenger 850

Global 5000

Global 6000

Global Express

Global Express XRS

2
1

5
5

1
1

Learjet 24

Learjet 35/A/36A

Learjet 45/XR

Learjet 60/XR

Citation Bravo

Citation CJ3

Citation Mustang

Citation V

Citation X
Citation XLS/+

1
1

Citation Sovereign/+

Citation VI/VII
CRJ200 VIP

1
1
2

Gulfstream G300
5

Gulfstream G550

13

Gulfstream IV-SP
Gulfsream V

1
1

8
1

Gulfstream G650
Gulfstream V

2
1

Gulfstream G450

2
1

Gulfstream G150
Gulfstream G200

Legacy 600

Lineage 1000

Phenom 300

Legacy 650

Falcon 2000LX
Falcon 7X

Hawker 400/A/XP
Hawker 800A/B/XP
Hawker 850XP

Hawker 900XP

Premier I/IA

Sabreliner 65

Nextant 400XT

Total

41

11

17

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17

1
1
1

19

120

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PRE-OWNED AIRCRAFT FOR SALE GLOBAL AVAILABILITY


Pre-owned Business Jet % of Fleet for Sale
11 %

10%

Hawker
Bombardier

9%

Gulfstream
Embraer

8%

Dassault
Cessna
Boeing

7%

Airbus
6%

5%

Jan-14

Feb-14

Mar-14

Apr-14

May-14

Jun-14

Jul-14

Aug-14

Sep-14

Oct-14

Nov-14

Dec-14

Pre-owned Business Jet for Sale Average Days on Market


700
650
600
550

Boeing
Cessna

500

Hawker

450

Airbus
Bombardier

400

Embraer

350

Dassault

300

Gulfstream

250
200

Jan-14

Feb-14

Mar-14

Apr-14

May-14

Jun-14

Jul-14

Aug-14

Sep-14

Oct-14

Nov-14

Dec-14

Source: Jetnet

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AIRCRAFT MODELS POSITIONING

Aircraft Total Yearly Cost vs Maximum Range


20
19
18
17
16
16
15

ACJ321

BBJ

ACJ318

12

Global 6000

11

G IV SP

CL 890 CS

88

G350

Total Yearly Cost (Million USD/Year)

Global 5000

CL 870 CS

F 900LX

G650ER

CL 850

CIT XLS+
L 75
L 45XR
CIT Excel
CIT Ultra

CIT VII

CIT Encore+
H 400XP
Beechjet 400A
CIT Bravo
Diamond 1A
Premier IA

CIT CJ3+
Phenom 300
CIT CJ2+

SJ30-2

CIT CJ1+

GV
Global Express

G IV

G300

H 4000
CIT Sovereign

H 900XP
H 850XP

F 7X
F 900EX

F 2000LXS
F 2000LX
CL 605
CL 604

Legacy 600
F 2000S
CL 350
CL 300

G280

F 2000EX

F 50EX
CIT X+
CIT Sovereign+
G150
H 800XP
G100
H 800
L 60XR
Astra SP
L 70
L 40XR
CIT CJ4
G200

Corp. Airliner
Long Range

Nextant 400XTi

Phenom 100E

CIT M2

Large

HondaJet

Medium

CIT Mustang

Light

Eclipse 550
11

G650

Global Express XRS

G450

Legacy 650

22

G550

Lineage 1000E

10

ACJ319

BBJ 2

14
13

44

BBJ 3

ACJ320

Very Light

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

Max Range (N.M.)


Note: Yearly Cost estimated includes Conklin & Decker 2014 industrial cost figures for new aircraft acquisiton cost + 5% 10 Years, plus
yearly operating cost +25% to account for regional differences

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Recent & Upcoming Aircraft Models


By Maximum Range
8000

7000

Maximum NBAA FR Range (NM)

G650ER

Recently
Delivered

Global 7000

Global 8000

Upcoming

Falcon 8X
G600

6000
Falcon 5X

G500

5000
Challenger 650
4000

Citation X+

Citation Longitude

Challenger 350
3000

Citation Latitude

Legacy 500
Learjet 70

2000

Legacy 450
Learjet 75

PC-24
Citation M2

1000

HondaJet

0
2014

2013

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Expected First Delivery Year

By Cabin Volume
3000

Recently
Delivered

Global 7000

2500

Upcoming
Global 8000

Cabin Volume (ft )

G650ER
G600

2000

Falcon 5X

G500

Falcon 8X

1500
Legacy 500

Challenger 350

Challenger 650

1000

Citation Longitude

Citation Latitude

500

Learjet 70/75

Citation X+

PC-24

Legacy 450
HondaJet

0
2013

Citation M2
2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Expected First Delivery Year

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UPCOMING AIRCRAFT PROFILE


UPCOMING AIRCRAFT PROFILE

DASSAULT FALCON 8X

Currently in development, Dassaults new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is an ultra-long range jet that puts city pairs such as Hong
Kong - Paris, London - Cape Town, and Los Angeles - Beijing within reach, with a range of 6,450 N.M. The trijet is powered
by Pratt and Whitney Canada turbofans which, at 6,722 pounds, deliver 5% more thrust, and the new wing architecture
lightens the wing and provides more space for fuel. As a trijet, the Falcon 8X will shorten transoceanic routes, and make short,
stable approaches on landing. The PW300 series engines deliver more pounds of thrust per each pound of fuel, resulting
in a reduction of NOx emissions that will rank 30% lower in the Falcon 8X than even the strictest of todays standards. The
operating cost of the Falcon 8X is 35% lower than its competitors. Flying at a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet, its maximum
speed is Mach 0.90 Mach.
The Falcon 8X offers a choice of 30 layouts in its 42.67-foot cabin, the largest in the Falcon fleet. Noise and cabin altitude
are kept low, and the air quality high. Complete connectivity is possible within the cabin, which is FalconCabin HD+ equipped
and WiFi capable. The FalconCabin HD+ cabin management system gives passengers control over their environment from
anywhere in the cabin through their Apple devices. Skybox, the wireless media server with vast iTunes video and music
capacity, is also available as an option.
The three extra feet available in the Falcon 8X cabin can accommodate much more living space. Best of all, the space is highly
configurable to meet the needs of each owner or operator. One can opt for a comfortable three-lounge cabin with a shower aft
and crew rest provisions forward, or even go for a shorter entryway to add yet more lounge space. Other possibilities among
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the 30 different cabin layouts include a large entryway with spacious, lie-flat crew quarters and a truly grand galley for multiple
meals.
The totally redesigned cockpit is equipped with an EASy flight deck. A wide-screen, head-up display, an optional feature,
integrates enhanced and synthetic vision to optimize situational awareness, even in low visibility conditions. The cockpit also
features the Honeywall next generation 3D color weather radar system with enhanced turbulence detection capability.

GENERAL
Typical Capacity

8 passengers / 3 crew

PERFORMANCE
Max Range
6,450 N.M. / 11,945 km
Mmo
M 0.90
POWERPLANT
P&W Canada

MAX OPERATING ALTITUDE


51,000 ft / 5,545 m
EXTERNAL
Length

80.2 ft / 24.46 m

Height

26.1 ft / 7.94 m

Width

86.75 ft / 26.29 m

3 x PW307D
6,722 lb / 29.9 kN

INTERNAL
Cabin Length

42.67 ft / 13 m

Cabin Width

7.67 ft / 2.34 m

Cabin Height
Cabin Volume

6.17 ft / 1.88 m
1,695 ft/ 48 m

WEIGHT
Max Takeoff Weight 73,000 lb / 33,113 kg
Max Zero Fuel Weight 43,000 lb / 18,598 kg

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