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Bombardier announced earlier this week the completion of the previously announced acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of the aircraft service centre in Berlin that it did not own. Bombardier purchased the shares from Lufthansa Technik AG and ExecuJet Aviation Group AG, thereby allowing Bombardier to establish a wholly-owned service centre in Berlin and further expand its worldwide ...

AsBAA is pleased to announce it will be hosting an Aircrew Mental Health webinar discussion series to begin this month. The first module of the discussion series is scheduled for Monday, 18 January 2021, 10AM Hong Kong time (UTC +0800). The series will be moderated by AsBAA and done in collaboration with both general and aviation-focused mental fitness professionals in the region. Please mark your ...

Following the success of AsBAA’s Virtual Safety Summit 2020, AsBAA is proud to present the HD video recordings of all 18 individual sessions available on the Association’s official YouTube channel. We encourage you to review the sessions if you have time, watch the sessions if you have missed any, and/or share them with those who you feel could benefit from increased awareness in aviation safety ...

On 25 December, OTT Airlines successfully obtained CCAR-121 certification and has also acquired CCAR-135 certification. The company has become one of the few civil aviation and business aviation operators that “fly on both wings”.

ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia is building a 100,000- to 150,000-sq-ft facility at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport that will simultaneously be able to accommodate 10 to 15 large-cabin, long-range business jets. The announcement comes after the Dassault Aviation subsidiary reports that it is now certified to perform maintenance on all in-production Falcon aircraft.

Over the last week, new COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported in Beijing, China. As a result, due to current and expected social distancing requirements, the AsBAA-ACP China Safety Day 2020 (tentatively a physical event) will be postponed from mid-January to some time in the first quarter of 2021. Please stay tuned to our digest for updates and we appreciate your continued support.

If you missed yesterday’s engaging Women in Corporate Aviation Asia (WCAA)’s “Agility in Crisis: What should we do to make a difference in the aviation industry” panel featuring AsBAA’s COO Jeff Chiang and Captain Miwa moderated by aviation lawyer Datin Shelina, watch the full session here.

Effective midnight of December 29, 2020, all passengers originating from the countries listed below will not be allowed to enter the Philippines. This is a precautionary measure put into place by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in preventing the entry of a second COVID-19 strain which was recently detected.

Today, a global group of leading business aviation organizations announced a coordinated effort to combat illegal on-demand charter flights in the sector. The group, called the Air Charter Safety Alliance, will raise awareness among potential customers, charter brokers, ministries of transport, and national aviation authorities regarding the use of unauthorized aircraft operators for on-demand ...

The globally disruptive COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily lives and how we interact with one another. In light of social distancing recommendations, several million people across the globe had to stay home, it has also sparked innovation.