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AsBAA recently released a sustainability survey to find out more about industry attitudes and trends regarding green aviation. To help potentially widen the data pool from our participants’ answers, we have extended the survey’s closing date to 15 July. The survey will help AsBAA better understand its members’ opinions on this increasingly important topic.

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At the invitation of Capt Chester Voo, the new CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), members of AsBAA Malaysia Chapter met with Capt Voo and his team from CAAM at their HQ on Thursday, 2 July 2020 for key discussions affecting the BA/GA industry in Malaysia. At the top of the list was CAAM’s recently-launched efforts to draft new regulations for BA/GA in Malaysia based on ICAO’s ...

Industry News

Asia Jet Partners Malaysia’s 15-seater Bombardier G5000 has successfully completed its heavy maintenance check at Bombardier’s MRO facility in Seletar, Singapore, and the aircraft has returned safely to its Subang Airport, Kuala Lumpur base. CEO Stutijn van Till remarked that the company made crucial upgrade modifications including a refurbished interior, brand new cabin air-filters, and a new ...

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Recently, the CAAC announced that a general aviation demonstration area will be built in Shenzhen. The Shenzhen municipal government and CAAC signed an MOU in early May 2020 for the establishment of a coordinated mechanism to support GA development in the city. The MOU covers the construction of a Shenzhen GA airport and a helipad, steady development of helicopter cross-border services, aviation ...

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Avstonish is a grassroots world-class commercial and business aviation conference under the themes “Resilience in the face of adversity” and “Innovation in the name of sustainability.” The one day conference will cost only US$425 to attend and will feature keynote speakers, content, an HK AvTech start-up incubator, and paperless networking – including an evening reception featuring the signature ...

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On 25 June, AsBAA Discovery Malaysia chapter collaborated with MIAT (Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology) to openly address today’s reality on aviation internships and employment in the region. The live online engagement which was incredibly well-received, was moderated by Dr Hazariah Mohd Noh of MIAT and paneled by Aida Ismail of Hadid International Services and ...

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The China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, commonly known as Airshow China or the Zhuhai Airshow, kicked off a new partnership with the exhibition unit of Nam Kwong Group at a remote signing session on June 9th. This marks the first collaboration with the Zhuhai Airshow for Nam Kwong, located only a short distance across the narrow waters in Macao. The partnership demonstrates ...

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AsBAA, Asia’s representative body for the business and general aviation industry, today announced that it has appointed Anthony Lam as Director of Marketing and External Affairs, a key new role with the leadership team of the association. Anthony will be taking over all responsibilities formerly handled by the external agency.

Industry News

Considering its in-house flight department as a customer has been integral to the evolution of product development at Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider. The global business has offices in 15 different locations and its corporate flight department operates a busy but small fleet, including a Gulfstream G350 and Cessna Citation Sovereign. The fleet, which is fully reliant ...

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AsBAA member Phenix Jet has just received its Cayman AOC. We caught up with them for some insight into how the only Asia based operator with both FAA and Cayman AOCs operates.