With the recent certification and entry into service of the Cessna Citation Latitude, Textron Aviation is seeing an increased interest of its newest midsize business jet within Central Europe. Speaking on behalf of Textron Aviation, Harduin Putrich, regional sales director for Europe, says: “Central Europe is an important market for Textron...

How much business that your jet services conduct in central Europe? Euro Jet is a ground support agent in Central and Eastern Europe. We support the ground operation of over 6,000 flights in this region during a calendar year.  What changes would you like to see when doing business in central Europe? We hope that airport authorities will...

Marian Jancarik of Colibri Aircraft advises that the trend in business aircraft sales in Eastern Europe and Russia remains resilient despite of the economic and political crisis in Ukraine. Many people have highlighted the fall in business aircraft flights but the trend in aircraft sales has been stable for some years now. Any positive growth in...

When and why was Russian Helicopters created as an integrated industrialist? Alexander Mikheev: “Russian Helicopters” was established in 2007 in order to consolidate all Russian helicopter engineering companies, R&D centers as well as a number of enterprises manufacturing main helicopter component parts. Before, in the Soviet times, all...

ABS Jets shows a tremendous increase of 148% in 2014 profits by its Technical Department. At many companies in various industries, growth in revenues and profits is attributed to a favorable market. However throughout Europe, we have seen debt crisis, austerity measures, and geopolitical unrest. What are the reasons that ABS Jets is doing so well,...

The Flight Consulting Group, a Latvian holding company that specializes in business aviation services, is celebrating 15 years of being in business. During that time the Flight Consulting Group as proved itself as a reliable partner to many clients, the company continues to grow and is aiming to double in size by expanding its service...

Budapest International Airport was named ‘Best Airport – Eastern Europe’ at the latest Skytrax World Airport Awards ceremony. Receiving this esteemed Award is an accomplishment and testimony to ongoing developments as well as a commitment to continuously delivering best-practices in all areas. The results of the Skytrax Awards are based on...

‘We have arrived where we begin!’ Those were my words last year on the occasion of ABS Jet’s 10 year anniversary. Another year has passed and it was characterized by further expansion and strengthening of our position in our core markets, as well as increasing the activities in growth markets. We can proudly look back at a year of...

How does the Eastern business Aviation market perform? It is common to compare numbers and percentages in statistics with previous periods. Interpretation of statistics needs a professional with expertise who can put it in the proper context or else they may be misunderstood. Decision makers in various positions depend on those analyses either for...

“Despite of all current challenges, the Russian business aviation sector has a firm share in the global market,” Anna Serejkina tells me. She is the Executive Director and Member of the Board of the Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA). I wanted to find out a bit more from her about the current situation.  “Airport...

Oliver Stone, Managing Director of Colibri Aircraft in London, UK Typically, a business card tells you the name of a person, it carries his formal title and his coordinates. What is hidden behind the letters of a name or title, are really the most important things: who is this person, what do they know and what can they offer to me. His name...

With the speed of change in the modern world, University programs for executives are becoming a necessity. Often, companies send their best talents back to school as a way to prepare them for more strategic leadership roles and to stimulate a much needed higher level of innovation. Also managers decide for themselves that want to link their...

The experiences of Thierry Barré, the technical director of ABS Jets in Prague, reflect the development and growth of a company steadily progressing to become a major global player in the business aviation industry.   “When I came to ABS Jets in Prague about a year ago, I felt somewhat like an alien in a new world and it was a...

Interview with Dagmar Grossmann, pioneer of business aviation in CEE region and CEPA founder. What are the key messages you would like delegates to take from CEPA Expo 2014? The key messages this year is how to cope with outside threats such as the crisis in Ukraine, the impact this has on our industry in a relatively new and young market...

AVIATION TIMES interviews Philippe Lienard shortly before CEPA Expo 2014 During the last year the AELIS Group have posted some significant results with 85% growth in aircraft sales and leasing transactions rate compared to the previous year. To back this up the company has opened new offices in Asia, Central and South America and Africa. This...