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Q1 2024

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Cover Story

  •  Avfuel’s one-in-three achievement – From a small fuel company serving three US states, Avfuel now fills the tanks of one-in-three US business jets. Craig Sincock, its president, attributes the meteoric rise of his company to carefully listening to customers and colleagues.

 

Aircraft

  • Welcome to transatlantic SAF – Gulfstream president Mark Burns celebrates the first transatlantic flight fueled entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel in a G600.
  • BBJ Select – The easier way to a BBJ. Boeing’s new BBJ Select jet is the easiest way to acquire this popular business liner. Why not take our virtual tour?
  • Jet Data: Featuring three new business jets – The BBJ Select, Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 and the HondaJet Echelon.

 

Up Front

  • London’s newest black cab – A capital idea: how Flexjet and Eve deployed a Sikorsky S-76C helicopter on a four-day mission to simulate eVTOL flights over London.

 

Features 

  • Satellite love: How buyers choose a connectivity solution – Our research, in partnership with satellite services provider Intelsat, reveals the three top factors that guide buyers’ choice when selecting a system for their business jet. 
  • ACAM: Taking ‘a rocket ride to the West’ – Darren Broderick has grown his company into the largest corporate jet manager in southeast Asia – and now he is targeting Europe. 
  • VIP helicopters: ‘Riding the magic carpet’ – Why twin-engine helicopters are winning over more HNWIs tired of long car commutes in congested city traffic. We take the temperature of the VIP helicopter flights on both sides of the Atlantic. 
  • Tiltwings: Breathing new life into an old design – Here’s how novel tiltwing aircraft are aiming to combine the benefits of both fixed-wing and rotary designs. 

 

Events

  • CJI Miami 2023 – Nearly 70% of our 470 delegates were very optimistic about the future of business aviation over the next 12 months.

 

Every Issue 

  • Life in seven questions: Iris Riesen – How the smell of kerosene and the excitement of business aviation lured Iris Riesen, accountable manager at the Zurich-based Cat Aviation, back to the industry after a spell away.

Q3 2023

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IN THIS ISSUE 

 

Cover Story

Wheels on fire – No aviation business has attracted as much attention as Wheels Up this year. We probe how and why the restructuring happened. And we explain how the business is preparing for a profit-focused future.

 

Aircraft

eVTOLS at the Paris Olympics – Volocopter is planning an Olympic achievement with the launch of the world’s first public eVTOL services at the Paris games next year.

Flexjet’s star HQ – The new $50m star-shaped Flexjet operations centre makes a statement.

Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty – Launch customer FIVE Hotels likes its big business jet so much, it’s reluctant to relinquish the aircraft for Airbus to exhibit at shows. Here’s why.

Including the new Cessna Citation Ascend – Our buyers’ guide to all the key metrics for leading business jets.

 

Up Front

CJI Tech Map: Charting our digital future – Business aviation is digitising fast. Our guide to more than 150 software-based solutions available today helps you navigate the complex digital landscape of 21st century private aviation. Click here to see the full list of companies. 

 

Features 

‘We are a company of engineers’: CJI interview – Dassault Aviation top executive Carlos Brana credits the discipline and skills of engineering with helping the company thrive in the highly competitive world of business jet manufacturing.

Superior interiors: CJI surveys VVIP completions – Six leading VVIP completions firms share their experience of clients’ current interior design preferences. How do their customers balance personal requirements against enhancing charter appeal and maximising resale value?

Wright Brothers case: Lessons learned or spurned? – After the prosecution of Debbie Mercer-Erwin, owner of Wright Brothers Aircraft Title Inc., what lessons can business aviation learn? Knowing your customer would be a good start.

Remembering Hamish Harding: A life of adventure – Hamish Harding, the late chairman of Action Aviation, carved his mark as an accomplished business leader and explorer of air, land and sea. We recall his many adventures – as we reported them.

 

Photos From Events

CJI Dealmakers Club, EBACE 2023

CJI Dubai 2023 – 3 & 4 May

CJI Asia 2023 – 19 & 20 September

 

Every Issue 

Life in eight questions: Steve Varsano – London-based jet broker Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business, mixes his long business days with an active social life.

Q2 2023

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Cover Story

eVTOLS: Commercial take off in the 2020s? – We profile 10 leading eVTOL pioneers as they raise capital and navigate their flight path through aircraft design, planning target markets and winning certification approvals before entry into service.

Aircraft

Engine connectivity: Revving up to reap the benefits – Monitoring jet power plants in-flight can alert technicians to emerging problems in real time. And that can save engines and lives, leading manufacturers and other businesses tell us.

Jet Data: The vital numbers you need to knowAll the key metrics covering aircraft performance, cabin and exterior dimensions and prices in our handy guide. 

Up Front

CJI Connectivity Survey: Reveals ‘watershed moment’ – CJI’s exclusive survey of nearly 100 private jet owners, charter operators, corporates, fractionals, brokers and advisers, conducted in partnership with Inmarsat, reveals the latest connectivity trends and preferences.

Features

The sustainability challenge: Three key drivers – Three driving factors are influencing progress on sustainability in business aviation, according to EY Law. Here’s how.

Remembering Athar Husain Khan: Business aviation lost a passionate advocate earlier this year with the sad passing of Athar Husain Khan. We remember the man and his legacy.

Aircraft management: Insight from ACASS – Managing aircraft for clients is demanding at the best of times and even more difficult during a global pandemic, explains ACASS.

F/LIST: Cabin shapeshifters save space – Austrian jet interiors specialist F/LIST is creating a new world of shapeshifting cabin furniture, thanks to the novel materials it has created.

Aircraft Family: ‘Biggin Hill in my blood since 22’ – Andrew Walters, who with his son Robert, runs London Biggin Hill Airport, recalls how the location has proved pivotal three times in his life.

Events

CJI London 2023 – Some 600 business leaders attended our London conference in February this year. The twin themes were the viability of business aviation and how to improve its sustainability record. We catch a flavour of both the debate and the many networking events delegates enjoyed.

CJI London Party– The treats of London – This photo roundup captures some of the social highlights from our Corporate Jet Investor 2023 London conference.

Every Issue 

Day in the Life: Zipporah Marmor, ACASS – Montrealer Zipporah Marmor juggles being vice president at ACASS, chair of IADA plus motherhood. And then finds time to lift 250lbs weights for fun. We weigh up her busy day.

 

Q1 2023

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Private jets: This time its personal – Billed as a personal jet, Cirrus Aircraft’s Vision Jet promises to transform private aviation, claims CEO Zean Nielsen. We take a test flight before talking to Richard Kane, CEO, Verijet, which offers Vision Jet charter for as little as $550 per seat.

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Picture This: Protest on a plane – Moved by civil rights protests in Iran, Argentine pilot Enrique Piñeyro decided to show support on the fuselage of the Boeing 787-8 he operates for the humanitarian NGO Solidaire.

Picture This: Bombardier boosts MRO services – Last year Bombardier expanded its MRO facilities in Melbourne, Australia, Singapore and London Biggin Hill Airport, UK. We peek behind the hangar doors.

Jet Data: Your new, updated reference guide to all the latest metrics, including list prices, for leading bizjets.

Features

SAF potential – Out of the frying pan, into the flier CJI’s visit to Neste’s Rotterdam refinery revealed a new world of potential for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. So, when it comes to sustainable fuels, what’s in the pipeline?

Banking on sustainable aviation – Marie-Laure Gassier, BNP Paribas, explains how the Net Zero Banking Alliance aims to help business aviation cut its environmental footprint.

Raising the profile of Elevate Aviation Group – CEO Greg Raiff tells CJI how he plans to grow “the largest private aviation firm that no one has heard of”.

Welcome to the Metaverse – The new frontier in jet sales. Predicted to become an $800bn market by next year, the Metaverse offers great potential to business aviation, according to Jetcraft and other industry commentators.

Aircraft Family: Guardian Jet – After sharing a bedroom as boys, brothers Mike and Don Dwyer now share the same office at brokerage and consultancy Guardian Jet. Here’s how they built an aviation business based on meritocracy.

Events

CJI Miami 2022 – Almost 600 delegates thronged our conference to hear the latest trends in private jet aviation during almost 30 sessions spread over three days.

CJI Dubai 2022 – It was boom time for business aviation in the Middle East market, as we staged our conference at the Fairmont The Palm in Dubai. Despite record demand, no one was complacent about the challenges that lie ahead for the industry.

In every issue

Day in the Life: David Crick, MD, DavAir Group“Sometimes my Monday finishes on a Wednesday.” This busy appraiser sets a hectic pace, spending up to three months away from home visiting clients worldwide.

 

Q3 2022

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Cover Story

US Charter: Can its climb continue?– Covid-19 drove demand for US private jet charter to new heights. But what lies beyond the peak?

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Top Gun: How an Embraer Phenom 300 filmed Top Gun: Maverick – We talk to the men who mounted a camera on the business jet before taking off to mix it with Boeing Super Hornets.

Jet Data: All the numbers you need to know before buying a business jet – From range to cabin size and from maximum cruise speed to, of course, price tags, we have all the key figures covered.

CJI Power Players 2022

Meet the sustainability heroes – With your help, we name the 20 most influential men and women in business aviation today. Our independent panel of six industry judges selects the people they believe are driving real progress on aviation sustainability topics worldwide.

Features 

Arena Television – This was one of the biggest UK outdoor broadcasting firms, before its directors fled pursued for a suspected multi-million, asset-backed lending fraud.

Aircraft Family: Duncan Aviation – From Piper Cubs to private jets in 66 years, the Nebraska-based MRO specialist and aircraft sales company has grown from 12 employees to more than 2,000. Todd Duncan, chairman of Duncan Aviation, explains the pleasures and pitfalls of running a family business.

Company profile: Four Corners Aviation – We profile the company that claims to offer “all the benefits of owning a private jet without owning a private jet”. Here’s how Four Corners believes it has spotted a new niche in private jet aviation.

Events

Report: CJI Asia 2022 – Business aviation is emerging from the shadow of Covid into a new age of soaring demand, from new and returning clients, tempered only by worries about geopolitical instability and inflation.

Report: Revolution.Aero 2022 – Bringing together 300 innovators, investors, regulators, operators and other stakeholders for two amazing days in San Francisco 2022.

Every Issue 

Picture This – Hamish Harding, chairman, Action Aviation – His mission to space.

Day in the life: Margrit Waltz – How this Daher ferry pilot has completed 925 transatlantic crossings and delivered thousands of aircraft – plus a baby.

Q2 2022

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  • Publisher’s Letter: April is the busiest month (for business aviation)
  • Up front: Leo Knaapen – “Serve, lead and represent.” These are the three watchwords Knaapen gleaned during more than 30 years at Bombardier.
  • Cover Story: The vision for VistaJet – Thomas Flohr, founder and CEO explains why his company and the business jet industry in general, have recently passed a tipping point.
  • Technicians: Targeting the talent pool. Why it is time to get creative in finding solutions to boosting the supply of mechanics.
  • Jetcraft: Celebrating its 60th birthday – Jetcraft prides itself on being “a big little company”.
  • In-flight connectivity: In six key questions – we have teamed up with Inmarsat to chart industry views in a survey. We also profile 12 leading connectivity providers.
  • Day in the life: Mark Elliott, yacht broker – “The harder I work, the luckier I am.”
  • Report: CJI London 2022
  • Picture this: 8,000 Cessna Citation deliveries – and counting. Textron’s Lannie O’Bannion tells us more.

Q1 2022

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  • Publisher’s Letter: Facing the future-face-to-face
  • Day in the life: Runway to The White House – Gregg Brunson-Pitts, founder, Advanced Aviation Team.
  • First Look: Gulfstream G700 – We talk to Gulfstream president Mark Burns about the aircraft.
  • Connectivity: ‘A game changer.’ Our connectivity survey, conducted in partnership with Inmarsat.
  • Flapper: Spreads its wings – CEO Paul Malicki explains why the company is poised for international expansion.
  • Stratospheric ambition: Solar explorer Raphaël Domjan dreams of piloting his solar-powered plane to the stratosphere.
  • Report: CJI Miami 2021 – “This is the uppest of up markets we have ever seen,” said one speaker.

Q3 2021

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  • Publisher’s Letter: The big bounce back gathers pace
  • After the (Covid) storm: Three leading operators in Asia – Sino Jet, Metrojet and TAG Aviation Asia – share plans for growth, as they bounce back from the pandemic.
  • Cover Story: The largest US operators have never seen so much demand. But it is hard work and finding new talent is key.
  • Day in the Life: Vishal Hiremath – CEO & founder of JetClub takes inspiration from the TV series Shark Tank to build his new cutting-edge charter business.
  • Aircraft Family: Two registries, one big family – Sir Jorge Colindres leads a family business that spans two registries: the Registry of Aruba and the San Marino Aircraft Registry. We tell their story.
  • Jet Data: The numbers you need to know All the key numbers associated with leading business jet models from the major OEMs are delivered in our list.
  • Picture this: HondaJet Elite S – This new HondaJet offers fresh colour choices and improved performance in the very light jet category. Here’s how the manufacturer put the elite into the new HondaJet Elite S.
  • Hybrid benefits: The Airlander 10 airship, designed for regional travel, is among the world’s longest aircraft and one of the greenest with significantly reduced emissions compared with fixed wing planes.
  • Digital maintenance: Robots to the rescue Swarm robots that inspect engine innards are just one of the many safety and cost attractions of the rapidly developing revolution in digital business jet maintenance.
  • Cryptocurrency: Unlocking the potential of the newest way to pay Distrusted by some, cryptocurrency could be the perfect payment answer for the post-pandemic world.
  • Bonus depreciation: Appreciating the benefits Can your client truly afford the shiny new (or pre-owned) business jet in their sights? .

Q2 2021

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  • Publisher’s Letter: Forget Clearance Clarence, Autonomy is Coming
  • Cover Story: Autonomous technology promises to revolutionise not just aviation and passenger and cargo transport but also how and where we live and work
  • First Look: Beechcraft Bonanza G36
  • Day in the Life: Janine Iannarelli – President and founder of Par Avion credits her equestrian training with helping her to jump hurdles in business aircraft sales.
  • Aircraft Family: Constructing the future – Jerry Holland built FBO firm Sheltair from a construction company. It now contains three family generations.
  • Jet Data: Your handy buyers’ guide to all the key performance metrics of leading makes of business jets.
  • Picture this Hill Helicopter’s new HX50 plus Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 10X largest cabin in its class.
  • Garmin Autoland The world’s first certified autonomous system, at the touch of a button, can fly and land without the need for human intervention of any kind.
  • Mapping SAF supplies: We chart global supplies – And probe the question of what is preventing full uptake?
  • Planet 9 in profile Stellar growth is on the horizon for this on-demand and charter company, according to its founders.
  • Hamish Harding’s Deep Dive How the Action Aviation chairman dived to the deepest part of the world’s oceans and broke two world records on the 12-hour mission.

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