CJIQ latest edition features how to choose an aircraft manager
CJIQ’s latest edition looks at how to choose an aircraft manager.
The latest edition of CJIQ features advice on how to choose an aircraft manager. Other leading articles focus on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in business aviation, our recent in-flight connectivity research and new thinking on combatting contrails. Plus, we strap into a Phenom 300 simulator with Top Gun: Maverick movie pilot Kevin LaRosa at CAE’s Burgess Hill Facility in West Sussex, UK.
Our cover story on selecting an aircraft manager probed how to make the right decision when looking for someone to manage your business aircraft. The cover story includes a handy nine-point check list – covering everything from getting to know your prospective manager to financing your business aircraft – helps avoid unpleasant (and potentially costly) surprises later in the process.
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Offering key guidance to help owners make the right decisions are Michael Moore, executive vice president at brokerage and consultancy Essex Aviation, Richard Porter, business development manager at ExecuJet Asia Pacific and Gary Dolski, CEO of Hong Kong’s Metrojet, among others.
The How to spin a winner cover story also features advice from Andy Priester, chair and CEO of George J. Priester Aviation to visit the premises of your prospective manager. “You need to meet the people you will be dealing with, not just the people selling to you,” Priester advises. “You should also not just stay inn the boardroom. Walk around and pay attention.”
Turning to artificial intelligence (AI), our feature investigates its impact on business aviation. From aircraft sales to fleet management, predictive maintenance and charter platforms, no sector is immune from its influence.
Simon Miles, head of AI at Aerogility tells CJIQ: “We can create a mirror image in the virtual world of how your business is going to play out. We have customers, such as Rolls-Royce and Lockheed Martin, which provide us with very large assets and we can predict events from a few months down the line to as far as 10 years away.” Read our feature Artificial intelligence: Why ‘AI is going to be everywhere’ to discover how AI promises to reshape every aspect of aircraft operation and operation.
Our latest research on in-flight connectivity, showcased in the article Connectivity counts, canvassed the views of 200-plus industry professionals. The study of latest trends, in partnership with Gogo Business Aviation, probed the audience’s response to five key questions. Under investigation was the audience’s views on how a connectivity system influences aircraft resale value and its preference for systems featuring LEO (Lower Earth Orbit) or GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit).
From connectivity in the sky to contrails created by business jets. New research from sustainability consultancy 4AIR analysed more than 16,000 flights. Minimising contrails from just 0.73% (123) of flights by adjusting their altitude would have cut their impact by up to 75%.
Commenting in our article Combatting contrails, Kennedy Ricci, president, 4AIR said: “Effectively reducing our contrail warming impact requires considering contrails on every flight. But successfully avoiding contrails on just a handful of flights would have a major impact, potentially without CO2 trade-offs.”
Sustainable electric power was the subject of our feature exploring magniX’s first foray into aviation batteries. Ben Loxton, vice president of Energy Storage Systems and the NASA Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) programme at magniX tells us: “You can have the best electric motor to power an aircraft in the world, but without an energy source you are not going to realise the dream of electric flight.”
An aircraft of a different kind – the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider – appeared in our article Life in eight questions: Paul Jebely, partner and vice chair, international at law firm Sterlington. In this feature, Jebely explains how he realised his dream to be an international aviation lawyer and why he is fascinated by the B-21 Raider.
More conventional jets feature in Jet Data: The key numbers. Our updated handy guide explores the latest makes and models of leading business jets. From price tags to performance metrics, our handy guide offers an at-a-glance summary of the market.
Four key CJI events appear in the latest edition of Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly. Revolution.Aero 2024 attracted OEMS, investors and industry analysts to our London conference.
The CJI Dealmakers’ Club, staged in Geneva, the City of Peace, Switzerland, was the venue for our annual meeting of industry leaders who make aircraft transactions happen.
Our CJI Asia 2024 conference uncovered optimism in Asia, despite the competitive market.
Lastly, the two-day Aircraft Transaction Masterclass dissected all the elements of an aircraft transaction, including the sales process, pre-purchase inspections and tax.
Finally CJIQ straps into the left hand seat of a new Embraer Phenom 300 CAE7000 XR series business jet simulator at CAE’s Burgess Hill facility. Captaining the flight is movie pilot Kevin LaRosa – the only civilian pilot ever cleared to fly at a height of 25ft above the deck of the Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered super carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during filming for the latest Top Gun movie.
Andre Prévost, division president, Civil – Business Aviation, CAE, tells CJIQ in the article Simulating benefits with CAE: “The clients how who come to us are looking for world-class training. Expectations are very high. We make pilots as confident as possible, so they are truly ready for the moments that matter that could impact any one of their missions.”
Meanwhile, read the digital version of Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly here. You can also order your free copy of forthcoming print editions here.
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