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EUROPEAN
ISSUE 117 July 2002
Sloane Helicopters has added a Bell
206B helicopter to its AOC in the UK
after what operational services
director Paul Forster described as a
“very long, laborious and painful reregistration.”
The company first spotted the
potential addition in Greece 12
months ago. “We were over there
on a trip and noticed a charter
company had started to cannibalise
two aircraft to keep one of their fleet
flying. We then put a silly bid in for
both machines and they took us up
on it,” he said.
The project to make one aircraft
out of the parts was initially
designated for any spare-time that
Sloane’s engineers had.
But after a particularly busy year
it was decided that a couple of
workers should be dedicated to
the completion. “From the builders’
point of view it went very
smoothly, particularly as there wasn’t
any real urgency.
“It was only after the work had
finished around four months ago
that it became a nightmare due to
Greek bureacracy regarding the
documentation. In fact we eventually
thought it wouldn’t happen, but then
miraculously it came through,”
explained Forster.
The Bell will mainly be used for
flight training and charter. “It just
came on the fleet 10 days ago, so it’s
only done some self-fly hire with
some of the members down here but
they’ve all reacted positively to it,” One of Europe’s largest real estate us to start selling and delivering marketplace. We’re delivering two
said Forster.
developers has placed an order airplanes in Europe. We’re also airplanes into Europe this year which TAG Aviation used this year’s EBACE
The company didn’t start to with Embraer for a Legacy aircraft. delivering our first airplane into may not seem like much but for us, to showcase its new handling and
promote the aircraft until the paper Spain’s Fadesa made the announce- Europe next month and although it’s a beginning and we think it's going office facilities at Geneva Airport.
work was completed, so now was the ment at this year’s EBACE, adding we’re unable to disclose the to grow substantially.
The FBO moved just ten metres from
time to start: “It’s a nice machine – that the aircraft would replace the customer’s name, the operator will be “At the current time, the US is still its old premises, which was
there’s a brand new interior and it’s company’s existing Hawker 700 in GV Executive of Zurich.”
the largest market, followed by South considered too small to handle the
been completely resprayed.
September of this year.
America, where we’ve had some increase in traffic passing through.
“It charters at £480 per hour and The Legacy will be based in La
sales in Brazil.”
The company moved into the 300-
fills the niche for those wanting to go Coruña, where the company has its
An extra incentive for operators metres-squared handling facility and
down to the races (Ascot, Epson), the headquarters, and will carry out
in Europe to buy Legacy aircraft is 1,500-metres-squared European
Grand Prix and an advantage of corporate missions to Spain,
the announcement of the Total administrative headquarters in April,
having floats is that it can also go to Portugal, Romania and Morocco,
Legacy Care (TLC) maintenance a month after completion.
Battersea,” he added.
where Fadesa is currently active.
programme. The programme covers Handling supervisor John
This is Sloane’s only Bell 206B and “We were looking for a larger
scheduled and unscheduled airframe Christian said: “We moved because
complements its range of Agusta aircraft,” said Jose Luis Macia, Fadesa
maintenance during the five-year it’s important to have brand new
109s. “After this I’d like to put a Twin financial director. “Our main criteria
period after the delivery of a facilities in Geneva. PrivatAir and Jet
Squirrel on the fleet (which I know I were reliability, cabin volume and
customer’s aircraft.
Aviation were also going to move
could find some good business for) value. The Legacy very quickly
When selecting the TLC program, here, so it was important to be in this
and also an EC-120,” said Forster. became the best, that is to say the
the customer or operator of a Legacy business centre.” The facilities
only choice.”
pays a fixed hourly rate for the include a quick departure lounge and
Speaking to EBAN's Richard Evans
airframe maintenance based on the a larger private lounge with DVD,
at the show, Embraer vice chairman Embraer is now waiting for JAA hours flown and operational refrigerator, coffee machines and
Sam Hill said: “Most of Fadesa's certification, which Hill says he parameters. Said a spokesman: “This internet access. Along with this is
missions will fall in the category of expects next month. While the Fadesa covers virtually all the airframe line, another spacious lounge with the
2,000nm or under although they will order brings the total order book for base and heavy maintenance same equipment, which can
occasionally need to fly 3,000nm. the Legacy to 74 firm orders and 94 operations leaving the customer free accommodate a group of twenty. The
They’ve already got several trips options, we asked Hill about the to concentrate on the best utilisation crew lounge has a direct view of the
planned to the US.
Legacy’s popularity specifically in of his Legacy.”
passengers arrival in order to
“We’re delighted with the order Europe. He said: “We’ve just started TLC is based on a minimum of 400 maximise time efficiency. “We are
and see it as a real breakthrough for making inroads into the European
An EBACE press conference provides the setting for Signature Flight Support to join forces with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in establishing a handling facility at
Toulon-Hyeres Airport. (L-r) Jonathan Soper (Signature), Bernard Lecat, Bernard Stouff (both CCI), Louis Demarque and Peter Whitehead (both Signature). Full story, page 14.
Spanish developer ready to
deploy Europe’s second Legacy
JAA certification is expected imminently
for Embraer’s Legacy.
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ISSUE 108 SEPTEMBER 2001
Adamantis has purchased a Falcon
900, which is currently managed
by charter and sales broker
Air Entreprise.
Vice president Arnaud Poisson
said: “The owner chose the 900
because he wanted a long range
aircraft with a large cabin. We were
also keen to have such an aircraft
available in our charter fleet, as many
of our customers were asking to
charter a long range aircraft.”
So far the Falcon’s destinations
have included Africa, the West Indies
and the US.
Air Entreprise also manages a
Falcon 50 and owns a twin jet
Aerospatiale Corvette. Poisson
added: “The Falcon 900 is very good
for our image. We have a mixture of
private individuals, company
presidents and show business stars,
so obviously such an aircraft will
attract a great deal of interest.” The
aircraft is an addition to the
existing fleet.
Air Entreprise has a large
hangar and a private terminal at
its Le Bourget, Paris base,
combined with handling and
maintenance departments.
Poisson said: ”We are currently
working on expansion plans, but have
yet to decide what level of investment
to put in.
“The French charter market is
More than two and a half years have With regard to the vip market, and if you consider the square area of Air Taxi has purchased a King Air 200
strong and not particularly affected
elapsed since Muk Air started putting Werjefeld says one of the aircraft’s the plane, it’s only beaten by the BBJ from Regourd Aviation. Ground
by economic variables, so we don’t
a VFW-614 aircraft on the Danish main strengths lies in its ability to and ACJ.”
operations manager Jean Pierre
feel that the investment will be
register. With TCAS recently installed, land on short runways. He told EBAN: Asked whether potential charter Florent said: “The company chose the
affected by the US slow down.”
the aircraft is now available for freight “In an 18-seat configuration fully customers may fret over the safety of King Air because it suits our needs
The company has found that the
and passenger charter but says owner loaded, I can land at any airport that a an old aircraft, Werjefeld said: "The perfectly. The range of the aircraft is
market has remained stable, Poisson
Ruben Werjefeldt, he’d never have Citation II can land at. We can get aircraft has been maintained in the around 1,500 nautical miles and the
explained: “The private jet market is
tried in the first place if he’d known down as short as 800 metres if we are same way as the British Queen’s cabin holds between seven and nine
very special, as it only concerns a
how long it was going to take.
Flight; everything has been half- passengers, depending upon our
small number of people world wide.
He said: “It’s been a long and
normal life-cycle.”
configuration.”
Consequently it’s difficult to
somewhat political fight. Early on,
In terms of economics, Muk Air is Air Taxi is based in Tours, France
introduce new ideas onto the market,
problems which we had to overcome
confident that for the right customer, and operates as a charter company
although fractional ownership
included both support and
the 614 could present a huge saving. concentrating solely on a French
appears to be succeeding.”
maintenance issues.
Werjefeld explained: “If you compare client base. The company has already
The company has found the sales
“It took me a year and a half to
it with business aircraft which offer made a number of domestic and
market to be relatively buoyant also,
convince Airbus to cooperate but
similar capability and space, and you international flights, particularly
and believes it will continue to grow.
since then, over the last year and a
want to go somewhere where the size cross-channel, including: Oxford,
“The price of aircraft is currently
half, they have been very supportive.
of the runway might be an issue, then Inverness and Farnborough.
being pushed down by the deflated
“During the certification process,
the price is half what others would Customers are generally vips, ranging
US market, which has knocked onto
an educated crew went elsewhere and
ask. A Global Express, Gulfstream or from corporate executives to private
Europe and increased demand,”
the loss of revenue went into seven- light – which is unheard of for a Falcon 900 would all have a challenge individuals and celebrities. “The
he said.
digit numbers. If I’d known it was 46,000 pound aircraft.”
getting down on La Maule in St French charter market is not very
going to take this long, I’d never have The incentive for vips to fly in a Tropez. I don’t have any problem and strong at the moment. I don’t really
tried to do it. There are more 614, says Werjefeld, does not end I’m half the price.
know what has led to the present
attractive things you can do.”
there. “It has a fully stand-up cabin,” “Conversely, if you’re considering climate but it is possibly the influence
Muk Air’s 614 aircraft can be he said. Helmut Kohl preferred the an international trip, we couldn’t of the US market,” explained Florent.
configured to accommodate 18 or 44 614 a lot more before the Challengers. compare with any of these When asked why the company had
passengers or for the purposes of “You have a big first class seat, you three aircraft. With 1,300 nautical chosen a particularly slow time to
freight. It is the latter which Muk Air have a hot oven, refrigerators, large miles, we’re way too short purchase an aircraft, Florent replied:
hopes to pursue the most. Said stand-up toilet and big mahogany for intercontinental range but “If a company cannot offer a
Werjefeldt: “There’s less trouble in tables where you could play roulette if for intra-European trips, we’d be sufficient number of aircraft for
freight. If you’re delayed, you don’t you wanted.
very competitive.”
charter then customers will look
have to book hotel rooms for 44 “In the business jet market, it’s for Muk Air has another 614 which has elsewhere. We bought the aircraft
passengers; if it is a little bumpy, no people who want the extra space. It’s been on a US register for two despite market conditions, because
one vomits; and if you fly in a more than you have in a Dornier 328 years and will soon be added to the we are hoping and expecting for a rise
turboprop, no one wants a refund.” JET, it’s larger than the Gulfstream Danish register.
in demand in the foreseeable future.”
Leeds Leeds awaits awaits
UK’s UK’s first first BBJ2 BBJ2
Leeds-Bradford based Multiflight will be the first UK owner of a BBJ2 when the green aircraft is handed over at the end of September. See full story on page 12
‘Supremely-maintained’ VFW-614
finally joins Danish register
An example of the VFW-614, now offered
by MukAir for charter.
All for one
at Toulon
TAG reacts
to competition
at Geneva
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