Asian Sky Quarterly 2021 Q3

FEATURE: SINO JET
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Sino Jet’s New Aircraft Delivery Process
during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since early 2020, the dramatic spread of COVID-19 across the globe has put the entire commercial aviation
industry in an unprecedented economic winter. Business aviation, renowned for its high degree
of safety, privacy, flexibility, and convenience immediately became the essential mode of transport
for Chinese businessmen to effectively resume work and to continue with their operations. Facing COVID-19,
countries and regions reacted by tightening travel policies and introducing restrictive quarantine measures.
These policies and measures almost put importing an aircraft into mainland China completely out of the question.
Despite the obstacles, Sino Jet, Asia’s biggest private jet operator, still managed to successfully take
delivery of new aircraft.
As the largest business jet operating company in the Asia-Pacific region, Sino Jet, without compromising
safety, strategically analyzed various pandemic prevention and control measures in different countries and
regions, and innovatively came up with new aircraft delivery processes. In April 2020, Sino Jet successfully
introduced the first business jet from the United States to its fleet in mainland China since the outbreak of
COVID-19. This Sino Jet delivery process quickly set an example in the industry, exemplifying the continuous
development of business aviation in China.
Since the pandemic, Sino Jet has successfully delivered several aircraft from the United States and Canada to
its customers in mainland China and Hong Kong. According to Asian Sky Group’s “2020 Asia Pacific Business
Jet Fleet Report”, an additional 14 new business jets were introduced into the Greater China region in 2020.
Amongst the top five operators in the Asia-Pacific region, Sino Jet is the only operator that has seen its fleet
grow for three consecutive years.
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