Airliner World – May 2018

24 AIRLINER WORLD JUNE 2018

News Review • Business Aviation

ANA

Business

Jet Service

Launched

ANA HOLDINGS and Sojitz are

teaming up to provide private jet

services under the ANA Business Jet

banner. The new company will

offer flights connecting to ANA

commercial services mainly bound

for North America and Europe, while

customers can also charter direct

flights from Japan to overseas

destinations. It will also provide a

concierge service, to make ground

transportation, hotel and restaurant

arrangements.

ANA Business Jet will be split 51%-

49% between ANA Holdings and

Sojitz respectively.

The new venture will use the

HondaJet, light business jet. ANA

Holdings and Honda Aircraft

Company signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) for a strategic

partnership, under which Honda

Aircraft will support various aspects

of ANA’s new offering. This includes

working with global charter

operators to provide coverage for

ANA’s customers and establishing

a framework for ground support

functions at a variety of the airline’s

transit locations

Honda Aircraft President and CEO

Michimasa Fujino, remarked: “I am

delighted that ANA has chosen the

HondaJet to support their... feeder

and charter flight operations. I am

confident the HondaJet will meet and

exceed their customers’ expectations

with its unrivalled speed, efficiency,

luxurious features and comfort. I’m

looking forward to expanding the

business jet market through the use

of the HondaJet by ANA.”

OJets Takes Off

SINGAPORE-BASED OJETS has

been launched following the acqui-

sition of a Bombardier Global 6000

and Challenger 650 from Minsheng

Financial Leasing. The jets, registered

9H-OJT (c/n 9688) and 9H-OJJ

(c/n 6076) respectively, were both for-

merly with defunct operator Zetta Jet,

which was also based in Singapore.

“We are honoured to have closed [the

deal] with Minsheng Finance Leasing

Co of China as our finance partner

and look forward to building our

relationship as we expand OJets,” said

Michael Ta, CFO, OJets. “We have

implemented a growth objective to

quadruple the size of OJets’ current

fleet by the end of Q2. This growth is

underpinned by $350m in equity and

debt; and will establish OJets as a

global operator with one of the newest

fleets of long-range business aircraft

in service.”

The company offers on-demand

charter flights as well as a block hour

programme for frequent travellers.

OJets is promising 48-hour guaranteed

aircraft availability at a fixed hourly rate

including global coverage without ferry

fees. It says there will be no initiation

or monthly management fees.

Wang Fuhou, President, Business and

Commercial Aviation Leasing Division,

Minsheng Financial Leasing, remarked:

“We are delighted to collaborate with

OJets. Both parties are confident in

our partnership and in the business

aviation market. We look forward to

the success of this co-operation.”

GERMAN CARRIER Hahn Air is intro-

ducing a new weekly service from

Düsseldorf (DUS) to Palma (PMI) this

summer. The service, which departs

DUS at 7.15pm on a Friday and returns

at 4.45pm on Sunday, will be operat-

Zenith Welcomes Third Learjet 75

BIGGIN HILL-BASED Zenith Aviation

has taken delivery of the first of two

new Learjet 75s, G-ZNTJ (c/n 45-562).

The aircraft was delivered over the

Easter weekend. The second, G-ZENJ

(c/n 45-565), was due for delivery after

Airliner World went to press.

Zenith ordered the extra aircraft after

its original pair of Learjet 75s – G-ZNTH

and G-USHA – proved extremely

popular with its clients.

Stuart Mulholland, managing director

of Zenith Aviation commented: “We’re

delighted to welcome a third Learjet 75

into our fleet; 2018 is an exciting year

for us and the sky is the limit with these

new arrivals. Our existing Learjet 75s

have exceeded our wildest expecta-

tions in the level of activity generated

so we are hoping that the new aircraft

can maintain this trend. Our business

is synonymous with the Learjet brand

and the Lear’ 75 is the latest iteration

of this iconic design. We are certainly

interested in expanding our offering

and going from strength to strength.”

(Photo Zenith Aviation)

Hahn Air Heads to Palma

ed by one of the firm’s Cessna Citation

Sovereign business jets.

“We’re incredibly proud to be add-

ing another European destination with

Palma de Mallorca and thereby offer-

ing our passengers another attractive

holiday destination,” explained Daniel

Rudas, General Manager & COO of

Hahn Air Lines.

The new route joins Hahn Air’s origi-

nal scheduled service connecting

Düsseldorf and Luxembourg.

(Photo Hahn Air)