Sino Jet, a leading business jet operator in Asia, is seizing market opportunities in business aviation despite the worldwide downturn in aviation caused by the global pandemic.
Ms Jenny Lau, Group President of Sino Jet Group, explained, “With a population of over 1.4 billion, demand in air travel in China remains generally high. While the outbreak of COVID-19 may have caused a halt of commercial airline services, it has sparkled an explosive growth in the demand for air charter services.”
Sino Jet is a business jet operator with dual HQs in Beijing and Hong Kong and specializes in aircraft management, charter flight services and ground handling services. Ms Lau believes that the public expectations for aviation safety and operational efficiency will continue to grow higher and higher.
Many of her clients begin their private aviation experiences in chartering flights for the “unparalleled levels of security, privacy, flexibility and convenience” that often lead them to purchasing their first business jets.
Sino Jet has introduced a number of new business jets in the first half of 2021, building on what was already the largest fleet in the Asia Pacific region.
Ms Lau added, “Our success is a reflection of customer satisfaction. Safety and quality will also remain as the core operating principles in Sino Jet. Additionally, we walk the extra mile to ensure that our tailored solutions upkeep with our clients’ needs and market development, maximizing our aircraft value. A business jet is now a very common financial instrument.
“As businesses recuperate from the Covid-19 economic shock, more and more business owners are seeing the need or benefit to purchase their own long-haul aircraft, such as Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G700, G650, G550, Dassault 10X, 8X & 7X,” continued Ms Lau.
“Demand for these aircraft types specifically is unprecedentedly strong.”
Interview with Jenny Lau, Sino Jet
Large business jets account for over 90% of the Sino Jet fleet. Sino Jet has also invested heavily in improving its management capabilities and expanding its national maintenance and inspection services, and has been accreditted with IS-BAO Stage 3.
Sino Jet has a presence in nearly 20 locations in the Asia-Pacific region to provide round the clock integrated services to its clients. Projections based on its own operational statistics and national economic development initiatives, Sino Jet sees huge investment opportunities in Hainan and Southwestern China.
These include the Hainan Free Trade Port Policy which proposes turning Haikou Meilan International Airport into the region’s international transport hub.
Sino Jet also expects Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to grow into a major business aviation hub in the western and central regions of China.
In 2021, Sino Jet announced a joint investment with the local Chengdu government in the development of a new FBO (fixed-base operator) and a MRO (Maintenance Repairs and Operation) facility at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.