GAMA CHAIRMAN
The US General Aviation Manufacturers Association has elected John Rosanvallon, Dassault Falcon president and Dassault Aviation executive vice-president of civil aircraft, as its chairman for 2011. Rosanvallon previously served as GAMA's vice-chairman of the board and chairman of GAMA's Security Issues Committee and its Communications Committee.
CHINA VENTURE
ExecuJet Aviation has formed a joint venture partnership with Tianjin Haite to develop a business aircraft maintenance and management company in China. The new venture, ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China, will be based at Tianjin Binhai airport, where it will eventually develop a fixed-base operation. "The MRO facility, which is due for completion in August 2011, will encompass a 6,000m² [65,000ft²] facility capable of housing two large and three smaller aircraft simultaneously. ExecuJet will obtain a Chinese Part 135 aircraft operator's certificate and a Part 145 maintenance certificate and expects to initially maintain in excess of 40 business aircraft annually," says ExecuJet
CARAVAN MILESTONE
Cessna marked earlier this month the 25th anniversary of the first customer delivery of its Caravan single-engined turboprop. The ariframer says the Caravan is certificated in 100 countries and the fleet has amassed more than 13 million flight hours. The 2,000th Caravan was handed over in September to Caribbean operator Air St Kitts-Nevis.
Source: Flight International
