November 29, 2012 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has announced that it has officially opened its aircraft service center in Beijing "Gulfstream Beijing" after recently being approved as a Part 145 maintenance facility by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The certification authorizes the facilities technicians the to work on aircraft registered in China.
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November 27, 2012 — Cessna Aircraft Company has entered into another joint business agreement with China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company Ltd., (CAIGA) they previously announced a strategic alliance to assemble and sell Citation XLS+ jets in China.
China Aviation industry General aircraft Co., Ltd. (CAIGA) has selected GE Aviation's new H85 turboprop engine to power CAIGA's Primus 150 aircraft, the 150 is a five-seat business aircraft, slated to become the first business aircraft built in China. This will be the first application for the H85 turboprop engine, which is currently awaiting certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Every business aircraft manufacture in the world have been salivating at the prospect of tapping into the potentially gigantic Chinese general aviation market. China's restrictive government regulation governing the movement of private aircraft and lack of infrastructure are holding back the gold rush. But major changes are on the horizon.
During the just concluded China Civil Aviation Planning & Airport Working Meeting, the "China Civil Aviation Development Twelfth Five-Year Plan" was published.
The otherwise dormant Chinese business jet market has come to a turning point, triggered by the recent air control relax reform. This week, Airbus and Boeing have held their press conference, predicting that each of them will sell over 5 business jets to China each year, while Bombardier also showed that over the next 10 years, total sales of business jets in China will reach over 600 units.
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