08 January 2013

A350 XWB VIP version will fly in China


Airbus released the VIP version of the A350 XWB and currently there are 2 orders based on A350-900 model. It is called “A350 XWB Prestige” and it is the latest offering Airbus has in the VIP market –A319 ACJ is the best seller with around 70 orders-.

Managed and operated by BAA Jet Management Ltd. in Hong Kong, one of the A350-900 XWB Prestige is owned by C Jet Ltd. based in Hong Kong while the other aircraft belongs to an undisclosed customer from Asia.
 
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Managed and operated by BAA Jet Management Ltd. in Hong Kong, one of the A350-900 XWB Prestige is owned by C Jet Ltd. based in Hong Kong while the other aircraft belongs to an undisclosed customer from Asia.

With offices in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Beijing, BAA Jet Management’s aviation experts are at home and from both cultures – Chinese and Western – thus making BAA Jet Management unique in understanding the best of all worlds and in providing the highest international standards with a distinct Asian focus.

BAA (wich means Business Aviation Asia) Jet’s fleet by mid 2012 should total over 40 business jets with half of its fleet being Gulfstreams. To support this vast fleet of business jets across Greater China, BAA currently has operations and maintenance bases located in 7 cities: Shenzhen, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Hong Kong. BAA has 350 dedicated employees.

 So it is quite easy to imagine both A350 XWB VIPs will be flying in/from China.
 
The aircraft interior design will be done at Jet Aviation (Basel-Switzerland). Scheduled to arrive in Basel around 2016, execution time for each aircraft interior is estimated 18 months. Both aircraft will be managed and operated by Hong Kong-based BAA Jet Management Ltd. The 2 A350-900 XWBs from the Airbus’ airline production line will be configured for VIP use to become the first aircraft of this type available to the business aviation market. After an extensive test program followed by a reconfiguration phase at Airbus’ site, the aircraft will be flown directly from Toulouse, France to Jet Aviation Basel where the 2 A350-900 XWBs will receive their VIP interior.
Jet Aviation Basel is a world-renowned completions center and employs close to 1,800 professionals and offers the possibility to build a full-scale mock-up of the cabin to give the customer a feel for the layout. In order to achieve the highest level of customization and quality, they do much of the work by hand; the leather on seats is sewn and glued by hand and the cabinetry shop creates lightweight luxury furniture. 
 
 
 
Two things are clear about the customers; the buyer has plenty of cash and a healthy amount of patience to order an aircraft 10 years before starting to enjoy.




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