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Jet Aviation has been awarded the 2017 Icons
of Aviation Asia Award for Best MRO (Singapore/Hong Kong).
The annual Awards are hosted by the Asian
Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) to recognize aviation’s best in the
region, while promoting corporate social responsibility in aviation.
The event further served as a fundraiser for
Orbis, the Flying Eye Hospital - raising more than US$26,000 for the non-profit
NGO committed to treating preventable blindness in developing countries.
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Nigel Parker, Managing Director of Jet
Aviation in Hong Kong (left) and John Riggir, Vice President and General Manager
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“It’s a great honor to have the quality of our
MRO network acknowledged by the industry,” said
John Riggir,
vice president and general manager at Jet Aviation Singapore. “I couldn’t be
prouder of our teams of professionals who made this achievement possible through
their unwavering commitment to safety and service excellence. We are all equally
delighted to support the good and laudable work of Orbis, which uses aviation to
deliver the instruments that facilitate the miracle of sight.”
Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) is
a non-profit association established to enhance Business Aviation access,
regulation, safety, knowledge, training, public awareness and contribution to
the economy. As a member of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC),
it represents more than 80 operators, aircraft manufacturers, service providers
and business aviation users based in Asia and around the world.
Jet Aviation Hong Kong offers line
maintenance, inspections and defect rectifications, as well as AOG support, and
has access to a 9,200 square meter (99,027 square feet) hangar. The company's
Singapore facility provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, aircraft
repair, defect troubleshooting and rectifications and aircraft modifications,
together with interior refurbishment, avionics modification and exterior
painting services.
| The 27th November 2017 marked Jet Aviation's
50th birthday! Since the company's first ever Learjet maintenance job in
November 1967 - under the company’s founder Carl Hirschmann (pictured right) - Jet Aviation now
employs over 4,000 people across 30 facilities worldwide.
An online feature charting Jet Aviation's
story is available
here
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