澳门国际商务航空引进首架公务机 拟服务高端客

图：“Macau Jet”引进的首架“猎鹰2000”型公务机22日抵澳。（图片来源：澳门日报）

图：“猎鹰2000”型公务机座位舒适。（图片来源：澳门日报）

中新网6月23日电 据澳门日报报道，国际商务航空(澳门)股份有限公司(Macau Jet)引进的第一架“猎鹰2000”型豪华公务机22日抵澳，该公司主席颜延龄表示，明年将会引进更大型的公务机服务区内的市场，最终发展成为一支拥有20架公务机机队，从而建立一家以澳门国际机场为基地的亚洲航空中心。

　　公务机公司“Macau Jet”引进的首架“猎鹰2000”型豪华公务机，由法国经停俄罗斯后，于22日下午1时10分飞抵澳门国际机场，随即在澳门国际机场商用航空中心机库为飞机举行佛教祈福仪式，除该公司负责人出席外，民航局长陈颖雄，澳门国际机场专营股份有限公司董事会主席邓军等出席。
　　颜延龄表示，“Macau Jet”公司是由恒和集团斥资，于2006年底开始筹备，2007年上半年组建完成，引入首架飞机后，未来一段时间还会引进更多公务客机，计划到明年会引入5架飞机，到2010年机队会拥有10多架客机，最终目标发展成为一支拥有20架飞机的机队。
　　目前，“Macau Jet”共有20多名职员，拥有丰富的飞行、管理和维修经验，每名机长拥有超过2万小时飞行和专业的飞行经验。公司总裁由美国聘请，拥有30年以上航空管理经验。期望在5年内建立一支拥有20架飞机和300名员工的航空公司，“Macau Jet”的服务对象以高端航空客人为主，尤其是赌场的大豪客为主要目标。
　　“Macau Jet”董事总经理王向明指出，该公司是一间立足港澳，面向亚太地区的商务包机及公务机管理公司，既为高端客户提供服务，亦衔接澳门多元化发展的产业链，为澳门带来高端的旅客，并为澳门成为国际的会展旅游娱乐中心提供配套项目。首架引进的“猎鹰2000”型公务机由法国达索公司生产，是被国际上广泛认可的远程高档次机型。
　　该机型最大起飞重量16.6吨、有效航程5400多公里、数十座位，除适合澳门机场使用外，还适合在内地及周边国家和地区机场运行。稍后引进豪华公务机还包括较大型的猎鹰900EX型豪华公务机，航程达到4500海里，可以由澳门直飞俄罗斯的莫斯科和澳洲悉尼等中远程城市。

Chinese airlines finally get Taiwan rights

HONG KONG: China's three largest airlines, China Southern, Air China and China Eastern, have each secured four weekly flights to Taiwan after an agreement eased restrictions on direct flights across the Taiwan Strait.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and Xiamen Airlines will each have two weekly flights to Taiwan. More direct flights and destinations may be added depending on market demand. China Eastern Airlines says it will soon set up shop in Taiwan to help charter flight services and start looking for its first representative office in Taipei. It is also talking with Taiwan's largest carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways, about co-operation. China Southern, the nation's largest carrier by fleet size, is set to sign a deal with China Airlines. Weekend flights are set to start next month following the lifting of restrictions imposed in 1949. China Airlines told The Hong Kong Standard it ran about 30 direct flights to the mainland on public holidays last year, as well as 16 flights across the strait during the Lunar New Year. A small number of non-stop charter flights have been allowed in recent years, but were restricted to holidays. Analysts believe Taiwanese carriers will be the big winners from the "direct flights" scheme. According to JP Morgan, 36 passenger charter flights a week will boost Chinese airlines' net profits by less than 1% and cut Cathay Pacific’s earnings by a similar degree.

Jet Asia of Macau responds to private charter demand in Asia

MACAU, April 9: Jet Asia of Macau is expanding its charter fleet this year with the addition of seven new aircraft to reflect the buoyant trend the private jet sector is experiencing in Asia. Two new Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 900XPs and four Hawker 750s are on order for delivery from December 2007 through to September this year. A Bombardier Challenger 605 comes on line in August 2009 replacing one of two earlier 601s and a Global Express 5000 will follow a year later, replacing the company’s original 601. In addition, last week it was confirmed that Jet Asia will be the first operator in Asia to fly the Project Phoenix VIP-configured Bombardier CRJ-200 on behalf of Ritz Pacific Ltd. This aircraft will join the fleet later this year. Jet Asia played a key role in helping Ritz Pacific determine a suitable business jet for its client’s needs and the Phoenix CRJ, with similar interior dimensions to the Global Express, scored highly on big cabin comfort, passenger appeal and economics. The aircraft will enter service with a brand new interior, new avionics and long range fuel tanks to give a maximum range of 3,000 nm. Longer term, Jet Asia says it plans to introduce its first executive airliner - either a Boeing 737 or MD-80 series, which would be specifically converted into 24-seat VIP layout. Long range fuel tanks would enable it to offer long haul charters from Asia to the Middle East and Europe. The company says research is under way toward approval for purchase later this year. Tourism (primarily casino activity) attracts millions of visitors from China and Hong Kong to Macau each year. By 2006 gambling revenues from the casino boom had exceeded those from Las Vegas. “Undoubtedly, this has become a key driver for Jet Asia’s growth,” says the company’s CEO Chuck Woods. “Business aviation in Asia over the past six years has been quite slow – now it is offscale high and most noteworthy is the fact that 80% of the new orders being placed for business jets are for private use, so this is beneficial to companies like ours. Private individuals depend on experienced and professional organisations who can manage their fleets.” Jet Asia was founded in 1995, originally as the corporate flight department of STDM, the Hong Kong tourism and hospitality conglomerate of tycoon Stanley Ho. The company acquired its AOC in 1997 and the fleet subsequently expanded with a second 601, two Global Express’s and one managed Embraer Legacy.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines has unveiled a new uniform for its male cabin crew.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines has unveiled a new uniform for its male cabin crew. From June 30, crew will wear suits created by French fashion designer Christophe Galibert, artistic Director of Balmain Uniformes. The airline says the uniform is designed to complement the well-known sarong kebaya worn by the airline’s female cabin crew. Galibert has also worked with the designer of the sarong kebaya, Pierre Balmain, for more than 25 years. Said Galibert: “In designing this new look, our main aim was to retain the legendary elegance of the Singapore Airlines male cabin crew but at the same time make it more consistent with the iconic creation of Pierre Balmain’s sarong kebaya. Our challenge was, therefore, to find a matching smartness and unique sophistication for the male crew uniform.”

The new uniform comprises a single-breasted navy blue suit (jacket and trousers), sky blue shirt and striped tie. The tie colour differentiates the four ranks of crew. It replaces a uniform designed back in 1991. Tan Pee Teck, senior VP, cabin crew, said the new uniform projects "a smart and professional image" and will instill a sense of pride in the crew. "This is even more so since many of our crew members were themselves actively involved in the selection and fine-tuning of the design concept and colour scheme of the uniform.”

国际航协北亚副总裁:澳门博彩业料促航空业起飞

中新网6月20日电 据澳门日报报道，国际航协北亚地区副总裁张保建表示，澳门机场几年前已调整策略，故可减低两岸直航包机对澳门的影响，相信随着澳门旅游博彩业发展，必然带动航空业起飞。
　　尽管珠三角有五个机场，资源重叠，但伦敦同样有五个机场，车水马龙。故只要澳门机场找到旅游娱乐业的定位，发展前景广阔。近期内地收紧自由行，料对澳门有影响，毕竟内地是澳门的主要客源市场。
　　张保建表示，两岸直航航空业期待已久，他形容这是全世界最后一块未被开发的市场。过去被政治因素窒碍发展，深信市场潜力很大。内地人外游，台湾、欧美及澳门都是“到此一游”的胜地。

　　两岸直航实施初期，澳门可能会流失一部分中转客，但长远对澳门航空业影响不大。澳门机场五、六年前已有应变工作，相信可减低影响。此外，澳门旅游博彩业带动周边行业发展，对航空市场有刺激作用。倘未来开通港珠澳大桥，香港到澳门只需半小时，香港到赤腊角机场也要半小时。且香港机场繁忙，澳门更优胜，料可带来更多旅客。
　　按澳门的经济发展方向，拥有一个机场毋庸置疑，只要定位准确，避免与香港的商务市场重迭，便有自己的“天空”。张保建表示，澳门国际机场发展定位和策略独特而成功，因应自身条件逐渐发展成大中华地区的低成本航空中心，并致力发展传统航空、支线航空、公务机等业务，与航空公司建立良好的合作伙伴关系。
　　至于澳门航权分配问题，张保建表示，这属于澳门特区政府的权力范畴，“开放天空”对澳门整体经济和航空业发展都有利。
【编辑:刘羡】