Expand into International Markets
International markets provide attractive opportunities for both leased and managed aircraft. International lease programs tend to be more comprehensive than domestic opportunities and guaranteed for longer terms, as many international governments are not bound by the one-year budget cycle of the U.S. government’s appropriations process. Aircraft management customers with significant international flight operations are attractive to us, given their requirements for long-range and expensive aircraft.
Address Key Aviation Regulatory Mandates with Design and Engineering Capabilities
Regulatory mandates for FANS 1/A began in 2013 in the U.S and abroad, and will require FANS / ADS-B compliance on certain preferred air routes on a rolling basis over the next five years. NATS will require FANS 1/A technology at optimum altitudes, expanding to most of the North Atlantic airspace by 2017. Non-compliant aircraft will be prohibited from this airspace, increasing total trip distance, time, fuel emissions and operating costs. We have proactively expanded our design and engineering capabilities relating to FANS 1/A, providing legacy Gulfstream aircraft owners a fully integrated approach to becoming compliant.
Opportunistically Invest in Aircraft
We will draw on years of experience to identify transactions that offer the opportunity to realize superior returns over the life of an aircraft and benefit from the arbitrage gained from transitioning and modifying idle or undervalued aircraft into configurations that provide valuable services to the owner or end user. We seek aircraft investments that have the following characteristics:
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Aircraft under contract to the U.S. or foreign government agencies;
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Business aircraft expected to retain attractive residual value;
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Business aircraft supported by an efficient worldwide commercial infrastructure; and
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Highly modified business aircraft.
Capabilities
Flight Operations
Our personnel have extensive experience providing clients with 24/7/365 dispatch and operations center services. Our comprehensive aviation services include head of state/head of agency transportation, personnel recovery and extraction, fueling, international handling, permits, weather, flight planning, customs clearance and training. In addition, we provide a range of aircraft, crew, maintenance & insurance (“ACMI”) services to high net worth and government clients.
Design and Engineering
Our personnel have differentiated aerospace design and engineering capabilities, which provides us with the ability to design FAA-certified airworthy solutions tailored to the specifications of the end customer to include airborne research and development, command and control, communications interoperability and relay, electronic warfare/threat simulation and ISR. We offer major interior completion projects, including design and materials specifications, renderings and layout of passenger accommodations. FAA-licensed designated engineering representatives assist with project-specific and conformity plans to ensure FAA approval of new technology installations.
