EBACE Show News - May 20, 2008 - (Page 69) EBACE 2008 and We High-Tail It Home to EBACE, In Style November 2007. Jan. 10 saw the founThe problem: Getting from Geneva to dation stone laid, and the roof was the official opening of Jet Aviation’s hoisted on March 30. The official mega hangar at Basel on May 16 withopening ceremony took place just four out spending the whole day doing it. days before EBACE. Scheduled airlines have given up on the The spectacular opening ceremony route, and road/rail options take six was performed in front of around hours round-trip. Jet Aviation’s Group 400 invited guests and Saad Air’s CEO Peter Edwards solved the probAirbus A340-600. As the first aircraft lem and set up a business jet for the to go through interior completion press, underlining the convenience and here, it will remain in Basel for the 12 efficiency of this method of transport. to 14 months it should take to comJet Aviation’s passenger terminal at plete the project. As well as the top Geneva’s corporate jet Terminal C3 was brass from Jet Aviation, speakers and the meeting point. Passport details had guests included local governmental been supplied a day earlier, and forstakeholders from Switzerland and malities were minimal. A luxury van whisked us out to our aircraft, captained Captain Kristien Van Der Gucht with co-pilot Cedric Riva of Speedwings. France, who are pitching in another by Kristien Van Der Gucht, who welcomed Seven is awesome. It can hold an Airbus A380 17.3 million euros in development grants. France? Well, the new hangar is a dual national members of the press aboard. Thirty minutes and Boeing 747-8-sized aircraft, plus three later, we effortlessly greased onto Basel’s Euro- BBJ/ACJ sized corporate jets. The CHF65 mil- project and built on the airport’s “Six bis” develPort runway on Switzerland’s northern border. lion building has a 10,000 sq m floor area and is opment site, which happens to be on the French The aircraft, a Citation V Ultra operated by 33 m high; the real miracle is that it was built south side of the airport. Until now, all other Jet Geneva-based Speedwings, flew us to Basel and in just five months by construction company Aviation completions and maintenance work was done on the northern Swiss side. Losinger Basel. back in very good time for afternoon tea. Jet Aviation is here at Booth 1147. —Mike Vines The Basel hangar program was launched in Jet Aviation’s new mega-completions Hangar http://www.vistajet.com http://www.vistajet.com
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