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New Asian bizav group takes off
With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Busines

With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) will prepare a professional brief to present to the civil aviation authorities throughout the region this year.

“After we do our CAA road show,” Mark Turner, AsBAA chairman, told AIN, “we will take a look at the issues important to business aviation. The general objective is to obtain an acceptance of business aviation by the authorities, but there are also regional and local issues we need to work on, such as access to airports, unreasonably high fees and unrealistic insurance requirements. In many countries in the area, there is simply no understanding of what business aviation does and what it can do for the region.”