Jet Aviation wins Olympic aircraft-handling event

Beijing BAC (business aviation center) didn’t have much time to get up and running before it began handling aircraft arriving for the Olympics.

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

October 1, 2008

Beijing BAC (business aviation center) didn’t have much time to get up and running before it began handling aircraft arriving for the Olympics. The facility opened on Capital International Airport (PEK) August 4 and began handling aircraft the next day in support of the Summer Olympics, which officially started three days later. “We handled 470 business jets during the Olympics,” David Paddock, senior vice president for group business development at Jet Aviation, told AIN. “We also controlled overnight parking for 87 aircraft on the two ramps assigned to us.”

The joint venture among Jet Aviation, Beijing-based Deer Air and Reach Investment was announced in April and the FBO facility was completed in less than six months.
During the development process, the government entered into talks with Jet Aviation about coordinating and staffing all the business aircraft ground operations during the Olympics.

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