Bringing a new business aircraft into service has always been fraught with potential difficulties, but when the aircraft in question is going to earn its living in an emerging market, such as India or China, the potential for headaches is even greater. Having had to grapple with many such situations itself, business aviation services group Acass has made something of a specialty of handling entry-into-service challenges and believes it can spare owners and operators a lot of cost and frustration by getting involved in the process on their behalf.
According to Acass president Andre Khury, the main issues can relate to the local financial and tax implications of bringing an aircraft into service in a particular country–especially if that country does not have a developed business aviation industry and its regulators are not accustomed to the sector. The Canadian company can interact with lenders to help them understand the complexities of exporting an aircraft to any given country.
