Aircraft
Jersey Aircraft Registry All Set to Launch
Appleby is helping Jersey establish its own registry business.
Brian Johnson, left, helped develop aircraft registration procedures for Chris Kelleher, strategy policy manager for the economic development department, States of Jersey.
Brian Johnson, left, helped develop aircraft registration procedures for Chris Kelleher, strategy policy manager for the economic development department, States of Jersey.

Having enjoyed spectacular success with the launch of the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry in 2007, Brian Johnson moved to Appleby (Booth 4439) to help the legal services company and offshore specialist advise Jersey, in the Channel Islands near France, launch its own registry. Ironically, Johnson was recently thrown back into his old role as his replacement in the Isle of Man, Hartley Elder, took early retirement. But wearing two hats–acting director of civil aviation in the Isle of Man and as a consultant at Appleby–has not created a conflict between the old and the new registries, Johnson told AIN.