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Gulfstream Aerospace underscored its increased focus on the Asia-Pacific region last week, bringing its full fleet — the Gulfstream G650, G550, G450, G280 and G150 — to the 2014 Singapore Airshow.
“Gulfstream aircraft represent the largest share of the large-cabin aircraft market in the Asia-Pacific region with nearly 50 percent of all customers choosing our aircraft,” said Scott Neal, Gulfstream’s senior vice president for worldwide sales and marketing.
“In Singapore alone, Gulfstream has 72 percent of the large-cabin market, a clear indication of how well our aircraft support customer requirements,” he added. “We continue to focus on the growing Gulfstream fleet and increasing the service options available to operators stationed in and passing through Asia.”
In the last five years, Savannah-based Gulfstream has more than tripled its in-service fleet, from 74 aircraft to more than 230. More than a third of those are located in an area that includes Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand, providing a robust base for additional growth, according to Roger Sperry, Gulfstream’s regional senior vice president for international sales for Asia Pacific.
“Gulfstream has had a strong presence in Asia since 1988, when we opened our Singapore sales office,” Sperry said, adding that it was the company’s first sales office in Asia.
Since then, Gulfstream’s commitment to the region has included a recent move to a more centrally located Singpore sales office and the expansion of its product support resources.
Gulfstream’s service presence in the region now includes Gulfstream Beijing, one of the company’s three international service centers, as well as Jet Aviation Singapore and Jet Aviation Hong Kong, both Gulfstream factory-authorized service centers.
Other company-authorized warranty facilities include Metrojet in Hong Kong; ExecuJet in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; JAMCO — formerly Japan Aircraft Maintenance Co. — in Sendai, Japan; and Air Works in Mumbai, India.
Metrojet and Jet Aviation Hong Kong have U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval to perform base and line maintenance on Gulfstream’s flagship aircraft, the ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin G650.
Jet Aviation Singapore will open a new maintenance hangar alongside its current maintenance and FBO operation at Seletar Airport later this year, adding more office, shop and ramp space.
“The expansion of product support capabilities in Singapore will allow us to meet increased demand in the region,” said Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream Product Support. “The larger Jet Aviation facility will be able to accommodate up to five more G650s, which will give our operators in Asia more accessibility to our parts and services.”
Gulfstream, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has $3.5 million in parts and materials at its Beijing service center and nearly $54 million in parts and services based at Jet Aviation Singapore and Metrojet.
The large-cabin Gulfstream G450 and G550 and the company’s ultra-large-cabin flagship G650 are manufactured at Gulfstream headquarters in Savannah.
