After signing agreements with Gate V and Fame Executive Aviation so as to establish operations in Vienna, Jet Aviation (Booths 1200 and 4600), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, is now operating and managing MRO and FBO facilities at Vienna International Airport. Jet Aviation also appointed Dennis Kohr as managing director of the facility.

“As a key gateway to the East, Vienna International Airport is among the top ten most important airports in Europe–in terms of business aviation traffic–and represents a key market for Jet Aviation,” said Stefan Benz, vice president of Jet Aviation MRO and FBO Operations, EMEA and Asia.

The new MRO operates a Cessna authorized service center, which provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and off-site AOG services for Cessna Citations. The MRO also supports AOG and line maintenance for Learjets and Bombardier Challenger 300s. Jet Aviation plans to add other Bombardier, Dassault Falcon and Gulfstream models in the future. The MRO facility includes a new 4,000-sq-m hangar and 2,000 sq m of shops and office space.

The Jet Aviation Vienna FBO features an operations office, a crew lounge and access to a VIP passenger lounge. Offered services include taxiing, passenger and crew transportation, luggage handling, lavatory drainage and aircraft refueling.

Kohr, who reports directly to Benz, joined Jet Aviation Basel in October 2011 as a regional sales director. Prior to that, he worked in sales and project management for major aerospace companies in Munich and Hamburg.

Farther south in the EMEA area, Jet Aviation Saudi Arabia recently received FAA approval as a repair station for Gulfstreams, providing light scheduled maintenance (A checks) on GII, GIII, GIV and GV models. “Large aircraft are preferred by many of our clients flying in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Alain Champonnois, vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Saudi Arabia. Jet Aviation Saudi Arabia is a long-standing joint venture company with Saudi Arabian partners.