Mid-Pacific Bizjet Base Opened in Guam

U.S. aircraft management and flight operations specialist Aerospace Concepts has formed a Pacific region subsidiary, headquartered on the island of Guam. The new company is based in a hangar complex at the island's international airport, Agana, where according to company president Terry Habeck it will provide flight training, maintenance and operational support services, principally for ultra long-range executive jets.

The unit will also handle aircraft sales and leasing.

Guam is the closest U.S. territory to Japan with facilities to service long range executive jets.

"We bring American-registered aircraft to the region, delivering the unparalleled safety of U.S.-trained flight crews and maintaining the highest quality of service," Habeck said. The Guam initiative will help create the infrastructure necessary to support an expanded executive jet industry, he added.

Aerospace Concepts operates three long-range Gulfstreams from Guam but with the new facilities now being developed, envisages a larger fleet, including the new Boeing Business Jet. Guam governor Carl T.C. Gutierrez attended the ACS ceremony when the Aerospace Concepts facility was opened.

By Bob Rodwell