SINGAPORE: Demonstrating commitment to the Asian business aviation market, Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways’ (QA) corporate jet division is participating for the first time in the Singapore Airshow.
Completing the line-up of aircraft on display for QA is the airline’s flagship A350 and A380 aircraft, which continued to be big crowd-pleasers on day two of the airshow.
The airshow also provided opportunity for key business meetings to take place. QA Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker met Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier and welcomed Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner to QA’s hospitality chalet.
Making its first public appearance in Southeast Asia, Qatar Executive’s G650ER drew a great deal of attention from trade visitors and VIPs, who gathered to see the luxurious jet, which features a two-cabin configuration and seats up to 13 passengers. Seats convert into fully flat beds, so that seven guests can easily sleep.
Driven by the fast-growing number of high-net-worth individuals in the region, Qatar Executive sees great potential for its bespoke charter service in Asia and is showcasing its new state-of-the-art Gulfstream G650ER.
Industry professionals and customers were given opportunity to tour the luxurious aircraft, known to be not just the world’s most technologically advanced jet, but also the fastest ultra-long-range business jet capable of connecting cities such as Singapore and Nairobi or Hong Kong and New York non-stop.
Al Baker said: “Gulfstream business jets are popular among the Asian travelling elite and we are proud to offer our discerning clientele the most outstanding product available in the market. Our Gulfstream G650ER with its phenomenal range capabilities, industry leading cabin technology and unparalleled passenger comforts, provides the flexibility and performance no other business jet can offer.”
The G650ER’s cabin interior features a classic-contemporary style, combining understated luxury and timeless elegance through a natural colour palette ranging from earthy tones of the walnut brown wooden veneers to the china-white leather seating and finest woollen Loro Piana fabrics with soft brown fishbone patterns.
The cabin is comfortable and contains the most advanced technology, including satellite communications, high-speed Internet, wireless local area network and Gulfstream’s Cabin Management System, which allows passengers to use personal electronic devices to control audio, video, lighting, temperature, window shades and other cabin functions. The interior cabin has 16 panoramic windows, the largest in business aviation, perfectly positioned so that every passenger has their window. It has the lowest equivalent cabin altitude of any business jet and the cabin air is replenished 100 percent every two minutes. The Peninsula
