Aviation Partners is just the most recent adventure Joe Clark has undertaken in the aviation industry. In this issue of Executive & VIP Aviation International, he talks to us about fuel saving and performance improvement through winglet technology.

Also, Mark Baier, Chief Executive Officer of BJETS, tells us about the decision by Briley Group and Tata Group to launch BJETS; and we speak to Flying Group which was created as a fractional operation in 1991, but has since grown rapidly to operate a fleet of 20 owned and managed business jets. Further, we interview Jetpool of the US and Nakanihon Air Service of Japan about their plans and operations.

In terms of hardware, Cirrus Design, Dassault Aviation, Airbus, LISA Airplanes and Honeywell Aerospace all talk us through their technology. We also investigate what the advent of VLJs could mean for the use of airspace and whether TCAS could be on the radar for the VLJ fleet.

Our features include new electric tug technology to move small aircraft; the green debate; pilot and crew provisioning; and, finally, business aircraft values.

Ocean Sky – a private jet group based in London – is building a fleet of largely heavy jets. Chief Executive Officer, Kurosh Tehranchian, tells us how he is building his private jet group. Meanwhile, Peter Leiman and Cameron Ogden have co-founded Blink – a new air taxi operation – and are awaiting their deliveries of Mustang aircraft. ZAS Aviation Services has ordered two Grob Aerospace spn aircraft and taken options on two more. We find out more from this Egyptian handler. Additionally, VistaJet’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Bing Chen, tells us about his fleet and his hectic year ahead.

Also in this issue, Landor Associates Branding and Design Consultants, delivers a lesson in branding and Chapman Freeborn talks to us about this broker’s growth strategy. Tray Siegfried, Nordam’s Vice President of Strategic Growth, explains why the booming business jet market is good news for his family business and we visit Chicago Executive Airport, located in Chicago’s suburbs.

On the hardware front, we speak to: Project Phoenix, EADS Socata, Bombardier Aerospace, Aerion Corporation, Snecma and MTU Aero Engines.

Finally, we visit the worlds of the fuel companies and resellers, the executive handlers and the executive caterers about the enthusiasm with which they are adapting to the new larger and more diverse market for private flight.

Stefan Vilner, CEO of JetBird, has an ambitious plan to develop a European air taxi model from his Dublin base; we talk to him about his vision. Also in the December issue, XOJET and Wondair talk strategy as they ramp up their respective operations. Greg Thomas straddles the divide between private charter and airline operations at PrivatAir while the UK's Twinjet stays very much in the private charter niche but harks back to the golden age of aviation. Multiple choices are very much on offer at Flight Options; this fractional owner describes what these are.

From the aircraft maintenance perspective, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise clarifies its recent maintenance shop acquisitions and Marshall Aerospace explains its offering to the private jet set after pursuing military and airliner business in recent years. Then there is Sabena technics which has developed an appetite for private jet interior completions from its French base. We stay in France for an exploration of this country's private jet airports and ask whether this country has developed a blueprint for private jet airport future success.

Then we tackle the hardware. First we talk to airframers Gulfstream and Grob; and then we move on to engine-builders Snecma and GE Honda Aero Engines. We also enter the worlds of interior lighting, ground support equipment, large cabin completions and military airfields for executive use. To round off this issue, we interview Joe Leader, the President of the Air Taxi Association.

Jacques Lemaigre du Breuil, founder and President of Jetfly, explains the attraction of turboprops for the European market. Also in this issue, Ed Iacobucci, President and CEO of DayJet talks us through the rationale for developing the on-demand market and Taher Agueel, President and Chief Executive Officer of NAS, explains his strategy. Ettore Rodaro, founder and CEO of Comlux Aviation, gives us insight into the Airbus Elites while Sameer Hdairis, General Manager of Arab Wings, describes his place in the boom in Middle Eastern executive aviation. Finally, George Galanopoulos, Managing Director of London Executive Aviation, explains why its order for Mustangs from Cessna cannot arrive too soon.

From the hardware point of view, Cessna, Rolls-Royce and Adam Aircraft are covered in-depth, and completions from Lufthansa Technik, Fokker Services and Gore Design are all profiled.

This issue also sees the charter brokers interviewed with Wayne J Rizzi, President and CEO of Air Royale, and David Savile, CEO of Air Partner, all asked for their views of the market. TAG London Farnborough Airport is profiled, as is Van Nuys Airport. Finally, we feature the finance market, the trends in cabin electronics and the services on the ground in eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS.

Richard Santulli, Chairman and CEO of NetJets, speaks candidly about trail-blazing the fractional concept in this launch issue of Executive & VIP Aviation International. Further, Chris Crum, CEO of Royal Jet Group, talks about being a purveyor of luxury to the Middle East private travel market, as well as being the largest operator of charter Boeing Business Jets in the world.

We tackle private operations into war zones with Eastern SkyJets, the east European market with ABS Jets, Middle Eastern services from the service-providers' perspectives and "total solutions" with ExecuJet.

On the technology front, Aviation Partners, Boeing Business Jets, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Snecma and Piaggio all talk us through their products and services. Design foresight comes from Priestman Goode’s experience of designing an interior for the Lineage 1000, and completion centres contemplate the engineering versus design conundrum.