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  • 20
    Jun

    BizAv Trip Planning: G20 Summit in Hamburg: Airports, Alternates, Parking & Special Considerations

    Archive
    By Matthias Dlugosch [Guest Author]
    3295
    The G20 Summit takes place July 7-8, hosted in Hamburg as the culmination of the German G20 presidency. A large ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Mongolia – Part 1: Operating Tips
    17
    Apr

    Business Aircraft Ops to Mongolia – Part 1: Operating Tips

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Todd Carter
    3509
    Mongolia is a land locked country in east-central Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to French Polynesia – Part 1: Airports & Ground Handling
    12
    Apr

    Business Aircraft Ops to French Polynesia – Part 1: Airports & Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Mark Hudson
    5171
    French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic and comprises five groups of islands. These include the Society ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Nairobi, Kenya – Part 3: CIQ, Security and Local Area
    10
    Apr

    Business Aircraft Ops to Nairobi, Kenya – Part 3: CIQ, Security and Local Area

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    3217
    General aviation (GA) operations at Nairobi (HKJK) are not given priority over scheduled commercial traffic in terms of customs, immigration, ...
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  • Tips for Operating a BizJet to a New Destination – Part 1 of 2
    29
    Mar

    Tips for Operating a BizJet to a New Destination – Part 1 of 2

    Archive
    By Daniel Crouch
    2815
    When planning a trip in your business aircraft to a new destination, or a region of the world you’ve not ...
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  • Customs Tips For Any Trip: Part 2 – Compliance with the Details
    20
    Mar

    Customs Tips For Any Trip: Part 2 – Compliance with the Details

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Rayburn Hoover
    2541
    For business aircraft operators, “know before you go” is the critical rule to follow for successfully navigating the customs, immigration, ...
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  • Customs Tips for Any Trip: Part 1 – Avoiding Issues on your Trip
    13
    Mar

    Customs Tips for Any Trip: Part 1 – Avoiding Issues on your Trip

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Rayburn Hoover
    2705
    Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) authorities worldwide, are becoming more stringent on clearance requirements. Be mindful that every airport location ...
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  • Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 2: Handling, Fuel & Local Area
    20
    Feb

    Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 2: Handling, Fuel & Local Area

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Jacob Reader
    2908
    For business aircraft operators, the quality of support services and infrastructure at outlying airports in the Bahamas is not the ...
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  • Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 1: Airports, Permits & CIQ
    13
    Feb

    Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 1: Airports, Permits & CIQ

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Jacob Reader
    4747
    The Commonwealth of the Bahamas – an island nation with more than 700 islands, cays and islets – stretches from ...
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  • Technical Stops for Business Aviation
    4
    Jan

    Technical Stops for Business Aviation: Part 1 – Basic Considerations

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Katherine Scheer-Perry
    3345
    While today’s longer range corporate aircraft do not make use of technical stops as often as their airborne predecessors, there ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to the Dominican Republic – Part 1: Airports, Parking & Ground Handling
    21
    Dec

    Business Aircraft Ops to the Dominican Republic – Part 1: Airports, Parking & Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    3881
    The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The second largest Caribbean nation after Cuba, ...
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  • 31
    Oct

    U.S. Cabotage Restrictions – non-U.S. Business Aircraft Considerations

    Regulatory Compliance
    By Universal
    10500
    Cabotage restrictions have an impact on operations of non-U.S. registered business aircraft within the U.S. These rules and limitations, however, ...
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  • Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 2: Services and Credit
    19
    Oct

    Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 2: Services and Credit

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Greg Linton
    2728
    When operating your business aircraft to a remote location, there will likely be cases where you will be handled by ...
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  • 12
    Oct

    Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 1: Airport Considerations

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Greg Linton
    2951
    Additional considerations are needed when operating to remote international locations and airports not frequented by general aviation (GA). For many ...
    Read More
  • Business Aviation Planning Tips: Stockholm, Sweden
    5
    Oct

    Business Aviation Planning Tips: Stockholm, Sweden

    Destination Guides, Sweden
    By Jeff Kelley
    3638
    General aviation (GA) operating flexibility to Stockholm is good – with plenty of aircraft parking, full support services and straight-forward ...
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  • Operating to Colombia – Part 3
    8
    Sep

    Operating to Colombia – Part 3: Planning Tips

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Mark Hudson
    3506
    Authorities in Colombia are strict on documentation requirements governing business jet operations in the country, so if you are operating ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: CIQ
    26
    May

    Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: CIQ

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    3037
    Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) requirements for general aviation (GA) crew are minimal in Ethiopia. Authorities, however, are stringent on ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: Ground Handling
    12
    May

    Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    3113
    With over 90 million inhabitants Ethiopia is the second highest population nation in Africa and the most populous landlocked country ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Local Area, Ground Transport & Hotels
    28
    Apr

    Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Local Area, Ground Transport & Hotels

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Hiroshi Higashiyama
    3072
    General aviation (GA) trips to Japan are something to look forward to regardless of the time of year. However, depending ...
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  • 4
    Apr

    Explaining CANPASS for Business Aircraft Operations to Canada

    Regulatory Compliance
    By Lukas Marrow
    5416
    The Canadian Passenger Accelerated Service System (CANPASS) is an efficient and user-friendly method of reporting international general aviation (GA) arrivals ...
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  • 17
    Mar

    Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: CIQ

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Hiroshi Higashiyama
    4279
    Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) clearance options have improved over recent years in Japan with the expansion of general aviation ...
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  • 15
    Mar

    Weapons and Game Transportation on Business Aircraft: Part 2 of 2 – Permits & Documents

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Jeff Kelley
    2550
    For international hunting trips documentation and permit requirements are typically more onerous than for other types of general aviation (GA) ...
    Read More
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