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JetBird Welcomes CAE/EMBRAER Phenom Training Facility at Burgess Hill
Communiqué publié le 23/05/2007 à 18h41

JetBird AG ('JetBird' or the 'Company'), the first Pan-European, low cost executive jet operator, today welcomed the announcement by CAE and Embraer to locate a Phenom training facility in a JetBird hub city.

The facility, which will cater for Embraer's Phenom 100 Very Light Jet and the Phenom 300 Light Jet aircraft, will be located in Burgess Hill, London. Burgess Hill is home to CAE's European business aviation training centre. The state-of-the-art facility offers the highest standard of training and the latest training tools consistent with JetBird's ethos of maintaining the highest standards of safety and training among its fleet pilots.

JetBird, which has firm orders for 50 Phenom 100 aircraft and options on a further 50 Phenom 100 (or 300 aircraft), is currently in discussions with the objective of locating a hub in London. The location of the Burgess Hill training facility will be extremely beneficial for the certification of new pilots and ongoing training of existing JetBird pilots.

Domhnal Slattery, Founder & Chairman of JetBird, Europe's first low cost private jet operator, commented "We would like to congratulate CAE & Embraer on the launch of their joint venture to provide pilot and maintenance training for the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 executive jets at a new facility in Burgess Hill, UK. JetBird is Embraer's European launch customer for the Phenom 100, and will significantly benefit from the training facility in Burgess Hill."

Stefan Vilner, JetBird CEO concluded "The UK will represent a key market for JetBird and will, over time, house some of the JetBird Phenom fleet. JetBird will shortly begin the process of recruiting pilots and begin their training process in advance of the launch of Europe's first true low-cost private jet operation in April 2009."

About JetBird

Commencing operations in April, 2009, JetBird will become Europe's first true low cost private jet airline, offering a private jet experience at up to 50% less than current branded operators. With aircraft based at a number of demand centres around Europe, JetBird will offer on-demand private jet charter at a price that offers true value for money, thus making private jet travel affordable for middle and senior level executives and the mass affluent.

About Claret Capital

Claret Capital, founded by Domhnal Slattery in 2005, is a private investment firm based in Dublin, Ireland. Claret Capital manages the assets of a small number of ultra high net worth individuals and families and has a global investment mandate. The firm has completed investments in the Private Equity, Real Estate, Media and Technology sectors. Claret Capital has also founded a number of new ventures including Blue Ocean Wireless, a company focused on expanding communication capability in the merchant maritime sector. Blue Ocean Wireless provides, for the first time, GSM connectivity for seafarers in deep ocean water, where no other network exists.

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