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ASG Bizjet Report by the Numbers
By: James Wynbrandt
Caption: The Asian Group sees a strong future for business aviation in the region.
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Asian Sky Group's Asia Pacific Business Jet Fleet Report, to be released today at ABACE 2018, tallies 1,179 business jets in the Asia-Pacific fleet at the end of 2017, a 2.1 percent increase over the 2016 total. Among other findings:

	115 aircraft were added to the fleet in 2017, consisting of 54 new deliveries and 61 preowned, while 91 aircraft left the region.
	Mainland China, Australia, India, and Hong Kong remained the top four markets in the region, representing 68 percent of the jet fleet, with a combined total of 804 aircraft.
	Bombardier, Gulfstream, and Textron Aviation's Cessna are the top three OEMs in the region, with 26 percent, 25 percent, and 19 percent of the total fleet, respectively.
	The top three most popular models in the region are the G550, G450, and Global 6000, with 98, 66 and 45 aircraft, respectively.
	Nine of the top 10 operators by fleet size are based in Greater China and represent 26 percent of the total Asia-Pacific fleet.
	The Asia Pacific fleet is the world’s youngest, with more than half of the business jets five to 10 years old.
	Most of the business fleet is registered in Mainland China (B register), accounting for 22 percent of total aircraft registrations, followed by the U.S. (N register) with 21 percent.