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Charter Provider Jung Sky Establishing Mx Department
By: Jerry Siebenmark
Caption: Former Croatian Airlines technical director Davor Bujan will lead Jung Sky's effort to establish an in-house maintenance department.
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Croatian business aviation operator Jung Sky is taking the first step to establishing an in-house maintenance department with the hiring of a former airline maintenance executive, Davor Bujan. Bujan was previously technical director of maintenance and CMO at flag carrier Croatian Airlines.

“After all these years we’re still burdened with the necessity to outsource aircraft maintenance, which inevitably affects our flexibility, aircraft availability, and expenditures,” said Jung Sky COO Kresimir Vlasic. “When we decide to add a third jet to our fleet, this will become an even bigger problem.”

Vlasic added that hiring Bujan “is the first step” to establishing a maintenance department. “He is a professional with experience in establishing and supervising aircraft maintenance organizations, which is a process defined by complex regulatory requirements,” he said.

The next step will be to set up line maintenance operations followed by the first base maintenance tasks. “It’s a step-by-step process” Vlasic explained. “Before we can apply for the maintenance organization approval certificate, we need to strengthen our team with the right expertise and by hiring Davor, we’re off to a great start.” The 11-year-old charter provider currently operates two Cessna Citation Model 525A CJ2 twinjets.