Top Flight 12-2019 | Page 118

English summary Number 12 /121/ December 2019 TOP FLIGHT BBJ  BIG CABIN PHILOSOPHY To p F l i g h t h a s n eve r p a i d m u c h a t t e n t i o n t o o n e o f t h e m a i n p l aye r s i n t h e b u s i n e s s av i a t i o n m a r ke t , a   p ro d u c e r o f b o t h s o m e o f t h e m o s t l u x u r i o u s a n d m o s t p o p u l a r a i rc r a f t . E i t h e r i t w a s t o o f a r f o r u s t o t r ave l , o r w e s i m p l y d i d n o t h ave t h e t i m e . S o , w e d e c i d e d t o m a ke a m e n d s a n d s e t o f f a c ro s s t h e At l a n t i c t o t h e P a c i f i c c i t y o f S e a t t l e . A s yo u n o d o u b t a re a w a re , w e a re t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e b u s i n e s s av i a t i o n d i v i s i o n o f t h e industr y giant Boeing. AUTHOR: D M I T RY P E T R O C H E N KO Whatever analysts may say, the numbers speak for themselves. BBJ is an indispensable tool of the heads of the largest countries, own- ers of transnational corporations or simply very wealthy people. By the way, 10% of the global BBJ fl eet (23 aircraft) is currently op- erating in the post-Soviet space, and the company plans to increase this fi gure in the medium term. But this article is not about that. The outstanding results of the last two years, with more than twenty new orders, have allowed Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to strengthen their position in relation to their main competitor, Airbus, in the business aviation market. The Top Flight journalists were lucky enough to meet Captain Alex Fectoau, the Marketing Director of Boeing Business Jets, and ask him about the business division of the aviation giant.