Annual Report 2019

15 YEARS OF OUR COMPANY THE 2019 STORY THE YEAR IN REVIEW PRAHA BRATISLAVA NARSARSUAQ (LKPR) (LZIB) COLD BAY (BGBW) (PACD) NOVOSIBIRSK PETROPAVLOVSK ST. MORITZ (UNNT) (UHPP) (LSZS) ASPEN URUMQI (KASE) (ZWWW) MARSHALL ISLAND (PKMJ) LUKLA (VNLK) HONOLULU ST. MARTIN CAPE VERDE (PHNL) (TNCM) (GVAC) SAO TOME GALAPÁGY-SEYMOUR (FPST) (SEGS) KILIMANJARO (HTKJ) CUSCO (SPZO) VICTORIA FALLS (FVFA) RIO DE JANEIRO (SBRJ) AYERS ROCK (YAYE) CHRISTCHURCH (NZCH) USHUAIA (SAWH) 15 YEARS OF OUR COMPANY Foreword ..................................................................................................................... 06 The history of ABS Jets ....................................................................................... 08 CONTENTS Our passion .................................................................................................................. 12 Who led us to success? ..........................................................................................16 Aircraft Management ..............................................................................................18 Flight Management .................................................................................................20 Aircraft Maintenance .............................................................................................. 22 Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation – CAMO ...... 24 Charter & Travel Management ...........................................................................26 Aircraft Ground Handling .....................................................................................28 Operations Control Centre ..................................................................................30 Quality and Safety Management ..................................................................... 32 Human Resources ....................................................................................................34 Facility Management ..............................................................................................36 IT ......................................................................................................................................38 Marketing .................................................................................................................... 40 Finance Management ............................................................................................42 Social Responsibility and the Environment ................................................44 Science and Research ............................................................................................46 Key objectives and business plan for 2020 ................................................48 Financial report ......................................................................................................... 52 FOREWORD Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Friends, The year 2019 marked ABS Jets’ fifteenth anniversary. In 15 years, ABS Jets has successfully established itself The year also saw several significant changes, on the Czech, Slovak and foreign private air transport especially in our parent fleet. At the beginning of the market. Although the 2020 pandemic has struck year, our fleet of Gulfstream aircraft, the absolute elite the global aviation industry very hard, the company of business jets, welcomed another G650 aircraft. has all the prerequisites to successfully meet this Around mid-year, we expanded our business portfolio challenge head on. ABS Jets is expecting dynamic and with a helicopter division, representing another healthy growth in the future, interesting projects and milestone in the growth of ABS Jets. opportunities for successful work. 2019 marked a successful year for the company In conclusion, I would like to thank the entire ABS Jets with the Operational Control Centre Department team for their loyalty and hard work. I would also like logging a record 5,250 flights scheduled to over 550 to extend my gratitude to our shareholders, clients destinations. The Technical Division enjoyed similar and trading partners, who are an indispensable driving success, our team of mechanics working 47,602 hours, force in our development. i.e., 5% more than in 2018. A total of 80 aircraft from 16 countries underwent maintenance in the Maintenance Marcel Dostal Centre, and the Flight Division flew an impressive 4,243 Chairman of the Board flight hours in commercial operation, logging 2,225 flights. The aircraft we administered flew an average of 11.5 flight hours per day. ABS Jets continues to follow its long-term goals by continuously streamlining its business practices and maintaining a high level of VIP services. The company also remains highly committed to client safety. Flight operations, maintenance, airworthiness, aircraft handling and external suppliers for related services were checked in 57 separate audits, and 24 safety training programmes were conducted for individual departments. ABS Jets has also successfully implemented an integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) information system as an integral part of development aimed at optimising the company’s entire processes. 06 07 THE HISTORY OF ABS JETS Overseas Living magazine awards ABS Jets Best ABS Jets acquires Business Aviation additional aircraft Company. The company – Embraer Legacy ABS Jets becomes an obtains authorisation for 600 and Cessna authorised Embraer handling services for its Citation Bravo. The service centre. The own fleet at Bratislava company’s Continuing company achieves 100 Airport and authorisation Airworthiness employees and adds a to maintain aircraft Management Bombardier Learjet 60XR registered in Aruba. A fifth Department (CAMO) is and another Embraer Embraer Legacy 600 is Hangar N opens in created. Legacy 600 to its fleet. added to the fleet. Prague. 2005 2007 2009 2011 2004 2006 2008 2010 ABS Jets established ABS Jets logs 2,370 ABS Jets creates an The Bratislava base is on 30 November 2004. flight hours. Operational Control approved for aircraft line Thirty employees and Centre Department. maintenance. two jets (Cessna Citation The company obtains Bravo and Embraer certification for flight Legacy 600) commence planning and support operations under an air services and becomes operator‘s certificate an authorized handling (AOC) and authorisation provider. ABS Jets for EASA Part 145 aircraft expands its fleet of maintenance and repairs. aircraft again, operating four aircraft from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer by the end of the year. 08 09 THE HISTORY OF ABS JETS ABS Jets receives two new awards from the NBAA – Commercial Business Flying Safety Award and Aviation Support Services Safety Award. The company obtains international ABS Jets welcomes its quality and safety first helicopter (Airbus certification IS-BAO ABS Jets obtains H145) and a Gulfstream Stage I for the first authorisation to maintain ABS Jets obtains G650 into its commercial time. The first Embraer aircraft registered in IS-BAO Stage III operation. As of the end Legacy 650 comes under Russia. The company certification and adds a of 2019, the company company administration achieves IS-BAO Stage II second Gulfstream G550 operates 12 aircraft + 1 this year. certification. to its fleet. helicopter. 2013 2015 2017 2019 2012 2014 2016 2018 NBAA awards ABS Jets ABS Jets is awarded The company logs ABS Jets becomes a with the Commercial its second Commercial 30,000 flight hours member of the prestigious Flying Safety Award (9 Flying Safety Award without incident GAMA (General years and 21,177 flight (11 years and 26,937 and obtains IS- Aviation Manufacturers hours without accident, hours without accident, BAH international Association), obtaining IS- baggage damage baggage damage or certification BAO Stage II certification. or personal injury). personal injury) and the (International Standard The company begins Aviation Maintenance for Business Aircraft administration of an Department Safety Handling). Embraer Phenom 300 Award for contributing aircraft. to safe commercial aircraft operation through professional maintenance, also from the NBAA. ABS Jets obtains authorisation to maintain aircraft registered in Turkey. The company welcomes its first Gulsftream G550 and second Embraer Legacy 650 to the fleet. 10 11 OUR PASSION 1x GULFSTREAM G650 2x GULFSTREAM G550 12 13 OUR PASSION 6x EMBRAER LEGACY 1x AIRBUS H145 600 / 650 14 15 Andrea Brdiarova WHO HAS LED Chief Executive Officer US TO SUCCESS? Radek Doubek Jan Kralik Chief Finance Officer Accountable Manager / Chief Operating Officer Stefan Kukura Martin Orlita Michal Pazourek Flight Operations Manager Quality, Safety and Security Manager Director of Ground Operations Eva Stoklaskova Sébastien Albouy Legal Advisor Chief Technical Officer 16 17 BEST UNDER OUR ROOF „Watching our company’s growth since we began has been an incredible experience. We started with one aircraft, twenty- seven employees, and a few clients who were interested in flying business jets. We all began, learned and did our best to move forward without disappointing. Without our trust in each other, reliability, a good dose of enthusiasm and the belief that what we were doing made sense, we would not today be proud of 15 successful years of operation. I would like to extend my deep gratitude to everyone who was with us at the beginning and who has joined us over time and will continue to grow with the company. We will keep improving the ABS Jets values and push the bar even higher. I want our people to keep improving and fulfilling

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