Prague-based ABS Jets plans to detail the next phase of its strategic growth plan at EBACE 2011. Vladimir Petak, ceo, says: "Having recently opened a brand new facility at Bratislava airport, ABS Jets is in expansion mode with new subsidiaries in Kiev and Sofia due to be announced (EBAN March 2011).

He adds: "ABS Jets has already implemented major expansion plans with new hangars, new offices and a growing fleet of aircraft, firmly establishing the company as a leading European operator that provides a full package of handling, charter and maintenance services."

A new 6,000 sq m hangar due to be completed this year in Prague will, he says, allow ABS Jets to "really push the envelope with the ability to accommodate BBJ and ACJ sized aircraft with MTOW up to 120,000lb."

The ABS fleet of aircraft currently consists of 11 aircraft comprising Legacies, Gulfstreams, a Learjet and a Citation Bravo.

Petak says: "We will keep moving the company forward, enlarging the fleet of aircraft and maintain a similar 'trajectory' over the next 10 years to obtain optimal synergies between operations and services."