Following its record-achieving third quarter and fleet expansion aspirations, Croatian business aviation operator Jung Sky is looking to put another strategy into motion in 2021. The company has boosted its team with managerial experience by hiring Davor Bujan as its technical director, steering the company into setting up its own aircraft maintenance department.

Bujan joins Jung Sky after spending more than 18 years at Croatian flag carrier Croatia Airlines where, in his last three or so years, he held the position of technical director covering maintenance and continuing airworthiness organisations.

“Last month Jung Sky welcomed its 11th birthday. Over the course of this period the company has succeeded in achieving satisfactory levels of stability and success of its flight operations,” affirms COO Kresimir Vlasic. “However, after all these years we're still burdened with the necessity of outsourcing aircraft maintenance, which inevitably affects our flexibility, aircraft availability and expenditure. When we decide to add a third jet to our fleet, this will become an even bigger problem. Bringing in Davor Bujan is the first step in dealing with this issue. He is a professional with experience in establishing and supervising aircraft maintenance organisations, which is a process defined by complex regulatory requirements.”

Vlasic points out the company's goals for next season are to primarily set up and initiate line maintenance operations while first base maintenance tasks will follow as soon as possible, hopefully by the end of next year. “All in good time; it's a step-by-step process. Before we can apply for the maintenance organisation approval certificate, we need to strengthen our team with the right expertise and, by hiring Davor, we're off to a great start.”

Bujan adds: “I'm very happy to join Jung Sky's tenacious and passionate team, and I'm excited about the tasks in front of me. It's a great challenge to build a project like this from scratch, and I feel honoured to be given a chance to put my mark on something so big and significant for Jung Sky's business and growth.”

During Q3 2020, Jung Sky achieved the most successful quarter in its history, overthrowing the previous record-holding quarter by 11.5 per cent in revenue and 21 per cent in passenger flights. The company currently operates two owned Cessna 525A CJ2 aircraft.