EJA's gamble on Senai set to pay off
Plans are under way to build a second hangar on the company's 1.8ha site
[SINGAPORE] It was a risky move, even a gamble. After all, why leave the established Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore to resettle operations across the Johor Strait?
But Executive Jets Asia (EJA), a start-up co-owned by aviation specialist Prithpal Singh and businessman David Ho, took that plunge in early 2011.
"We could not get suitable land at a financially viable cost to build our own hangar at Seletar," Mr Singh recalled. "Meanwhile, Senai Airport had just set up its Senai Aviation Park in 2011, catering to business aviation. As we were the first to approach them, they offere…
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