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smallpilot
18th March 2005, 20:40
I was at LCY this week and noticed a number of biz jets at the executive terminal, all with the registration prefix CS-
What country is CS- ? Why register the a/c there? Is this some kind of 'flag of convenience' and if so what are the advantages? Is it purely financial (eg Tax etc) or are there safety or other implications?
Thanks for any help.
Fried_Chicken
18th March 2005, 21:21
CS- is the code for Portugal & the aircraft you saw at EGLC are operated by Netjets Europe/Air Luxor Lda (the latter a Portuguese operator)
Netjets Europe have around 35 aircraft on the CS register at present
Fried Chicken
VP8
19th March 2005, 13:51
Mike you ANORAK!!!:E
VEEPS :D
VP8
19th March 2005, 16:37
Hi Mike
Ruslan's still there, should know mid April if getting it back!!
VEEPS
Fossy
23rd March 2005, 12:02
There are some reasons, why Netjets had chosen Portugal:
Fractional ownership is only accepted from a few of the aviation authorities in Europe; like, Portugal, Denmark (Flexjet), Netherlands and Switzerland as I assume.
Portugal is the cheapest country (salaries) of these four.
In my opinion, it wasn't the best choice, since the INAC is not the best authority.
Rgd's
Fossy
Dutchie
23rd March 2005, 12:24
Only Netherlands and Portugal at the time as Flexjet found out at huge expense! :ouch: