Jet Aviation Basel recently completed its 25th Boeing BBJ with a custom VIP cabin interior and aircraft livery. 

The long-range BBJ1 aircraft was completed and certified by the Completions Centre in nine months.

With the BBJ1 having to regularly meet long-range flight missions, a light-weight cabin interior is critical. Jet Aviation Basel says it leveraged technology improvements from its extensive investment in the Boeing 787 platform and developed a sound insulation optimisation technique that decreased the weight by 30 per cent. 

This provided the added benefit of a very quiet cabin, it added.

“Our ability to outfit a green aircraft with innovative design, state-of-the-art technology and uncompromising luxury within such a timeline really underscores great teamwork and co-operation,” said Adam White, senior director of Completions Engineering at Jet Aviation Basel.

The modern minimalistic interior design contrasts white and taupe tones against black wood, with stingray skin inlays emphasising the luxuriousness of each custom-made piece of furniture. Following completion and certification of the VIP Cabin Interior, the BBJ1 then received the most complex paint livery ever executed at the Basel facility. 

The sleek black to grey fade-out livery of 19 mixed design colours links the interior colour palette to the exterior across the entire fuselage and tail. Both interior and exterior design concepts were created in-house by the Jet Aviation Design Studio.

“Customers appreciate the scope of our in-house capabilities and our commitment to the highest standards,” said Neil Boyle, vice president and general manager of the Jet Aviation Basel Completions Centre. “Through our continual investment in new technologies and training, we developed a novel approach to reducing sound levels in VIP interiors with this project, and did so without burdening the aircraft with unnecessary weight. We also created an exquisite VIP cabin interior and aircraft livery that truly showcases our expertise and craftsmanship. Our goal is to deliver the most benefit to our clients, which this redelivery clearly demonstrates.”

This Boeing BBJ1 is the 25th Boeing delivery with a Jet Aviation Basel interior since 1999.

Jet Aviation Basel is a world-renowned completions and maintenance centre employing more than 1,600 professionals. The facility has in-house design and engineering departments, along with on-site cabinetry, upholstery, fiberglass and paint shops. 

The organisation is capable of outfitting jets as large as an Airbus A380 or the Boeing 747-8 series, as well as Airbus 319ACJ, A320, A330, A340 and Boeing B737, B767, B777 and B787. Jet Aviation Basel also provides aircraft maintenance and repair services to a wide variety of business jets. It is a factory approved service centre by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream. The location also holds a jet aircraft repair station rating by the FAA #QV1Y440K, and the EASA #CH.145.0232 in addition to approval certificates of 21 other national aviation authorities.

A wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics of the US, Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. 

More than 4,500 employees cater to client needs from 22 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, FBO (fixed base operator) and fuel services, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and US aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 250 aircraft.