ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China Wins AsBAA Best MRO Provider Award for Fourth Straight Year
Why It MattersRepeated peer awards and customs-linked approvals show that China-based business-jet maintenance competes on regulatory access and bonded logistics for foreign-registered aircraft, not just on hangar capacity or labour cost.
What happened
ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China has been named Best MRO Provider by the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) for the fourth year running. The award was presented at the Icons of Aviation Awards ceremony, held on October 16 in Hong Kong, and marks the fourth consecutive year the company has taken an AsBAA MRO maintenance service award.
Paul Desgroseilliers, general manager of ExecuJet Haite, said the recognition is a testament to the dedication and professionalism of the company's teams in Tianjin and Beijing, and to the trust that customers and partners place in them.
In February 2026, the company's Tianjin facility obtained bonded maintenance approval. Under it, overseas aircraft spare parts, materials and equipment can stay duty-free while stored and used within the bonded area, subject to applicable customs arrangements. The approval adds to the company's existing Cayman and Bermuda approvals.
Desgroseilliers said that throughout 2026 the company has continued to invest in its technical capabilities and widen its service offering. That included securing additional regulatory approvals for the Gulfstream G700, alongside the Tianjin bonded maintenance approval.
Industry impact & what to watch
An association award voted within the Asia-Pacific business aviation community is a reputational signal, not a performance audit, and it carries no technical weight with a regulator or insurer. Four consecutive wins nonetheless show that the provider has stayed visible to the operators and owners who make up the AsBAA membership, in a segment where MRO choice often rests on trust and track record.
The more structural item in this story is the bonded approval. In China, the cost and delay of moving foreign parts through customs shape what a maintenance shop can offer an owner of a foreign-registered aircraft. A duty-free bonded zone for parts and equipment addresses that friction directly. Regulatory approvals for specific aircraft types, such as the G700 here, serve a similar purpose: they decide which fleets a facility is allowed to work on at all.
For anyone weighing MRO options across the region, awards, customs arrangements and type approvals answer separate questions and should be checked separately. The customs terms that apply to the bonded area are the part of the Tianjin arrangement that remains subject to the "applicable customs arrangements" qualifier.
