Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.

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Croatian air charter operator Jung Sky has reported strong growth in private lift demand, with its flight hours for the first 10 months up by more than 15% from the same period in 2022. From January through the end of October, the company operated 619 passenger-carrying flights, which it said reflected growth of around 20% compared with the same periods in any of the past six years.
Jung Sky has come a long way since it was founded in 2009 with just a couple of employees offering sightseeing flights in a Cessna 172. It now has a 25-strong team, with seven pilots and a pair of Cessna Citation CJ2s in the fleet, as well as its own line maintenance base at Varaždin Airport, around 50 miles from Zagreb.
According to the operator, it flies in and out of more than 200 European airports in the course of a year, working for multiple charter brokers from around the world and logging up to 1,500 total flights annually. “Our mission is to be proud of the service we provide and to be the company everyone loves working with,” said co-founder Kresimir Jung, who is one of Jung Sky’s pilots. “I think we’ve had great success in achieving that and it’s something everyone in the country takes great pride in.”

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