Where personal contacts are concerned few work harder in building an online and offline database than Antonia Tomkova, commercial director of Prague-based ABS Jets.

A founder member of the association Central Europe Private Aviation (CEPA), created to foster the development of private and business aviation in central Europe, she believes in networking and is a member of a wide range of business and management organisations including Women in Aviation, the Czech Management Association, Business and Professional Women of the Czech Republic, the International Business Forum and the Association of Business Sports. She is also a member of both the British and American Chambers of Commerce.