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Flights of fancy
A leading private jet charter company is playing a key role in the development of Abu Dhabi’s aviation industry by Mark Lazell mark.lazell@tradearabia.net On the...
Business Aviation – An industry misunderstood
Throughout the years, business aviation has been wrongfully stigmatised on the basis of unfounded arguments and misconceptions. Allegedly, only high net worth individuals, celebrities or flamboyant individuals were associated with this essential...
Jet Aviation Dubai opens FBO at Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai World Central
Jet Aviation Dubai recently opened a new FBO facility at Dubai World Central’s Al Maktoum International Airport. The company continues to provide MRO and FBO services at Dubai International Airport. Jet Aviation was granted permission to...
IN FOCUS: Middle East's business aviation operators cautiously upbeat
The Middle East business aviation market has not exploded in the way some predicted a few years ago. As with Dubai's overheated economy, forecasts for executive jet travel in 2008 and 2009 became vastly hyped, and the combined impact of the...
IN FOCUS: Centre of gravity shifts for business aviation in Middle East as rivals to Dubai airport emerge
When the Middle East's business aviation market began taking off in the mid-2000s, Dubai International airport was very much its epicentre. ExecuJet and Jet Aviation established fixed-base operations (FBOs) and...
Luxury jets in demand, boosted by CEOs seeking global range
DALLAS — Corporate executives are increasingly seeking jets that can fly as far as New York to Shanghai and cruise just under the speed of sound, tilting the market toward the biggest, most luxurious models. Jets sold over the 11 years through...
Honeywell Forecasts $233 Billion in New Business Jet Sales Through 2017
Record Delivery Pace Continues into 2009 on Strong International Demand; 14,000 New Business Jet Deliveries Projected Through 2017 Business aviation is still in the midst...
IN FOCUS: Business aviation multiplies corporate effectiveness, says study
Business consultancy Oxford Economics says that each additional passenger on a business aviation flight contributes the same to gross domestic product as nine business passengers on a scheduled flight. It also reveals that 96% of city pairs...
MEBAA’s Al Naqbi: Middle East executives must think differently about business aviation
Middle Eastern executives must think differently about business aviation before smaller business jets can make a breakthrough in the region. That is the view of Ali Al Naqbi, who heads the Dubai-based Middle East Business Aviation...
Elite Travel Exclusive: Qatar Private Jet Report
Doha, QATAR-Reported by Doug Gollan, Elite Traveler, the private jet lifestyle magazine Like its big brother, Qatar Airways, Qatar Executive is spreading its wings and is set to become a global player in the world of private jets. With the...
