Lektro is celebrating its 70th year in business while at the Dubai Airshow, where it will deliver a new tug to Al Bateen’s premier FBO, Dhabi Jet.

Gama Aviation’s Sharjah fixed base operation has tightened up its business aviation ground-based costs and can now offer services 20% below the regional market average, says Gama Managing Director for MENA Martin Ringrose.

Athens-based VIP charter operator GainJet Aviation is fitting a state-of-the-art quick-change auxiliary fuel tank system to its Boeing 737-400 Classic and hopes to fly it here to the Dubai Airshow.

Business jet operator GainJet Aviation of Athens last month added a Challenger 604 and a Gulfstream 650 to its managed fleet of business jets, and is expecting two more aircraft by the end of the year, according to CEO Capt. Ramsey Shaban.

Falcon Aviation Services, a corporate jet and helicopter service provider, is now offering offshore transportation to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., from its base at Al Bateen Executive Airport, the region’s only dedicated business aviation airport.

A team of three PhD students from the Sharjah campus of Khalifa University may have found a method of solving a perennial problem for the region's aviation industry. And in the process, they could also have identified a new application for unmanned aircraft.

The restructuring earlier this year of one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations, Ameco Beijing, will increase its competitiveness at home and overseas, and bring new capabilities to its customers.

Airbus Helicopters is hoping it can generate interest in its new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter here in the Middle East.