The business aviation industry is recovering and meets in May at Geneva for EBACE, the annual European business aviation event. Liz Moscrop looks at the MENA involvement in the show.
ExecuJet Middle East has obtained an extension to its EASA approval for the Hawker 400XP, 7, 8, 9 Series and 4000 aircraft and GCAA approval for Hawker 8, 9 series and 4000 aircraft for its Dubai operation.
Jetcraft Corporation, a provider of business aircraft sales, acquisitions, trading and brokerage services, has commented on the recovery of the business jet market.
Qatar Airways has announced its corporate jet division, Qatar Executive, will add three new Bombardier aircraft to its fleet starting from later this month.
Cessna chief, Jack Pelton has retired from the company after 11 years service during which time he led the company from near bankruptcy to record growth.
Private operators posing as commercial charter providers in Europe, North America, and the Middle East are soliciting money from the “ignorant public” and, certificated operators claim, are endangering their passengers while creating unfair competition for the legitimate, rules-abiding members of the industry.
Dubai-based private aviation specialist and operator of one of the Middle East's largest managed fleets of business jets, Empire Aviation, is to expand its operations into India.
The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight today. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental.
Doha-based Rizon Jet has announced that its maintenance division has obtained Qatar CAA Certification as a Part 145 for line maintenance and repair station.
Visitors to the London 2012 Olympics flying in from the Middle East and North Africa can now make use of the business aviation facilities of London Oxford Airport, thanks to a newly extended runway.
Utah-based parts manufacturer Metalcraft Technologies which had provided metal for the Dubai-owned Emivest SJ-30 light jet has bought the assets of the now bankrupt Emivest Aerospace.
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) has announced it is accelerating the Hawker 400XPR development programme by adding a second aircraft to the test program.
Dubai-based flight support services provider Aviation Services Management (ASM} has denied it is in talks to sell the company and instead has outlined a growth strategy that has seen it launch a new branch in Mumbai.
General Dynamics chairman and chief executiv Jay Johnson today issued a statement regarding Saturday's crash of a Gulfstream G650 test aircraft. Gulfstream is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
A new private aviation terminal is to be built at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority GACA is calling for companies to bid to develop and operate the new facility.
Gulfstream Aerospace confirmed today that a Gulfstream G650 crashed Saturday morning during takeoff-performance tests in Roswell, in New Mexico, USA. Two Gulfstream pilots and two Gulfstream flight-test engineers died in the crash.
The SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo in Florida experienced severe weather yesterday afternoon, causing significant damage to an estimated 50 exhibitor and privately owned aircraft as well as a large number of tents and other temporary structures.
Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, has appointed Pauline Smith as FBO Manager. She joins from ExecuJet Middle East where for the past three years she has been responsible for the day to day running of its highly regarded FBO facility at Dubai International.
