Business Aviation

VIP charter specialist, Titan Airways is adding an Avro RJ100 regional jet to its fleet
Business Aviation

Sharjah- based provider flight support services provider Avjet Routing has announced plans to open offices in Istanbul and Geneva as part of its expansion goals for 2011.
Business Aviation

Pilot training for the Challenger 605 aircraft will become easier next year when Middle East pilots can go to Europe rather than the USA for ongoing simulator work
Maintenance & Training

Flight Display Systems announced today it has introduced and successfully installed an Android software application for use with its Select Aircraft Cabin Management System (Select CMS).
Interiors & Connectivity

An MD-87 aircraft is currently undergoing the installation of a VIP interior in Texas before returning to the Middle East for a private owner
Business Aviation

Airline visitors to AVEX were studying closely a new technology on show from Canadian company Star Navigation Systems Group which has developed an in-flight safety monitoring system, STAR-ISMS, the first system in the world to feature in-flight data analysis, monitoring and diagnostics with a real-time connection between aircraft and ground.
Business Aviation

The world's fastest business jet- the Gulfstream G650 - is progressing towards certification with another milestone this week
Business Aviation

The UAE's air traffic movements broke all previous records in 2010 according to figures released by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Airports & Networks

Hawker Beechcraft is targeting special mission applications to drive its growth in the Middle East market, the company said today.
Defense

VistaJet, a provider of luxury private aviation services, has announced an agreement with Harvey Nichols, the globally renowned retailer, to supply all on-board standard catering snacks across the company's fleet of aircraft.
Business Aviation

Bahrain is to get a new state-of-the-art FBO for general and business aviation which the country's airport operating company says will be one of the largest in the MENA region.
MRO

Royal Jet has appointed Qurum Business Group (QBG) as the Oman General Sales Agent (GSA) for all its private charter and medical evacuation services.
Business Aviation

Over the next five years, Hawker Beechcraft expects sales growth outside of North America to continue to outpace sales growth within North America, the company said.
Business Aviation

TRUST Middle East company – SOFAB is to distribute French firm OVIV's aircraft ground security systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region.
Business Aviation

The Challenger 850 is now on the UAE register following a move by Sharjah-based Gama Aviation to add the Canadian built aircraft to its rapidly growing fleet
Business Aviation

Dubai Aerospace subsidiary StandardAero has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to re-engine the Hawker Beechcraft King Air F90 aircraft with Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-135A engines.
MRO

Malta's place as an MRO provider to Middle Eastern business jet operators has been given another boost with the announcement that AP Malta Ltd. (Aeronautical Professionals Malta Limited), a subsidiary of the Maintenance Centre Munich Group, has obtained its EASA Part M approval from the regulating authority, Transport Malta.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
The Falcon 900LX is a lithe, lean, large-cabin business aircraft that seems to defy the laws of physics. It can cruise between continents at Mach 0.80 indicated, similar to heavy-iron competitors with nearly double the engine thrust. In the process, it also is able to achieve best-in-class fuel efficiency, actually better than some large-cabin aircraft that poke along at Mach 0.73 to 0.75, including Falcon 900EX, the former class leader in fuel efficiency.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of the Dassault Falcon 900LX under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions. Dassault Falcon Jet’s sales engineers provided the data for the Range/Payload Profile. Data for the specific range chart were extracted from the Dassault Falcon 900LX Performance Manual.
Business Aviation

Russian helicopters has bought out the controlling stock of Russia's rotorcraft manufacturers to complete the plan to have the industry under a single brand.
Business Aviation

Royal Jet - the Abu-Dhabi based luxury charter operation is targeting India for its next stage of growth.
Business Aviation

Al Bateen Executive Airport has signed a letter of intent with Switzerland-based Gategroup to provide high quality catering and aircraft provisioning services to business aircraft using Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Airports & Networks

The Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) – the specialist in Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) VIP cabin completion and associated services based in Toulouse, France – has delivered its sixth cabin to an undisclosed customer in the Middle-East, and confirms a growing backlog of Airbus Corporate Jet completions and the increase in its resources to match its growing services activity.
Interiors & Connectivity

Honda Aircraft Company has successfully completed the first flight of its FAA-conforming HondaJet advanced light business jet. The event is a significant step in Honda's aerospace program leading to delivery of aircraft in 2012.
Business Aviation

Middle Eastern customers of Dassault's Falcon jets can now get realistic feel of what their aircraft will look like inside following approval from the FAA for the use of 3D data for type design in the completions process of Falcon aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity