Business Aviation

Dassault Aviation highlighted its Falcon 8X long-range trijet on static display during a busy Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) show.

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) continues to show strong performance in the Middle East, with the region accounting for 29% of the global BBJ fleet.

As labor shortages beleaguer the industry, why is there a shortage of women in aviation?

Intense demand has created a seller’s market, and data show prices for used business aviation aircraft are still going up.

SHOW BUSINESS provided the news from each day of the MEBAA Show for 2022.

Embraer is expected to announce it is delaying the go-ahead of its planned next generation turboprop 70-90 seat airliner project.

Drone Express, a drone cargo delivery startup, plans to begin manufacturing a new version of its multicopter drone that will use Microsoft's AI software.

Ampaire plans to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion system for light aircraft under a contract awarded by NASA.

Accidents indicate a need for parking brake alerting on the Textron Cessna Cessna 560XL.

Azzera is a new provider of carbon offsetting and compliance solutions for business aviation, and has been quite busy since launching at EBACE 2022.

South Korea’s aggressive plans to launch commercial air taxi services by 2025 continue to make progress.

GAMA added MD Helicopters, Archer Aviation, Overair, Volocopter and Odys Aviation as new members.

FLYBIS AVIATION, Brazil signed LOI with Eve to purchase up to 40 eVTOLs. EVE has 2,770 eVTOLs on backlog.

SHELTAIR AVIATION acquired 280,000 sq ft FBO, US JET CENTER, at Denton, TX, increasing its portfolio to 4.5m sq ft.

VISTAJET agreed to purchase 200,000 gallons of SAF from OMV at Vienna under plan to become carbon neutral by 2025.

EAGLE CREEK AVIATION, Indianapolis was named by Pilatus/KCAC Aviation as an authorized PC-12 service center.

EMIRATES-CAE FLIGHT TRAINING plans in May 2023 to add new Global 6500 full-flight simulator at Al Garhoud.

Eve Air Mobility has signed a letter of intent with Brazilian air mobility startup FlyBIS for up to 40 of Eve’s piloted, four-passenger eVTOL vehicles.

GKN Aerospace has partnered with UK independent advanced propulsion research center IAAPS to ground test a megawatt-scale electric aircraft powertrain.

German premium battery manufacturer CustomCells has raised €60 million in a Series A funding round led by European climate technology investor World Fund.

The Middle East and Africa regions may be a small part of Embraer’s market share for executive jets, but it’s an important one.

The MEBAA show has exceeded expectations, Scott Neal, Gulfstream senior vice president of worldwide sales, said.

ExecuJet MRO Services is nearing completion of a new 162,000 ft.² $30 million facility with room to house 18-24 business jets.

Jet Aviation is expanding its maintenance capabilities in the Middle East at its facility at the Dubai International Airport.

The sun set on the final day of the MEBAA Show in Dubai today bringing to an end the chance to see a diverse array of aircraft – and all the associated goods and services – that make up the business and private aviation world, from watches, flying boats and the biggest bed in the air.