Business Aviation

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.

Business flying in the U.S. is surging in response to a stable economy, affordable aviation fuel and corporate drive for increasingly efficient time management.

What’s the atmosphere like and what are the key new observations from the Middle East Business Aviation Association show taking place in Dubai?

Dornier Seawings, manufacturer of the Seastar amphibious twin-engine aircraft, has signed an agreement with Gulf Enterprises at MEBAA 2022 in Dubai.

Sheltair has announced it has relocated its corporate headquarters from Oakland Park, Florida, to the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE).

Bristow Group has placed orders for six Leonardo AW139 twin-engine medium helicopters to support the company’s UK search-and-rescue helicopter contract.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim has announced the launch of a wheel shop at its facility located at Dubai South offering customers a comprehensive range of services including tyre changes and wheel overhauls.

The last two years have been very successful for business aviation worldwide, and particularly the Middle East.