The Middle East Business Aviation Association show opens in Dubai against a background of a dramatic increase in business aircraft activity around the region.
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) announced at MEBAA yesterday that it is enhancing its business aviation training offering with the deployment of a new Global 6500 full-flight simulator (FFS) in May at its Al Garhoud centre.
If there was any doubt that the Middle East business aviation sector is on the crest of a wave, then the opening day of the MEBAA Show proved the industry is investing in its future.
DC Aviation Al-Futtaim is taking a leading role in this year’s show with a new stand, a social event, guided facilities tours, and participation in the conference.
The market for business aircraft will slow a little in 2023 but it will be a “soft landing”, Pascal Bachmann, senior vice-president of sales at global aircraft trading firm, Jetcraft, told Show Business here at MEBAA.
Embraer Executive Jets will “continue to see a healthy uptick in sales” in the Middle East and surrounding regions in 2023 with Dubai at the epicentre of a blossoming business transformation.
Aviation maintenance is a highly regulated and complex business, and as the industry grows and demand evolves, approvals and regulations have become ever more complex and challenging.
By Bill Carey, Molly McMillin, Matthew Orloff, Lee Ann Shay
BCA editors discuss the state of the market and predict what will change in 2023, as well as examine top technological developments impacting the industry.
ARCHER AVIATION completed first full transition flight of its eVTOL, which occurs when aircraft transitions from lift generated by propellers at low speeds to l
