Ali Alnaqbi, founder and executive chairman of the Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), discusses opportunities in the region.
The European Geosciences Union report says 1,000 landings and subsequent departures from a dusty airport represents around 10 kg of cumulative dust ingestion.
An agreement to launch commercial air taxi services in Dubai in the 2025-2026 timeframe would make the emirate one of the first active UAM markets in the world.
Dubai’s ambition to build out one of its two international airport into an aerospace and logistics mega-hub includes a component focused on business aviation.
Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.