Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and The Helicopter Company (THC) have signed an agreement to explore the potential of a rotorcraft heavy maintenance base in the kingdom to support the expanding helicopter industry.
Kenya Airways (KQ) and Royal Air Maroc (RAM), have signed an agreement to resume their Codeshare partnership, previously initiated in 2016 and discontinued in 2019.
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.
The Middle East Business Aviation Association show opens in Dubai against a background of a dramatic increase in business aircraft activity around the region.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The MENA region’s business aviation showcase opens its doors this morning after a four-year hiatus due to the global pandemic. But, according to the team behind the event, it has come back bigger and stronger than before.
Bombardier has eyes on a new MRO facility in the Middle East as it continues its global expansion following the opening of a major new service centre at London Biggin Hill Airport.
The Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) has announced the dates of its 56th Annual General Meeting to be held in Saudi Arabia on 30 October - 01 November 2023.
Saudi King Salman Airport in Saudia Arabia is set to become the second biggest airport in the Middle East after, by area, is King Fahd International also in the Kingdom.
