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MEBAA: Russian FBO operator A-Group makes a bee-line for MEBAA
A-Group is claiming to be the first Russian FBO operator to exhibit at MEBAA. The business, founded in 2006 and which has facilities at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and at Pulkovo in St Petersburg, is marketing itself to potential Middle Eastern clients as a gateway to Russia’s two main cities, or ...
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MEBAA: AMAC secures series of MRO contracts
Switzerland’s AMAC Aerospace is at MEBAA, having secured a clutch of maintenance packages on Airbus, Boeing and large-cabin Gulfstream business jets, including from the Middle East.
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MEBAA: ExecuJet celebrates successful six months at DWC
ExecuJet is marking at MEBAA what it says has been a “successful” first six months for its new FBO at Al Maktoum airport. Since opening the site in June, ExecuJet Middle East has been named preferred ground handler at the airport for the flight support specialist Universal Weather & Aviation.
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MEBAA: Gulfstream displays four-zone G650ER
Gulfstream is going head to head with the Bombardier Global 7000 at MEBAA by displaying a four-zone cabin version of the G650ER. The Savannah-based airframer's flagship – traditionally offered with a three-zone cabin – faces competition from the new Bombardier champion, which flew for the first time earlier this month. ...
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MEBAA: DC Aviation and Lufthansa Technik partnership in Dubai gets to work
Lufthansa Technik and DC Aviation have inaugurated a cooperation agreement signed in May this year by performing the first A check on a narrowbody aircraft at Al Maktoum.
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MEBAA: PC-12 operator Gi gets the go-ahead
Middle East start-up company and Pilatus PC-12NG operator Gi is officially open for business, following receipt of its aircraft operators certificate on the eve of MEBAA. The Abu Dhabi-based company is the only commercial operator of the single-engined turboprop in the region. The first unit has already been delivered ...
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MEBAA: Airbus hints at ACJ350 customer and ACJ330neo
MEBAA is beginning with the familiar battle of the big business jets. Airbus yesterday announced its eighth commitment for an ACJ320neo, said that it was close to securing its first ACJ350 customer, and hinted at the imminent launch an ACJ version of its latest widebody, the A330neo.
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Nigeria receives first Super Mushshak
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra handed over the first four MFI-17 Super Mushshak trainers to the Nigerian air force (NAF) on 5 December.
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MEBAA: Flying Colours installs its first Satcom Direct system
Canadian completions house Flying Colours has carried out its first installations of the Satcom Direct Router in two Bombardier Global 5000s
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Air Berlin sells Niki as Etihad approves new leisure airline
Air Berlin Group has agreed to sell its shareholding in low-cost Austrian operator Niki to the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Aviation Group as part of a scheme to create a new European airline.
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MEBAA: Dubai's new business aviation gateway
Dubai South – the giant real estate development around what is planned to be one of the world’s mega-hubs – is beginning to look less like a soulless expanse of desert criss-crossed by empty, six-lane highways and more like a burgeoning aviation complex. The dusty, palm-tree-lined roads are still largely ...
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MEBAA: Vision Systems shows its electronically dimmable windows
It’s not such a dim idea: Vision Systems has brought to MEBAA its range of what it calls “solar protection” products for business jet windows.
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MEBAA: Aviation Partners sees rising interest in winglet upgrades
Aviation Partners is enjoying increasing interest in its various winglet upgrades as it grows its in-service retrofit programmes.
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MEBAA: Business aviation 'must counter threat of major carriers'
The business aviation industry in the Middle East must evolve if it is to effectively confront the growing threat to its VIP customer base from the major carriers. This advice was issued at the MEBAA conference by Homaid Al Shimmari, chief executive of Abu Dhabi investment firm and owner of ...
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OPINION: Western fighter manufacturers can breathe easier
Western fighter manufacturers can breathe a collective sigh of relief as 2016 draws to a close.
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MEBAA: Embraer showcases top-end duo
Embraer is returning to MEBAA with a business jet trio and realistic expectations for the regional show.
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MEBAA: Avinode reports big rise in charter requests from Middle East
There has been a sizable hike in requests to charter business aircraft from the Middle East in the past year, suggesting industry fortunes in the region could be rebounding, says the online private flight marketplace Avinode.
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MEBAA: Sabena Technics lands A310 modification contract
Sabena Technics has been selected to carry out the VIP cabin modification of an Airbus A310 belonging to the Saudi Arabian private aviation company Al Atheer, it announced on the eve of MEBAA in Dubai.
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MEBAA: Jetcraft issues downbeat forecast for Middle East
The business aircraft sales brokerage Jetcraft has issued a downbeat outlook for the industry in the Middle East, suggesting the region will make up just three in every 100 business jet deliveries over the next 10 years.
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CSeries steep approach certification pushed into 2017
Efforts to certificate the Bombardier CSeries for London City airport’s steep approach will be delayed by about two months.