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MEBAA: Piaggio and Al Saif join for Evo Middle East sales push
Piaggio Aerospace and its local sales agent Al Saif Aviation are out in force at MEBAA to promote the P180 Avanti Evo single-engined turboprop to the region’s VIP and special missions communities.
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MEBAA: Honeywell enjoys connectivity success
Honeywell has signed a raft of connectivity deals at MEBAA and the company’s regional boss says there has been huge interest in this arena at the show this year.
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MEBAA: AMAC bullish on PC-12's Middle East prospects
AMAC Aerospace is returning to MEBAA in bullish mood as acceptance of the Pilatus PC-12NG, for which it is exclusive sales agent for the Middle East, along with its in development stablemate, the PC-24 – is gaining momentum across the region.
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MEBAA: Satcom Direct completes acquisition of True North
Aeronautical communications provider Satcom Direct (SD) has completed its purchase of cabin communications developer TrueNorth Avionics.
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MEBAA: Show hosts mini 757 'fly-in'
Two Boeing 757-200s have flown in to this year’s MEBAA show and are on display next to each other in the static park. Both aircraft are Rolls-Royce RB211-powered versions that started life in airline service, but have very different roles now.
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MEBAA: Satcom Direct links with LHT for cabin content
Satcom Direct and Lufthansa Technik have joined forces to provide business jet operators with a wide selection of film and TV content.
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MEBAA: Camber Aviation created to manage large VIP projects
Aircraft management specialists Kestrel Aviation Management and Stratus Aviation Services have joined forces to offer enhanced large corporate aircraft management services.
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MEBAA: BBJ and Fokker join forces on panoramic window
Boeing Business Jets has hooked up with Fokker to produce panoramic cabin window that will be the largest flying on any passenger aircraft.
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MEBAA: Latitude makes MEBAA debut
Textron Aviation is returning to MEBAA, two years after the US company – which merges the iconic Cessna and Beechcraft brands – made its show debut.
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MEBAA: Falcon 8X has its first Middle East outing
Dassault’s Falcon 8X is making its Middle East debut, less than a month after the first example of the ultra-long-range business jet was handed over to a Middle East customer.
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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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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: 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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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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ANALYSIS: World air forces on the rise
If global instability is indeed the “new normal”, then the last 12 months brought more of the same, with major conflicts having continued to involve military air arms in the skies above nations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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JetSmarter prepares to launch London to Dubai shuttle
Online business aircraft marketplace JetSmarter is planning to launch on 1 December the first scheduled private jet shuttle between Dubai and London.