All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 31
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MEBAA debutant Grace Jet looks to move into aircraft operation
Bahrain-based Grace Jet is making its first appearance at MEBAA two years after the launch of the company.
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MEBAA: JetSmarter teams with Vertis to launch Dubai-London route
JetSmarter, the US-based members-only business aircraft shuttle service, has announced at MEBAA that it is teaming with the Swiss “boutique charter company” Vertis Aviation to provide its first Dubai to London flights.
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MEBAA: XJet upgrades Stansted but waits to open in Dubai
US FBO operator XJet is upgrading one of its two facilities - at London Stansted - as it continues to target openings in Saudi Arabia and Dubai.
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Comlux to offer additional fuel tank modification on A321ceo
Comlux, the business aviation services company, is offering A321 operators an Airbus-approved additional fuel tank installation it says will typically add 300nm (556km) to the narrowbody's range.
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MEBAA: The ultimate business jet, a history of Air Force One
Shortly after his inauguration on 20 January, President Donald J Trump will be handed the keys to the world’s ultimate business jet, the US Air Force’s pair of Boeing 747-200-derived VC-25s, known by the call sign Air Force One when the commander-in-chief is on board. If Trump secures a second ...
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MEBAA: JetEx unveils showpiece FBO at Dubai South
JetEx, the trip planning and handling specialist, is officially unveiling its flagship FBO today at Al Maktoum airport, known as Dubai South.
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MEBAA: Air Elite expands into China with Deer Jet
World Fuel Services Air Elite Network has entered the Chinese market for the first time after adding eight Deer Jet FBOs.
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MEBAA: Comlux boosts range of ACJ321 with extra fuel tank installation
Comlux is offering ACJ321 operators an Airbus-approved additional fuel tank installation it says adds 500nm (926km) to the aircraft’s range, and is formally launching the service at MEBAA.
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MEBAA: Deer Jet becomes major shareholder in UAS
Chinese business aviation company Deer Jet has become the “major shareholder” in UAS International Trip Support (UAS), with the deal completed as MEBAA began yesterday.
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MEBAA: Harrods Aviation sees rise in large aircraft movements
London FBO chain Harrods Aviation says it is experiencing a “sharp rise” in movements from head of state and other airliner-based business aircraft, with 250 visits in the past 12 months, a 20% increase since 2013. The sister business to the upscale department store puts part of the increase down ...
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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: 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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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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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.