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20 years in the Middle East, anticipated record sales for 2022 - FAI Aviation Group

FAI Aviation Group participates at this week Bahrain Airshow some 20 years after it first set up operations in the region. With 20 aircraft in its predominately Bombardier fleet, the group anticipates record sales across the business for 2022, with consolidated group revenues of...

An event like never before - MEBAA Show 2022 - interview with MEBAA Chairman Mr. Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi

MEBAA Show will be back already in a month. The entire community is looking forward to this major event in the business aviation industry.We had the pleasure to ask some questions about the 9th edition of the show to the MEBAA Chairman Mr. Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi: - How the 9th edition will be differen...


Piper Aircraft announced unpaved field approval for M600/SLS

Piper Aircraft has been awarded FAA approval for the Piper M600/SLS single engine turboprop aircraf to be operated from unpaved fields. Piper has received numerous requests for unpaved field certification from several global markets, and is pleased to announce kit approval has also been completed for Canada, the UK, and Europe (EASA). Brazil certification is expected in early 2023....

Thrive Aviation took delivery of Gulfstream G600 for long-range offering

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered a Gulfstream G600 to Thrive Aviation. The addition of the next-generation Gulfstream aircraft marks Thrive’s expansion into the long-range, on-demand private charter market. This G600, designed and built in Gulfstream’s advanced manufacturing facility at its worldwide headquarters in Savannah, was outfitted at Gulfstream’s Dallas compl...

SmartSky connectivity solutions available for Cessna Citation X series aircraft

SmartSky Networks announced the availability of SmartSky air-to-ground connectivity service offering for the Cessna Citation X series aircraft. The move follows the recent issuance of a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft and highlights SmartSky’s plans to make its ATG connectivity available for over 7,000 business jets and turboprop aircraft across 14 aircraft mode...

Reducing aviation carbon footprint - collaboration between TAG Aviation & Go Zero Travel

TAG Aviation announced a new collaboration with Go Zero Travel, who are well known for their 5 starCorporate Chauffeur Service and for being synonymous with sustainability and carbon net zero travel throughout London and the home counties.Go Zero’s 100% Tesla fleet has been supporting companies who are also focused on sustainability and corporate social responsibility such as Micro...

Volocopter raises additional USD 182 million in second signing of Series E financing round

Volocopter has raised an additional USD 182 million in the second signing of its Series E funding round. NEOM – the Red Sea's smart, cognitive region project – and GLy Capital Management of Hong Kong have joined Volocopter's diverse investor base. This will carry the company beyond the certification of its electric passenger aircraft, the VoloCity air taxi....

IS-BAO and ARGUS extend Clay Lacy Aviation industry-leading safety certifications

Clay Lacy Aviation has been recognized again for its safety and operational processes. The aircraft management, charter, maintenance and FBO services provider has recently been awarded the prestigious ARGUS Platinum rating by the third-party safety auditor for the 13th consecutive year. It also achieved the IS-BAO Stage III certification, the highest level, for the fifth consecutive...

Bombardier inaugurates state-of-the-art Miami Service Centre

Officially inaugurated! New Bombardier  Miami-Opa Locka Service Centre ,at full capacity, plans to add close to 300 aerospace jobs in the community, including more than 225 highly skilled technicians.Once fully ramped up, the 300,000 square foot facility will more than quadruple Bombardier’s current maintenance footprint in Florida and allow the company to transfer its se...

Busy September for AMAC Aerospace team

AMAC Aerospace is the place where teams are in constant demand. The month of September 2022 was as usual full of projects and achievements. Here are the highlights: End of September, an AOG support request for a Gulfstream IV of a long-term customer reached AMAC Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland. AMAC reacted within a few hours and accepted the Head of State aircraft in Basel. The Gulfstream IV h...

EHang & HAECO Group exploring partnership in advanced air mobility

EHang has signed a MoU regarding the potential partnership with HAECO Group. Two parties plan to cooperate in multiple areas such as manufacturing and assembly, continued airworthiness, digital platforms, aircraft maintenance, and talent training. The focus is to co-develop systems and solutions that cater to the needs of continued airworthiness and after-sales maintenance services in prepara...

Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi re-elected to chair the IBAC for the second time in a row

The Middle East & North Africa leading business aviation advocate, MEBAA Chairman – Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, was re-elected to chair the governing board of the International Business Aviation Council for the second time in a row for a period of three years (2023 - 2025). The IBAC Board elected Alnaqbi to the position for a second term at the Governing Board meeting held in Orlando.&n...

LCI signs Sustainability Charter with Aircraft Leasing Ireland

LCI has signed Aircraft Leasing Ireland Sustainability Charter. Signatories are committed to driving forward and achieving Environmental, Social and Governance related goals, centred around 10 priority sustainability principles. In signing the Charter, an industry that manages more than $100bn of assets pledges its commitment to achieving net zero carbon objectives. Additional princ...

SPARFELL obtains its 4th AOC and lands in Malta

Strengthening its positioning in Europe, SPARFELL announced its fourth AOC in Malta. SPARFELL has been granted a Maltese Air Operator Certificate issued by the Maltese Civil Aviation Directorate on the 21st of October 2022. Edward Queffelec, SPARFELL Aviation Group CEO, commented: “This new Maltese operation builds on our global aviation services network. We are giving busi...

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VIP Completions-YODEZEEN Gulfstream G550 wins prestigious design award

VIP Completions together with partner YODEZEEN announced that their Gulfstream G550 refurbishment project won the ‘Aviation Interior Design/VIP Completion’ title at the International...

Airshare to equip fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s with Gogo Galileo connectivity

U.S.-based aircraft management, fractional ownership, jet cards, and charter services operator Airshare is equipping its fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s with the Gogo Galileo HDX system. The up...

Jetfly highlights the versatility of Pilatus PC-12 in European business aviation sector

For more than twenty-five years, Jetfly has been developing its Shared Ownership Program, focusing in particular on the Pilatus PC-12, a turboprop aircraft renowned for its versatility, reliability, a...