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Regulations and Government

AINsight: Why Pilots Want Thorough AME Exams

Pilots should welcome thorough medical exams since it's better to find small problems now rather than wait to turn into big issues that require grounding.
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Aircraft

Titan Continues To Add Aircraft at Steady Rate

Titan Aviation is looking to nearly double its fleet size and is especially looking to add super midsize or large aircraft to its lineup.
Titan Aviation
Aircraft

ExecuJet’s OMDW MRO Facility To Open in Early 2023

ExecuJet’s aircraft maintenance facility at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport is expected to open in the first quarter of 2023.
ExecuJet’s new MRO facility at Al Maktoum International Airport
Aircraft

Airbus Aims to Sell 15 ACJs in the Middle East in the Next Five Years

In 2022, Middle East-based ACJ departures are up 42 percent on 2019.
Airbus ACJ320neo
Aircraft

Gulf Business Boom Driving Interest in Lighter Aircraft, Embraer Says

Embraer is seeing a notable uptick in business in the Gulf region as multiple industries are driving interest in a range of aircraft categories.
Stephen Friedrich, chief commercial officer for Embraer Executive Jets
Regulations and Government

Middle East Key Location for Boeing Business Jets

Governments, VVIPs, charter companies, and corporations in the Middle East and North Africa are home to 29 percent of the BBJ fleet.
Boeing  Business Jets BBJ2
Regulations and Government

SPA: Saudi Arabia Suffering from Dearth of Charter Aircraft

Saudia Private Aviation says that some 94 percent of its air charter orders are going “unsatisfied” due to lack of available aircraft.
Richard Koe, managing director of WINGX Advance and Fahad Ibrahim Alijarboa, CEO Saudia Private Aviation on stage during MEBAA Show 2022
Aircraft

Neste, Airbus, and Air France Signal Need to ‘Decarbonize Now’

Sustainable aviation fuel production must increase exponentially to meet aviation’s carbon targets, say stakeholders.
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Aircraft

First Poseidon Patroller Handed Over to New Zealand

The four P-8As on order will replace the long-serving Lockheed Orions of No. 5 Squadron.
Boeing's P-8A maritime patrol aircraft for New Zealand
Aircraft

Tradewind Takes Delivery of First Pilatus PC-12 NGX

The latest delivery builds on Tradewind Aviation's fleet of 23 Pilatus PC-12 turboprop airplanes.
Tradewind Aviation Pilatus PC-12 NGX in showroom hangar
Avionics

Avionics Sales Notch Q3 Record

Sales of avionics installed in newly manufactured aircraft topped more than $407 million, a record for the AEA's Avionics Market Report.
Elliott Aviation tech installing Garmin G5000
FBOs

Sheltair Moves Into the Lone Star State

Florida-based Sheltair has established its second FBO west of the Mississippi with its purchase of U.S. Jet Center in Denton, Texas.
Sheltair facility at Denton Enterprise Airport
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New Lender Joins Business Jet Leasing Finance Arena

Hyperion Aviation has launched an aircraft funding platform focusing on leased business jets and cargo aircraft.
business jets parked on airport ramp
Regulations and Government

Vancouver Airspace Redesign Project Takes Flight

Nav Canada is seeking feedback on its Vancouver airspace modernization project.
Vancouver Airport Control Tower
Aircraft

Middle East ‘Underequipped’ for Volume of Business, Dassault Says

Growth opportunities abound in the Middle East, and these will accelerate with efficient use of business aircraft.
Falcon 8X
Aircraft

Auric Jets Markets 2003 Challenger 604 at MEBAA Show

The Bombardier Challenger 604 that Auric Jets is displaying for sale at MEBAA Show has completed a 16-year inspection and landing gear overhaul.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Adds Heavy 777 Maintenance in Basel

Jet Aviation's new heavy maintenance approval for the Boeing 777 expands its capabilities in Basel, Switzerland.
Jet Aviation, Basel, Switzerland
FBOs

Russian FBOs Hope for Partial Recovery in Q4

Hobbled by Ukraine war-related sanctions, FBOs in Russia are hoping for a partial recovery over the New Year and Christmas holidays.
Moscow’s Vnukovo-3 FBO
Aircraft

Alpha Star Selects UAS as Preferred Partner

According to its website, the Alpha Star fleet includes 19 Airbus, Gulfstream, Hawker and ATR aircraft.
Alpha Star CEO Abdulnasser Alkheraif and UAS CEO Omar Hosari
Aircraft

Tupan Unveils Turbine-powered Cargo UAV

Tupan Aircraft's unmanned cargo UAV family combines turbine and electric power to deliver high performance.
Tupan Aircraft
ATC

Skyplan Gives Regional Flight Dispatch Training Shot in the Arm

Its courses will enable professionals from as far afield as the CIS, India and Africa to obtain training and refresher courses.
Muhammad Sami, president and CEO of SkyPlan Services
Training and Workforce

Celebrating 20 Years, ECFT To Get Global 6500 FFS

Dubai-based Emirates-CAE Flight Training, formed in 2002, is adding a new Global 6500 full-flight simulator.
CAE’s Camille Mariamo, Emirates training v-p Bader Al Marzooqi, ECFT MD Nimrod Meuleman, and Nick Leontidis
Aircraft

Business Aircraft Flight Activity in MENA Peaked after Pandemic

The MENA region, while small in terms of worldwide business aviation traffic, has seen significant business aviation growth since 2019.
WingX managing director Richard Koe
Airports

EAG Signs Up for New HQ Facility at Dubai South

The mixed-use facility will include EAG’s new global corporate headquarters.
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FBOs

DC Aviation Opening Nice FBO with G-OPS

The new DC Aviation FBO at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport will feature a lounge designed by Collin + Radoske.
Karim Berrandou, CEO of G-OPS and Michael Kuhn, CEO of DC Aviation
Aircraft

Dornier Seawings To Enter Middle East Market

Dornier Seawings and Gulf Enterprises aim to develop the Middle East market for the Seastar amphibious airplane.
Dornier Seawings model
Airports

AAM Center Will Support eVTOL Aircraft Operations in the UAE

VPorts is teaming with the UAE aviation authority and Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub on a $40 million advanced air mobility incubator at Dubai South.
Vports press conference, MEBAA 2022
Rotorcraft

Bristow Expands Leonardo Fleet For UK SAR

Bristow Group is expanding its Leonardo fleet with the purchase of six AW139 helicopters to support its UKSAR2G contract.
Bristow Leonardo AW139 in flight
Aircraft

Airbus Probes Superconductivity as Path to Lower Emissions

Airbus and the CERN laboratory expect studies into cryogenic superconducting powertrains to influence the design of the ZeroE hydrogen-powered narrowbody.
The CERN laboratory bases much of its research on its subterranean Large Hadron Collider.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sabena Installs Leonardo Defense System on Global 7500

Sabena technics installs the Leonardo Miysis directed infrared countermeasure system on a VVIP Bombardier Global 7500.
Self-defense system sensor mounted on a business jet