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Bizjet values have increased in the course of the year

With around 30 Boeing 777-300ERs converted to cargo-only, even a handful of A380s were employed on cargo charter.

Bombardier's new Dubai maintenance facility is based at Al Maktoum International Airport.

Qatar Airways doubles capacity of engine production facility to allow cut in annual MRO costs

Bell sees flight training, law enforcement, HEMS, VVIP, and general aviation customers as areas of focus.

Dubai South-based FBO/MRO firm DC Aviation Al Futtaim expects a large number of delegations to reverse plans not to travel to Dubai.

International cooperation on illegal gray market charter has been stepped up, with leadership shown by the Middle East Business Aviation Association.

Bombardier Expects the Global 7500 and Challenger 3500 business jets to prosper in the Middle East region.

Expats account for 8.5 pilots out of 10 at Emirates, while the figure is 80 percent for Qatar Airways, according to PilotsGlobal.

IAI's Boeing 777-300ERSF conversion center would be the first outside Israel.

DAE's portfolio stands at 425 aircraft, while Alafco now manages 80.

With the recent addition of five Leonardo helicopters, Abu Dhabi Aviation's fleet size reaches 65.

The 2021 Dubai Airshow is the first major international airshow calendar event to take place since 2019.

Mubadala unit Sanad sees the size of its own portfolio increase to $1.2 billion.

Emirates believes most of its A380s will be flying again by next summer.

Emirates Airline's first A380 began revenue service on August 1, 2008, from Dubai to New York JFK, after which it flew another 6,318 sectors.

Vista Global's fleet will grow to exceed 200 aircraft by the end of next year.

Flyadeal's fleet of 15 Airbus A320s could be augmented with long-range A321 variants for international flying.

An expanding student body at Embry-Riddle Asia portends good prospects in a rapidly growing region.

Nigeria’s bizjet fleet sized at around 100 aircraft.

Emirates has $128 billion worth of aircraft still on order

Emirates and Qantas fly 98 flights a week between Australia and Dubai

Alliance between Qantas and Emirates still key feature of route.

Getting energy workers to out-of-the-way sites is one part of the company's business plan.

Tthe company’s footprint will be entirely global, with an additional 21 new FBOs, by 2020.

With the new facility at DWC operational, users can expect the kind of discretion they value.

Middle East trip-support providers are signaling increasing interest in the FBO segment.