First-time MEBAA show exhibitor MKTE (Stand 207) is here promoting its array of global trading and aircraft support services to Middle East business aviation operators. MKTE is highlighting how its one-stop-shop capabilities can benefit new customers in addition to its existing base of military and government operators. Its largest line of business is military, “but we want to expand in business aviation,” said MKTE CEO Mustafa Altork. “This is a good industry to be in.”

Altork, an aircraft engineer trained in the UK, founded MKTE in 2008 in Jordan, pulling together a consortium of partners that together help keep aircraft in the air earning money instead of tied up on the ground during maintenance events. “That’s the main joy, when you see the airplanes in the sky,” he said. “The less they are on the ground, the more money they can make. We’re your trusted partner; we deal with the dirty work, you just fly.”

MKTE’s services range from supplying engines and auxiliary power units (APUs) to rotables (life-limited parts and LRUs). It also can do repair management; aircraft leasing; maintenance service management; parts supply; ground service; and airport support.

Among MKTE’s consortium partners are helicopter services provider Heli-One, engine manufacturer and MRO company Industria de Turbo Propulsores, Seattle Aero, a parts and services provider, and TAG Aero, which offers APU and airframe MRO services. MKTE is also launching a new company, Elite Wing, on January 1st. The new company will be the largest chemical supplier in the Middle East, according to Altork, offering all of the products needed by aircraft operators, from greases and oils to cleaning fluids and more.

MKTE is approved to trade with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) products. “We take full responsibility [for ITAR compliance],” he said.

Some of MKTE’s long-standing customers include royal flight operations in the Middle East, which require 24/7 support. “There are several royal flights that we are in charge of,” Altork said. “They need a company that can handle their requirements on the spot.”