All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 49
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MEBA: Bombardier enhances its parts support in Middle East with expanded Dubai depot
Bombardier is jetting to the rescue of Middle Eastern customers with grounded aircraft by ramping up the number of spare parts it has available in the region.
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MEBA: Bombardier 'very optimistic' about Middle East market
Fresh from its record-breaking deal with Switzerland's VistaJet, Bombardier is at MEBA "very optimistic" about the Middle East market, and believes companies and individuals here are "more educated" than ever about business aviation.
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MEBA: Mubadala urges business aircraft manufacturers to invest in the region's industrial infrastructure
Business aviation manufacturers must invest more in infrastructure in the Middle East if they want the region to remain a major market for their products,...
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MEBA: The Jet Business unveils cabin interiors app
Torn between a bone leather or grey pinstripe divan for your private aircraft? Not sure whether damask grey carpet will go with the mahogany cabinets?
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MEBA: Leading Middle East operators pledge to stamp out grey market
A pledge to stamp out one of the biggest scourges of the Middle East's charter operators - the illegal grey market - within three years has been made on...
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MEBA: No such place as home, says VistaJet's Flohr
Thomas Flohr, founder of VistaJet - which last month placed the sector's biggest ever transaction, for 56 Bombardier Global aircraft with 86 options - yesterday...
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Working Week: Morten Kjellesvig
As an F-16 pilot for Norway's air force on the Cold War frontline, Morten Kjellsevig led the way in intercepting Soviet Flankers. Now flying A340s for Scandinavian Airlines, he also runs his own safety training company.
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NewsMEBA: Dubai's Empire Aviation takes Challenger 300 as first managed aircraft in India
Empire Aviation (stand 624) has taken its first business jet under management in India. It comes as the Dubai-based charter and management specialist targets...
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MEBA: Jet Aviation opens Al Maktoum airport facility during show
At least half of all Jet Aviation's business aviation passengers who fly into Dubai will "very soon" be opting for Al Maktoum airport instead of the city's...
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MEBA: Show kicks off in unfamiliar surroundings but with expected visitor numbers up
Check-in desks, duty-free shops and departure lounges, signs for passport control and baggage reclaim: this year's stopgap venue for MEBA is an air-show...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Flightglobal unveils business aviation simulator census
Acquire a business jet in the Middle East - as in most emerging aviation regions - and you will most likely have to send your pilots for training to Europe or North America - the two traditional big markets for business aviation still dominate when it comes to simulator centres.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Middle East's business aviation operators cautiously upbeat
The Middle East business aviation market has not exploded in the way some predicted a few years ago. As with Dubai's overheated economy, forecasts for executive...
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Marshall Aerospace rebrands its business aviation activities as Jetability
Marshall Aerospace is aiming to become a much bigger force in UK business aviation following a rebrand of its activities as Jetability. The Cambridge-based...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Centre of gravity shifts for business aviation in Middle East as rivals to Dubai airport emerge
When the Middle East's business aviation market began taking off in the mid-2000s, Dubai International airport was very much its epicentre.
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EADS discusses future shareholding structure
Airbus parent EADS is discussing a potential chance in its shareholding structure, but has yet to disclose any details on new ownership. A statement...
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NewsIN FOCUS: MEBA prepares for biggest-ever exhibition as it moves to new venue
For Ali Al Naqbi, the fortunes of the Middle East Business Aviation convention and the association he heads are intertwined.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Saab restructures to better target export markets
For a European defence and security company to be talking about switching focus from its domestic customer to export markets is hardly rare these days.
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NewsIN FOCUS: AgustaWestland exploits buoyant civil helicopter market
Whether transporting engineers to offshore rigs, providing police with eyes in the sky, or whisking VIPs between appointments over traffic-choked cities, the world's appetite for civil helicopters in all their guises is growing - and the reason AgustaWestland has remained one of the strongest performing units within Finmeccanica for the ...
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IN FOCUS: How Italy's Mecaer hauled itself up the value chain through helicopter landing gear and interiors
Mecaer Aviation Group is a classic tale of how the lowliest components shop can haul itself up the aerospace supply chain if it has enterprising owners who...
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NewsCHINA CAREERS: Shenzhen Airlines trawls Europe for captains
In a small, basement conference room in a Rome hotel, 15 middle-aged Italian airline pilots are watching slides of family excursions to Lotus Mountain and smiling expats celebrating Halloween and Christmas in one of China's most modern and prosperous cities.