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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AfBAA Endorses GJC for Bizjet Financing

Traditional financing sources, such as banks, have not been as active in financing private jets as they had been in previous years.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo Adding Text & Talk to SwiftBroadband Satcom

Gogo is expanding its presence in the Middle East with a new office in Dubai and an agent in Abu Dhabi.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Rockwell Collins Aims to Deliver Reliable IFE

Another Airbus A340 operator has selected the Rockwell Collins Venue inflight entertain/cabin management system.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aeria’s VIP Completions on Display at New Booth at MEBA 2014

Luxury interior provider also showcases its maintenance and refurbishment capabilities
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Aircraft

Dassault showcases Falcon 5X cabin mockup

First delivery of the twinjet in the region to take place in 2017
Charter & Fractional

Safety Specialist Wyvern Expands Horizons For Nexus

Flight support group Nexus is now established in Middle East, Africa, India and Europe.
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Charter & Fractional

TAG Aviation Enhances Engineering, FBOs

TAG Aviation has focused on Asia and its European business while dealing with many Middle East customers, even if it does not have a huge presence here.
Aircraft

Airbus shows off ACJ319

Airbus Corporate Jets has had a strong presence in the Middle East, reaching back to the mid-1980s
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Middle East Flyers Love to Stay Connected

OnAir is displaying full suite of inflight connectivity technology at MEBA.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Middle East Flyers Love to Stay Connected

OnAir is displaying full suite of inflight connectivity technology at MEBA.
Charter & Fractional

Vertis, K5 launch 28 East

A new brokerage service has been launched at MEBA 2014 by Vertis Aviation of Switzerland and Germany’s K5 Aviation.
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Aircraft

Hadid widens international flight support network

Dubai-based Hadid is expanding in the Americas and Asia, and has a new alliance with Satcom Direct.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Nothing Wrong With Gold Plating, Says Tanury

U.S. plating company says the price of gold is not the main factor, it is the labor involved. So it gives customers three times the thickness.
Aircraft

Honeywell Forecast: 9,450 Bizjet Deliveries Worth $280B over Next Decade

In the near term, Honeywell is projecting deliveries of 650 to 675 new jets this year, a single-digit percent increase from 2013.
Regulations and Government

Iraq-Syria Overflight Restrictions Hamper Middle East Growth

Trip support company UAS believes that conflict has hit aviation in the region, though Dubai resilient.
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Aircraft

Falcon Breaks Ground on Region’s First Completions Center

Today Falcon breaks ground on new DWC completions center, which will open at the end of 2015.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Gains First Caribbean Location

Executive Flight Support at Lynden Pinding International Airport will be rebranded as rebranded as Jet Aviation Bahamas.
FBOs

Central America Gains a New Service Provider

Panama Jet Center is expected to begin operations early this month.
FBOs

Private Aviation Facilities Boosted at Caribbean Destination

Blue Heron Aviation and Provo Jet Center recently opened in Turks and Caicos.
FBOs

Pittsburgh-area FBO To Upgrade

Voyager Jet Center has broken ground on a new FBO and hangar.
FBOs

Signature Adds New England Location

The FBO chain acquired the assets of Wiggins Airways at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
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FBOs

New FBO To Assist Northern Ireland’s Jets

Jet Assist Business Centre recently opened at Belfast International.
Airports

Vegas Bets Big on New Runway

McCarran has begun a runway resurfacing project.
Rotorcraft

Russian Helicopters Mi-38 Enters New Flight-test Phase

Certification is planned for next year.
Accidents

Second KC-518 Crashes

The all-carbon-fiber machine rolled over after a hard landing during flight-test on November 8 in Rodney, Auckland, New Zealand.
Rotorcraft

NHV Awarded Dutch SAR Contract

The five-year contract will take effect on July 1 next year.
Rotorcraft

Enstrom Delivers First 480B-G

A New Hampshire pilot took delivery of the first of the G1000H-equipped models.
Rotorcraft

Dallas Airmotive Building New Rotorcraft Facility

A center of excellence and test center will be located on the same campus at DFW.
Airports

Bizav exodus to DWC stalls over cost concerns

FBOs are concerned by the higher costs associated with trading at Dubai World Central.
Airports

Official Says Dubai World Central Costs are Not Excessive for Bizav

Dubai to see 16,400 business aviation movements in 2015, with 75 percent for thee expected to be at the new DWC airport.
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