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01/29/07 - ExecuJet reports strong growth in Middle East
Debut of spn in the Middle East
ExecuJet adds aircraft and opens new facilities
ExecuJet Aviation Group has seen a terrific growth in its Middle East activity since it opened the doors of its new facility 12 months ago. The company is offering a complete private and business air transport solution – embracing aircraft sales, aircraft management, aircraft charter, aviation services and aircraft maintenance.
ExecuJet’s suite of aviation services will be enhanced by the official opening in February of its brand new FBO facility located at Dubai International Airport. ExecuJet will be promoting the impressive facility this week during the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) Conference & Exhibition. Do visit ExecuJet Middle East at Stand No C211.
ExecuJet Middle East currently manages the largest private fleet of aircraft in the region, and expects this to continue to grow. With its charter activity, ExecuJet is seeing strong demand in the region. The company’s charter fleet includes Bombardier Learjet 60, Challenger 604 and the Global Express business jets all based in Dubai. A Cessna Citation III will be added within the next two months.
On the maintenance front, the ExecuJet Middle East Bombardier Approved Service Facility (ASF) has expanded its Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) approvals and is now capable of providing support for the full range of Bombardier business jet products under GCAA and other foreign regulatory authorities. The Bombardier managed parts depot has grown to house in excess of over 800 product lines.
“The Middle East and Dubai especially is becoming a very important hub for business aviation. The demand we have experienced has really been incredible in our first year and the investment in new facilities and an expanded charter fleet will serve us well into the future,” commented Mike Berry, Managing Director, ExecuJet Middle East.
spn – the ’Light Jet’ for the Middle East, suggests Niall Olver
ExecuJet Aviation Group, which is the exclusive international sales distributor for Grob Aerospace’s spn, believes the brand new eight-seat light jet, which is the only Part 23 aircraft with an APU, is actually the entry level ‘Light Jet’ for the Middle East. Niall Olver, CEO of both ExecuJet and Grob Aerospace, contents that Middle East clientele “want a cabin they can stand up in.”
“The spn sits proud on the ramp, and has significant capability - which is important to customers in the Middle East. The aircraft has a generous cabin and importantly, it can serve airfields that many other small jets cannot”. Additionally, the spn has a 1,800 nm range and an affordable 2007 price tag of € 5.8 million. “Some undisclosed private customers who have ordered the spn are from the Middle East,” Olver acknowledges.
"We are seeing new wealth coming into the region and the appeal for smaller and efficient business jets is growing,“ he notes. “With its unique composite technology we believe that the spn will have a niche in this region but we won’t over-promise and under-perform, rather we will let the aircraft speak for itself,“ he says.
The spn can be visited on the ExecuJet stand No C211.
About the spn
The spn, boasts an impressive range and payload for an aircraft in its class. With six passengers and single pilot, the aircraft can serve 1,800 nm (3334 km). The aircraft features a total cabin volume of 405 cu.ft (11.5 m³) – the largest in the light business jet class by a fair margin, and a large passenger door.
Early sales success for the industry’s new generation light business jet has raised market interest with its unique operating characteristics. For example, it can operate on unimproved runways (gravel or grass), traditionally the domain of a turboprop, requiring a balanced field length of just 3,000 ft (914 m) at maximum take off weight.
The spn will also be certified for single pilot operation, and is equipped with an avionics suite more advanced than that of any other aircraft close to its class. Honeywell’s integrated all glass cockpit sets new standards for simplicity, reliability and technology. Two rear-mounted FADEC controlled Williams FJ44-3A engines deliver 2,800 lbs (1,270 kg) of thrust.