Middle East no longer a grey market for charter
The Middle East charter market has gone a long way to shedding its reputation as a hot-bed of illegal, so-called grey-market, activity, according to leadin

The Middle East charter market has gone a long way to shedding its reputation as a hot-bed of illegal, so-called grey-market, activity, according to leading charter brokering group Air Partner. Just a few years ago, legal loopholes in operating rules and a lack of enforcement initiative on the part of aviation officials meant that so-called "grey market" activity was rife in this part of the world, making it hard for legitimate operators and brokers to make a living.

"The Middle East has seen rapid growth in commercial operations and it is now much more respectable," said David MacDonald, director of Air Partner's Private Jets division. By contrast, he said that another new business aviation market, Russia, has now become a hotbed of illegal charter activity.