Partly driven by a need to speed up the processing of overflight and landing permit applications for its clients, Hadid International recently expanded its presence in India with a new office in the capital, Delhi. Vice CEO Rasoul Taljo told AIN that business aircraft traffic has continued to grow steadily in India, despite bureaucracy and infrastructure hurdles.

Hadid also has ambitions to expand its operations further into Asia, with possible new offices in China, Singapore and Malaysia. The company is already established in the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Algeria and Syria, and also has branch offices in the UK, Germany, Russia, Pakistan and the U.S. as well as agents in many other countries.