A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Rizon Jet (Stand 2017), the Doha-based aircraft charter, management and MRO provider, has received EASA Part 145 and Cayman Islands maintenance approvals for its headquarters maintenance facility. The approval allows the company to offer all line and base maintenance and a full range of maintenance and overhaul packages for Challenger 604/605, Hawker 750/800XP/850XP/900XP and Global BD-700 series business jets in Doha. 
“Our team has worked very hard for this achievement and we are very proud to have obtained the certification,” said Capt. Hassan Al-Mousawi, CEO of the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2011-07-28/new-fbos-meet-rising-bizav-demand-middle-east">Rizon Jet Group</a>. “As our presence in the European and the Middle Eastern markets continues to grow, the EASA repair station certification for the Doha MRO will provide additional capabilities and will allow us to better serve our European and Middle Eastern customer base.” 
The EASA Part 145 approval complements the approval conferred on Rizon Jet’s UK operation at London’s Biggin Hill Airport in 2010. The company plans to add approvals this year for maintenance on aircraft registered in Aruba, Bermuda, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

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