Aircraft
Royal Jet Doubles Fleet Expansion Plan
Abu Dhabi-based operator is to invest $700 million to take its fleet size to 20 aircraft.
Bombardier’s Khader Mattar (left), Royal Jet’s Patrick Gordon (center) and Boeing Business Jets’ Steve Taylor (right). Photo: David McIntosh
Bombardier’s Khader Mattar (left), Royal Jet’s Patrick Gordon (center) and Boeing Business Jets’ Steve Taylor (right). Photo: David McIntosh

Royal Jet, the aircraft charter arm of the UAE Presidential Flight Authority that is co-owned by Abu Dhabi Aviation, yesterday announced a $700 million investment to boost its fleet to 20 aircraft by 2020. This would almost doubled its fleet. Today, Royal Jet operates 11 aircraft: six BBJs, two Gulfstream G300s, two Bombardier Learjet 60s and one Bombardier Global 5000.