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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First time EBACE exhibitor African Aviation Services (AAS) is showcasing its flight handling capabilities here. “Our message is that Africa Aviation Services is your special gateway to Africa,” said Jibo Abdoul, AAS’s general manager. “We are African, we speak a lot of languages. We communicate easily. That makes us very strong.”
Founded in 2012, AAS (Booth G076) is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, which itself often serves as a gateway to and from Africa. AAS has branches in countries including Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Congo, the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, and Burundi, Abdoul said. With ten employees, AAS provides overflight and landing permits, ground handling services, fuel purchases, and prides itself on quick response. “We are ready to provide services in short notice,” Abdoul said. 
He noted the company’s services aren’t only for travellers going to Africa, but also those who need to get out, for example due to medical emergencies; AAS also arranges medevac flights. Here in Geneva, company representatives are eager to speak to operators and business aircraft owners, and FBOs looking for a flight-handling partner for Africa.

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