Charter & Fractional
GI Aviation Gets AOC And Is Ready to Start SET Ops
GCAA is cautious on single-engine turboprop commercial operations, but MEBAA is supportive.
While large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jets get much of the attention, Abu-Dhabi’s GI Aviation believes there is a strong demand for shorter range trips using affordable single-engine turboprops, such as the Pilatus PC-12NG. Impending new rules in Europe could further stimulate single-engine ops as a business platform.
While large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jets get much of the attention, Abu-Dhabi’s GI Aviation believes there is a strong demand for shorter range trips using affordable single-engine turboprops, such as the Pilatus PC-12NG. Impending new rules in Europe could further stimulate single-engine ops as a business platform.

Abu Dhabi-based GI Aviation, a newcomer to the UAE business aviation charter market, has obtained an aircraft operators’s certificate (AOC) and is set to begin operations using a single Pilatus PC-12NG before the end of the year. CEO Marios Belidis told AIN, “We believe it is the right time to begin operations; we are approaching the winter season and many prospective clients will be commuting. Destinations will cover major cities within the GCC, plus resort destinations like Sir Bani Yas, Delma and Fujairah [all in the UAE],” he explained.