Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Gulfstream Aerospace has had a presence in the Middle East for nearly 60 years, beginning with the GII jet, and there are now more than 120 Gulfstreams based there. President and CEO Mark Burns said the General Dynamics group company continues to see strong interest and robust demand in the region.
“The Gulfstream fleet in the Middle East has grown nearly 40% in the last decade, which means that more and more customers are operating our high-speed, long- and ultra-long-range aircraft, from the G650ER to the G500/600 and now G700 since its certification this past spring,” he told AIN&nbsp;ahead of the MEBAA 2024 show.
“To that end, we are seeing year-over-year increases in longer duration flights out of the Middle East and more international destinations being reached as operators are taking advantage of Gulfstream capabilities. They are also taking advantage of being able to select an aircraft that precisely meets their mission requirements, whether that is flying direct from Dubai to Melbourne on a G600 or Dubai to New York on a G700.”
To support the fleet, Gulfstream Customer Support has dedicated field service representatives in the Middle East, as well as its Field and Airborne Support Teams mobile service. The company also maintains a parts inventory in the region in Dubai at sister company Jet Aviation, augmenting Gulfstream’s parts distribution facility in Amsterdam that also supports the Middle East.
Additionally, Jet Aviation Dubai is a Gulfstream-authorized service center. Operators in the region also can take their aircraft to Gulfstream’s Farnborough, UK service facility, which has approvals from several Middle Eastern countries.

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