FBOs
Jetex and Joby Install Electric Aircraft Chargers at FBOs
Equipment will support eVTOL air taxi operations, starting at UAE airports
Joby and Jetex electric recharging agreement
Jetex CEO Adel Mardini (left) and Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt agreed to jointly install electric aircraft chargers at Dubai and Abu Dhabi FBOs during the MEBAA show.

Business aviation services group Jetex is partnering with Joby Aviation to offer charging infrastructure for electric aircraft at its FBOs. At MEBAA 2024 on Tuesday, the companies announced initial plans to install Joby’s Global Electric Aviation Charging System (GEACS) next to Jetex’s private terminals at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport and Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive Airport.

California-based Joby is laying the ground work for plans to start eVTOL air-taxi services in the UAE, perhaps by the end of 2025—first in Dubai and then in Abu Dhabi. Its GEACS chargers are intended to be universal and so available for use by other electric aircraft.