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Active Finance Markets To Drive Record Deliveries, Says Boeing

Forecast projects $124 billion worth of deliveries in 2015.

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December 9, 2014

Sunny-side Up at MEBA 2014

Organizer F & E aerospace caused AIN to hold the front page to get visitor numbers but the total at the end of Tuesday (Day 2) was up on MEBA 2012.

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December 9, 2014

Bombardier’s New Challenger 350 Makes MEBA Debut

Bombardier ratified its designation of Arabasco in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as an authorized service facility for Challenger 605 aircraft,

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December 9, 2014

Dassault Sells a Falcon 5X to Wallan Aviation

Here at MEBA, Dassault has sold a Falcon 5X to Wallan Aviation of Saudi Arabia, for delivery in 2018.

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December 9, 2014

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Royal Jet Steps Up Its Expansion Plans

Royal Jet Steps Up Its Expansion Plans

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December 9, 2014

Flying Low Over Dubai in a Seawings Seaplane

Flying Low Over Dubai in a Seawings Seaplane

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December 8, 2014

Falcon Breaks Ground on Region’s First Completions Center

Today Falcon breaks ground on new DWC completions center, which will open at the end of 2015.

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December 8, 2014

Honeywell Forecast: 9,450 Bizjet Deliveries Worth $280B over Next Decade

In the near term, Honeywell is projecting deliveries of 650 to 675 new jets this year, a single-digit percent increase from 2013.

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December 8, 2014

Hadid widens international flight support network

Dubai-based Hadid is expanding in the Americas and Asia, and has a new alliance with Satcom Direct.

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December 8, 2014

Airbus shows off ACJ319

Airbus Corporate Jets has had a strong presence in the Middle East, reaching back to the mid-1980s

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December 8, 2014

Dassault showcases Falcon 5X cabin mockup

First delivery of the twinjet in the region to take place in 2017

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December 8, 2014

Nextant Notches First Middle East Sale

Nextant will have delivered 50 400XTi aircraft by the end of this year and sees a bright market for the type in the Middle East following its first sale.

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December 8, 2014

Ukrainian Light Twin Makes MEBA Debut

It’s rare to see a new light twin design reach certification, but the V24 has a choice of three engine types so could appeal to a wide range of users.

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December 8, 2014

Citation Longitude Will Be Textron’s Ticket to Mideast’s Large-cabin Market

Cessna brought four newly certified aircraft to market in the past year: the Citation Sovereign+, Citation M2, Citation X+ and Citation CJ3+.

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December 8, 2014

Royal Jet Doubles Fleet Expansion Plan

Abu Dhabi-based operator is to invest $700 million to take its fleet size to 20 aircraft.

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December 8, 2014

Comlux Extends Reach with BBJ Max Orders

Long-standing Airbus operators switches to BBJ Max as Airbus stalls on ACJ Neo.

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December 8, 2014

Qantas Projecting Big Turnaround for First Half of FY2015

Positive results to come six months after reporting record losses

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December 8, 2014

Qatar Executive’s Gulfstream Order Positions It As Regional Leader

Two new Bombardier Global 5000 Visions have also been added to Qatar Executive’s fleet this year

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December 7, 2014

Titan Aviation Adds to Managed Fleet

Dubai operator Titan Aviation has added three new jets to its fleet as it celebrates 10 years of operation.

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December 7, 2014

Air Culinaire Localizes Inflight Menus

Global catering specialist taps the best of regional cuisine, worldwide.

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December 7, 2014