ExecuJet has announced
plans to relocate its entire Dubai FBO and MRO operations to a
single facility located at Dubai South’s Al Maktoum International
Airport (DWC).
Construction of the facility is due to commence in early 2018, with
an estimated completion date set for the end of 2019, in time for
the start of Dubai Expo 2020.
The brand new
25,700m² facility will be ExecuJet’s regional HQ for the Middle
East, home to an FBO, MRO services with 13,800m² of on-site hangar
floor space, along with associated ExecuJet support services
offices.
The FBO and MRO
line-team, currently in place at DWC, will continue to provide
maintenance support 12 hours a day, seven days a week; further
supported by a 24-hour AOG hotline.
Mike Berry,
Executive Vice President Aviation Services, Luxaviation Group, says:
“The Middle East is a key region for us, with roughly 20% of the
Luxaviation Group’s overall business stemming from it. It is
therefore essential that our facilities reflect this demand and it
brings me great pleasure to be announcing our relocation to a much
larger site at Al Maktoum.
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Mike Berry
with Khalid Al Hai, Khalifa Al Zaffin and Tahnoon Saif. |
“We began operating
in Dubai in 1999 and opened a shared, single lounge FBO facility in
2007 with a team of just four ExecuJet employees. We have come an
exceptionally long way in that time and our proposed expansion
reflects the ambitious nature of everybody associated with the
business. We look forward to welcoming customers to our new facility
when it opens its doors in 2019.”
ExecuJet currently
manages two facilities in Dubai; at Dubai International Airport (DXB)
and its temporary facilities at DWC, both providing FBO and MRO
services. The DXB facility features eight luxury lounges with
landside access, a Duty Free shop, ground handling and flight
planning services. The 600m² DWC facility has four VIP lounges, a
crew lounge and two transit lounges.
Dubai MROs offering Embraer
Phenom 100 maintenance
In further news,
ExecuJet’s two MRO facilities in Dubai are extending their offerings
in the Middle East with new approval to perform line and base
maintenance on Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft and are now well
positioned to support regional flight training academies who operate
these entry-level aircraft types.
Nick Weber,
Maintenance Director, ExecuJet Middle East, says: “This latest
approval from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority has greatly
enhanced the services that ExecuJet can provide for customers in the
Middle East.
“Our MRO facility at
Dubai International Airport can now perform 4,800 hour, 72 month
checks on the aircraft; while at Al Maktoum International Airport,
we have the capacity to carry out a wide variety of operations
including defect rectification, engine and line-replaceable unit
change and out of phase maintenance tasks.
“ExecuJet’s Middle
East team are committed to taking care of our local customer base in
the region. To this end, we are looking forward to further growth in
our OEM offering once we are fully established at our new location
at Al Maktoum towards the end of 2019 which, excitingly, will be
completed in time for the start of Expo 2020.” |