Jet Aviation Dubai receives EASA approval

In addition, the facility was named an Authorized Service Center by Dassault Falcon for the Falcon 900 and 2000.

Jet Aviation Dubai is the first independent EASA approved business aviation maintenance facility in the region. "This approval, particularly in combination with the Dassault Falcon Authorized Service Center status, opens up an important new market segment for us as we serve a vast number of European registered aircraft in Dubai," says Philip Balmer senior vice president and general manager of the facility.

The agreement with Dassault for Jet Aviation Dubai to become an authorized service center went into effect in late 2006. The facility is now authorized to perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, AOG assistance and aircraft repair for the Falcon 900 and 2000 family of aircraft. "We are pleased to be part of Dassault Falcon's authorized service center network and are ready to support Falcon operators in the region and those who are flying to the Middle East," states Philip Balmer.

Jet Aviation's maintenance and FBO location in Dubai was established in May 2005. The facility has a total of 4,200 square meters (45,192 square feet) of hangar space, a workshop area of 1,000 square meters (10,760 square feet), and a two-story FBO building with an area of 1,050 square meters (11,300 square feet). Jet Aviation Dubai is an EASA (#EASA.145.0317), FAA (#U8JY426Y), Bermuda DCA, Cayman CAA, Pakistan CAA, Saudi Arabia PCA, UAE GCAA approved repair station and an authorized service center for Dassault Falcon, Gulfstream, Boeing Business Jets and Raytheon for the Hawker 800 series as well as an authorized dealer for Rockwell Collins avionics products.

Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. 5,200 employees cater to client needs from our 20 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of close to 200 aircraft and provided more than 65,000 hours in global flight operations in 2006.