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MARKET UPDATES<br />
OPERATOR OVERVIEW<br />
The top 20 <strong>MENA</strong>-based operators accounted for 38% of the<br />
regional fleet, with a total of 158 business jets. The United Arab<br />
Emirates was home to 38% of the region’s operators. Qatar<br />
Executive was the largest operator, with 19 aircraft in <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
The operator had the youngest fleet age at 4.4 years, over ten<br />
years younger than the regional average. The operator also had<br />
the greatest proportion of Gulfstream jets among the top ten<br />
operators, with 15 jets.<br />
Based in Abu Dhabi, Royal Jet was the second largest operator,<br />
with 11 aircraft, and had the greatest proportion of Corporate<br />
Airliners among other operators with a fleet of nine BBJ1s. Jet<br />
Aviation was the third largest operator. NAS Private Aviation had<br />
a fleet of nine jets and the largest proportion of Large category<br />
aircraft among the top ten operators with five in the fleet. Sky<br />
Prime Aviation retained a fleet of nine aircraft, with the majority<br />
being Large Jets and Corporate Airliners. Both Empire Aviation<br />
and DC Aviation also completed the year with nine aircraft in<br />
their respective fleets. DC Aviation had the greatest proportion<br />
of Bombardier jets in its fleet alongside Jet Aviation, with both<br />
operators each having seven Bombardier aircraft.<br />
TOP 20 OPERATORS BY FLEET SIZE 1,2<br />
QATAR EXECUTIVE<br />
ROYAL JET<br />
JET AVIATION<br />
NAS PRIVATE AVIATION<br />
SKY PRIME AVIATION<br />
DC AVIATION<br />
EMPIRE AVIATION<br />
ARAB WINGS<br />
EXECUJET MIDDLE EAST<br />
DUBAI AIR WING<br />
ALPHA STAR AVIATION<br />
ARROW AVIATION<br />
HYPERION AVIATION<br />
AVIATION HOUSE INVESTMENTS<br />
ROYAL FLIGHT OF OMAN<br />
19<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
9<br />
9<br />
9<br />
8<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
6<br />
5<br />
5<br />
5<br />
TOP 10 OPERATORS<br />
The top ten operators had a concentrated distribution of aircraft<br />
across three main countries, accounting for 36% of all aircraft<br />
located within the United Arab Emirates (43), Saudi Arabia (24),<br />
and Qatar (20).<br />
SMART AVIATION<br />
EMIRATES FLIGHT TRAINING ACADEMY<br />
KUWAIT AIRWAYS<br />
GAMA AVIATION<br />
BLUE SQUARE AVIATION<br />
5<br />
5<br />
5<br />
5<br />
4<br />
TOP 20<br />
OPERATORS =<br />
38% OF<br />
TOTAL FLEET<br />
AIR OCEAN MAROC<br />
4<br />
NOTE:<br />
1. Special mission and government operators are not included.<br />
2. Operators under the same corporate group and using the same brand<br />
name are grouped together.<br />
GULF WINGS<br />
4<br />
18 | <strong>YE</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>MENA</strong> BUSINESS JET FLEET REPORT
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