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The company, which currently operates the private jet terminal at Dubai World Central (DWC) as well as 25 private terminals around the world, will offer its handling services at the newly-expanded Muscat International Airport (MCT) and Salalah International Airport (SLL) early as next year.
“Having another network in the GCC will support our network in the region, especially in Dubai,” said CEO and President Adel Mardini, who signed the agreement with Oman Airports CEO Sheikh Aimen Al Hosni on Sunday at the company's facility at Dubai World Central.
Earlier, Mardini had also signed a deal with Dubai South to build a 20,000sqm aircraft hangar near Dubai World Central (DWC) Airport in Dubai South Aviation District.
“This is an indication about how confident we are about the market, confident we are about Dubai South as a new airport for Dubai. We can see very good traffic in Dubai, 4 percent growth in the first six months of the year.” said Mardini after signing the deal.
Mardini said his company was seeing increasing traffic from African aircraft owners and from customers globally who have bases in Dubai.
The Saudi Arabian market, as the biggest in the GCC, was also important to the company, he said, with talks ongoing with authorities in the Kingdom to operate an FBO there.
The new Dubai South aircraft hangar follows Jetex’s launch of its second terminal at Dubai World Central, which at 600 square metres is believed to one of the largest private jet terminals in the world.
Mardini said his company had handled 12,000 passengers and 2,500 flights through DWC in the first 10 months of 2017, representing a 37 percent share of the market.
The company will continue to seek opportunities to operate new terminals when new airports were built, said Mardini, with Bahrain and Kuwait’s new airports being targets for Jetex expansion in the future
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