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Gama Aviation FZC debuts Challenger 850 operations in UAE.

Monday 14th February, 2011

  • Gama Aviation’s Managing Director Dave Edwards and Sales Manager Oliver Hewson with Wassim Saheb,
  • The Challenger 850 interior, configured with 13 seats.
  • Gama Aviation’s Managing Director Dave Edwards and Sales Manager Oliver Hewson with Wassim Saheb,

Gama Aviation FZC recently introduced its latest aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 850, into service, having received its Certificate of Airworthiness for the type on December 16, 2010 – the first model in the UAE.

The aircraft, owned by a private individual and managed by Gama out of Dubai International Airport, has already operated several charters throughout the region. The 850 joins four other business jets in the Gama Aviation FZC stable and takes the total number of aircraft operated by Gama Aviation worldwide – in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East to over 75. Gama’s managed Bombardier fleet includes two Learjet 45s, two Learjet 60s, two Challenger 604s, two Challenger 605s and another recent addition, a Global XRS. The latter is also based in the Middle East.

“Gama Aviation FZC only obtained its UAE GCAA Air Operator’s Certificate in February last year so we are pleased that this development is very much in line with our first year aims,” said Managing Director Dave Edwards. Gama is on track to obtain its UAE GCAA CAR 145 maintenance approval within the first half of 2011 and is working to complete its new 12,000 sqm hangar facility at Sharjah which will provide hangarage and maintenance facilities for business jet aircraft in the region. It will also be home to a new Fixed Based Operation.

About Gama Group:

Gama is an international business aviation services organization, founded in 1983 in the UK by Marwan Abdel Khalek and Stephen Wright. The group employs over 300 at bases across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East and operates over 75 business aircraft.
The group’s companies and affiliates hold EU-OPS, FAA Part 135 and UAE GCAA Charter Certificates, FAA Part 145 Maintenance Approvals, Part 21 Design and Manufacture Approvals and offer business aircraft charter, management, FBO, maintenance, valeting and aviation software services. The Group is headquartered at Farnborough Airport in the UK, with its Americas headquarters in Stratford, CT and its UAE headquarters at Sharjah in Dubai. The group operates aircraft throughout the world and has over 30 worldwide operating bases.

www.gamagroup.com