Dubai / Switzerland, September 4, 2014 – Jet Aviation Dubai was recently honored with the #1 Top Line Service level, Falcon Authorized Service Center 2014 Award in the “Go Team Response” category.
Presented at the recent Dassault Falcon Authorized Service Center meeting in Paris, the award recognizes service excellence of Falcon Authorized Service Centers (ASCs). Jet Aviation Dubai won the #1 Top Line Service level award in the “Go Team Response” category for supporting the most AOG instances in the region and ensuring minimum ground time for Dassault Falcon aircraft.
“We take great pride in being able to provide timely, reliable and professional dispatch services when they are most needed, such as during unanticipated maintenance events and last-minute AOGs,” said Hardy Bütschi, vice president and general manager at Jet Aviation Dubai. “Our goal is to provide the most benefit to our customers through continuous support and this Dassault Falcon award is a great credit to our team and the quality of our services.”
Jet Aviation Dubai’s maintenance and FBO location was established in May 2005 as a joint venture company with the AL Mulla Group. 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). The facility holds EASA #145.0317 maintenance approval and is an FAA #U8JY426Y repair station. It also holds Bahrain CAA, Bermuda DCA, Cayman CAA, India DGCA, San Marino CAA, Saudi Arabia GACA and UAE GCAA approvals. Jet Aviation Dubai is an authorized service center for maintenance and warranty support to Boeing BBJ, the Gulfstream G150, G200, GIV and GV, G450, G550 and G650 series, the Dassault Falcon 900, 2000 and 7X series, and full service capability for Hawker Beechcraft 800/900 series, Airbus ACJ series and Embraer Legacy aircraft, including L4 and L12 inspections. The company expanded its VIP handling service delivery to Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central (DWC) in December 2012.
Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 4,500 employees cater to client needs from more than 20 facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, FBO and fuel services, 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 more than 250 aircraft. Please visit www.jetaviation.com and follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/jetaviation.
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