Embraer and Royal Jet, the latter representing the Al Habtoor Group conglomerate, from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed a contract to purchase one Lineage 1000 executive jet, which will be operated for private use. The Al Habtoor Group selected Royal Jet — the international luxury flight services company, chaired by H.E. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan — to carry out due diligence on the acquisition, including all technical specifications. Royal Jet will also provide aircraft management for the Lineage 1000, which ties in well with the company’s strategy of concentrating on midsize to large business jets.

Macquarie Rotorcraft to acquire 12-helicopter portfolio from Milestone
AerCap offshoot Milestone Aviation Group (Milestone) has agreed to sell a 12-helicopter portfolio to Macquarie Rotorcraft. The portfolio will comprise a combination of Sikorsky S-92, Airbus H135, Bell 412 and Leonardo AW109, AW139 and AW189 helicopters which are presently on lease to six customers in nine countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South-East