Falcon Aviation achieves GCAA approval for line maintenance support at Al Maktoum International Airport

Falcon Aviation, the UAE’s business aviation services, charter and aircraft management Company, has achieved approval from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to perform third party line maintenance at its new Dubai South facility at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) base in Dubai. This facility is co-located along with its FBO facility in the VIP Terminal. Aircraft types it has been cleared to work on include the Gulfstream G450/G550; Embraer 135/145 regional jets and Embraer 190/Lineage 1000. (Falcon Aviation is already an Authorised Service Centre for Embraer Executive Jets at its Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive Airport base.) Falcon Aviation is also GCAA approved to provide maintenance support for the Pilatus PC-12 at DWC, complementing the support it provides to the region’s first PC-12 commercial operator, GI Aviation at Al Bateen. This will give added advantage to GI Aviation as it prepares to start operating its second PC-12 in the Gulf region. Falcon Aviation’s line maintenance approval at Dubai South also extends to Airbus Helicopters, including the EC130, Bell 412, Leonardo AW189, AW169 and AW109. Falcon Aviation’s also offering operations from the new adjacent Heliport, which formally opened last month under Falcon Aviation’s AOC.