Gama Aviation has expanded its aircraft management fleet with the addition of a Cessna Citation CJ2+, Global XRS and Falcon 2000, all of which will be available on the European charter fleet. A brand new type which the company hopes to confirm next week, will take the overall global fleet to over 80 aircraft and the number of manufacturers represented to 11. In the USA Gama Aviation is adding a number of new aircraft including a Hawker 800 XP, a Gulfstream 450 and a Global 5000. A Citation Excel will be based at Teterboro, and a further Gulfstream 450 and Challenger 300 owned by Latin American clients will be added later this year.
In the Middle Eastern region Gama Aviation FZE becomes a subsidiary of the growing Gama Group MENA FZC. The new company structure has been introduced in readiness for the commencement of maintenance services at its new 12,000 sqm hangar facility at Sharjah which provides hangarage and maintenance facilities for business jet aircraft. Gama is now actively in the process of securing its UAE GCAA CAR 145 maintenance approval which it hopes to receive in Autumn 2011.
The UAE fleet currently offers three aircraft for charter including the Challenger 850. Added in December 2010, the 850 is already demonstrating its suitability for the region through regular charters, particularly between the UAE and other GCC states. A sixth aircraft is expected to join imminently and will add a third manufacturer type to the fleet.
