UAE commands 25% ME air charter business

The UAE commands 25 per cent of the air charter business in the Middle East, according to International Air Charter, the leading private jet charter brokers, now rebranded as Private Jet Charter.

Businessmen in the UAE make 12 charter trips a year on average.

According to the company, the air charter business in the Middle East is picking up again after recession forced some companies to shut down their flight operations or sell off their corporate jets, thus giving a boost to air charter business as an attractive and cost effective alternative to commercial air travel.

From starting in the UK in 1991, the company now has a network of offices in the UK, Nice and a significant presence in the Middle East from a busy base in Dubai. The organisation plans to open new offices in key charter hubs of Moscow and Florida in 2011.

“Our sophisticated state-of-the-art aircraft sourcing technology was developed at an early stage and this Computerised Aircraft Tracking System CATS enables our aviation consultants to source available aircraft at the click of a mouse, by aircraft type, number of seats, year of manufacture and from any location in the world. When a customer calls with an enquiry, we can almost instantly provide details of the most suitable available for the clients’ itinerary and give an indication price, there and then,” stated Chief Executive Hugh Courtenay.

Private Jet Charter offers 24-hour service round the year, multilingual and expert staff, competitive free quotations and advice, unique CATS aircraft sourcing technology, flight watch monitoring on all executive air charter flights.

Private Jet Charter is an ISO 9002 certified company.