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Showing its willingness to align with industry trends and client requirements, Falcon Aviation is focusing on a refined business strategy that will see the Company take-flight from a new location Writer: Emily Jarvis • Project Manager: Kane Weller
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efined by its high level of customer support and a refined business strategy, Falcon Aviation has built a name synonymous with safety, quality and aviation excellence among the Middle East’s industry elite. Placing particular emphasis on helicopter transport for the oil & gas sector - both offshore and inland - which represents just under half of its core business today, Falcon Aviation has continued to grow its market share at a time when others are consolidating due to the oil price drop. “Our longstanding partners have appreciated our efforts to keep up with the latest safety and technology trends, and subsequently awarded
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us with additional contracts that have strengthened the backbone of Falcon Aviation,” says Captain Ramandeep Oberoi, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). “By listening to the customer to find and provide an accurate, tailored approach
to their needs, we are proud to deliver a world-class service. This is what differentiates us from the competition.” With 2016 marking the luxury highflier’s 10-year anniversary operating out of the UAE’s premier VIP-orientated Al Bateen Executive Airport, Falcon Aviation plans to utilise its already extensive local knowledge of the industry – comprising oil & gas aviation support, private jet and helicopter chargers, and MRO and aircraft management – to become an FBO (fixed-base operations) at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai; further extending its geographic reach and capacity with a new hangar, as well as establishing an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility.
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“We are proud to have built and maintained a very good business model in these 10 years; growing from one aircraft in 2006, to 36 aircraft and recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in Middle East aviation today,” enthuses the COO. “Considered the aviation hub of the world, Dubai offers many strategic advantages that we hope to leverage as we shift towards becoming an FBO and MRO with a new 15,000 square metre hangar facility at Al Maktoum. We want to play a key part in this regional aviation growth.”
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The success enjoyed by Falcon Aviation in the UAE over the past few years has brought to light new opportunities in the local region and further afield in the GCC, with many clients asking the Company to support them in the region. July, 2015 marked the Company’s foray into the commercial airlines
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Considered the aviation hub of the world, Dubai offers many strategic advantages that we hope to leverage as we shift towards becoming an FBO and MRO with a new 15,000 square metre hangar facility at Al Maktoum
sector, signing an ACMI for three Q400 aircraft to Qazaq Air, a subsidiary of Samruk Kazyna, Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. “This has helped bolster our fleet up to a total of 36 aircraft, including helicopters for oil & gas business, commercial airlines and business charters across the GCC, Europe, the Far East and occasionally, the US in one of our luxury jets: Embraer Legacy 600, Embraer Lineage 1000 and the Gulfstream G450,” says Oberoi. Supporting this is the Company’s value-add complement, comprising a variety of backbone in-house services that further demonstrate Falcon Aviation’s devotion to continuous improvement and evolution. “Clients can buy or lease aircraft through us and we maintain them as part of the service,” he further explains. “Our well-trained team of pilots and engineers showcase dedication, commitment and integrity
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ulfstream Aerospace Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. The Company, based in Savannah, Georgia, is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Gulfstream, which has more than 16,000 employees at 12 major locations, has built more than 2,500 aircraft for corporations, governments and individuals around the world. In 2015, there were 154 outfitted customer deliveries. Its backlog at the end of 2015 was $13.4 billion. Gulfstream manufactures six aircraft across a spectrum of price and performance points. The models are the G150, the G280, the G450, the G550, the G650 and the G650ER. The large-cabin models are manufactured at the Company’s headquarters in Savannah and outfitted at one of four Gulfstream completion centres: Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia; Appleton, Wisconsin; and Long Beach, California. Gulfstream aircraft prices range from $15.7 million for the G150 to $68.8 million for the G650ER. Gulfstream’s new family of aircraft, the G500 and G600, were announced in October 2014 and offer an optimised combination of speed, wide-cabin comfort and efficiency. Gulfstream anticipates certification of the G500 in 2017, with entry into service in 2018. The G600 certification is slated to follow in 2018, with entry into service in 2019. To support its fleet, Gulfstream maintains the largest Company-owned product support network in business aviation, with more than 4,000 professionals worldwide. No other business-jet manufacturer offers
a wider range of services, enhancement, spares, support functions and technical publications than Gulfstream. Gulfstream provides airframe, avionics, engine and refurbishment service and support for its aircraft at eight locations in the United States - Appleton; Brunswick; Dallas; Las Vegas; Long Beach; Savannah; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Westfield, Massachusetts - and three outside the US; namely - Beijing, Luton, England; and Sorocaba, Brazil. The Company also operates a component repair facility in Lincoln, California. The Gulfstream brand first appeared in 1957, when Bethpage, New York-based Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. completed the design for the turboprop-driven Gulfstream I, which had its maiden flight on Aug. 14, 1958. Company founder Roy Grumman named the aircraft the “Gulfstream” because many Grumman executives vacationed in Florida, where the Gulf Stream current flows northward along the coast. Gulfstream is committed to strengthening communities where its employees live and work through collaborative partnerships that help improve the quality of life of employees, their families and their neighbours. Gulfstream’s community investments address education, health and wellness, sustainability and the environment, and arts and culture. Gulfstream also fosters a culture where employees take an active role in volunteerism.
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ell Helicopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical-lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary tiltrotor aircraft. Founded in 1935 as Bell Aircraft Corporation, Bell Helicopter continues to set the pace for the industry and expand the scope of vertical lift. An industry leader with unmatched name recognition, Bell Helicopter was the first to obtain commercial certification for a helicopter. Over our rich 80-year history, Bell Helicopter has delivered more than 35,000 aircraft to customers around the world.
The Company provides aviation support for the oil & gas industry
at all times; a true reflection of the Falcon Aviation Company culture.” It is this all-encompassing and confident move that is driving the Company’s three-pronged approach to establishing itself as an FBO and MRO in Dubai. Oberoi summarises: “The MRO 15,000m2 hangar at Al Maktoum International Airport is now under construction. It will comprise an MRO centre of business jets, with additional hangarage for all kinds of aircraft operational across the Middle East. Essentially, we will replicate the current MRO setup that we have at our main base in Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi.” The third part of this expansion strategy will see Falcon Aviation compete with the likes of worldclass aviation companies as it looks to establish itself as an FBO for VIP aircraft for business charters.
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Taking this one step further, the Company has a keen eye on additional growth opportunities in the GCC and MENA regions, having already completed operations in Senegal and Ghana in Africa. “Our foray into Kazakhstan [via Qazaq Air] shows just how quickly our expansion plans can escalate. On this occasion, we started from scratch leasing just three aircraft and achieving an impressive 500 flight hours in the first two months of operation,” he details.
Globally recognised for world-class customer service, innovation and superior quality, Bell Helicopter’s global workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft in more than 120 countries. In partnership with Hawker Pacific, a Bell Helicopter independent representative, Bell Helicopter has been serving the Middle East since 1967. Hawker Pacific brings to the Middle East 40 years of global experience, a leading market position and an established network of world-class facilities. We provide Bell Helicopter sales & services through a strategically Xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx located Service Centre in Dubai, plus a comprehensive range of aviation products and services delivered across an unmatched network throughout the Middle East. We are proud to have supported Falcon Aviation Services LLCn from its inception and will continue to support them as they move forward to a very exciting future. The reason why Hawker Pacific is ‘Aviation’s Trusted Choice.’
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FLIGHTSAFETY FlightSafety sets the standard as the world’s premier aviation training Company As aviation technology has improved over the past 20 years, training is required to master the new technology safely. FlightSafety has been the leading training provider for aviation professionals since 1951 and operates a wide variety of business, commercial and military aircrafts. Since our inception, FlightSafety has developed courses to provide pilots with the best possible training on the market. It starts with high-tech ground school classes to prepare them for their simulator training. FlightSafety elaborates and manufactures its own full flight Level D simulators (135 aircraft models using more than 320 flight simulators) with enhanced visual systems making the simulation as realistic as actual flights. Maintenance, repair and overhaul is a core value-add service for the Company
Making the best of it
With the fluctuating oil prices directly affecting all those serving the sector, Falcon Aviation has used this time as an opportunity to showcase its varied skillset to existing and potential clients; demonstrating the Company’s willingness to align its vast knowledge and expertise to theirs to become more cost-effective, without compromising on service levels. This business model has paid off for Falcon Aviation, who recorded 11,000 hours of helicopter travel for the oil & gas industry in 2015, up 20 percent on 2014’s figures. Oberoi explains: “This year, we forecast a further 20 percent growth, in-part due to the value-addition of our Q400 operations for our current oil projects. In light of the UAE Government’s recent announcement of a significant investment in the oil industry over the next five years,
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This year, we forecast a further 20 percent growth, in-part due to the value-addition of our Q400 operations for our current oil projects
FlightSafety’s 1,800 experienced instructors are here to provide high quality training across 167 countries in America, the EMEA and Asia-Pacific. The FlightSafety Falcon Training Centre in Le Bourget, France has been providing training for 40 years, offering pilot training, plus maintenance and cabin crew courses. The Falcon Training Centre also benefits from the OEM expertise and partnerships to enhance training programmes. This unprecedented global offer provided to Dassault and Embraer operators has the convenience of limiting crew’s immobilisation at a training facility and therefore reducing costs. While FlightSafety believes that superior training technology is key, first-class instruction is essential to making the sky a safer place. The best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained crew.TM
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or more than 35 years Helitrades has been carrying out the repair/ overhaul of Bell Helicopter Dynamic and Hydraulic components for customers in Canada and internationally. We have recently expanded our capabilities to include Bell Helicopter approved structural repair for tail booms and main fuselage on Bell Helicopter models 205, 206A/B, 206L, 212, 407 and 412. Helitrades is also an approved Service Centre for Woodward HRT hydraulic components installed in the various models of Bell Helicopters. We have been a proud supplier to Falcon Aviation Services LLC and other operators in the Middle East.
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expansion of the region’s oil fields has begun and thus places Falcon Aviation in a profitable position as we hope to become one of the leading providers of aviation services to the industry. Since oil prices have weakened, some of these projects have slowed down; but of course, they still continue, meaning we have not been affected as badly as we thought, and we have also had new enquiries as well. “Essentially, the industry is just as dependent on us as we are of them for their business as work must go on, even in these challenging times we must make the best of the situation together.” Despite the wider industry downturn, the Company is still heavily investing in its oil & gas fleet to prepare for future industry uplift; having recently purchased a further two 19-seater AW189 and two 10-seater AW169 helicopters. “Not only is this our way of preparing for the future, but continuous investment in
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Essentially, the industry is just as dependent on us as we are of them for their business as work must go on, even in these challenging times we must make the best of the situation together
a more diverse and newer fleet range represents another core element of our business: safety, which remains at the forefront of our business strategy. Moreover, these replacement helicopters will also have a bigger passenger carry capacity, therefore boosting efficiency for our clients. As a result, we improve customer trust and our reliability and we are hopeful that this investment will result in long-term returns,” he adds.
Hand-in-hand
Often coming hand-in-hand with technology - in some cases, to meet regulatory requirements - Falcon Aviation continuously invests in its safety procedures in order to meet the very high standards set out by the GCAA (UAE General Civil Aviation Authority) and other regional and world regulatory bodies. The subsequent reputation achieved has helped the Company to become noticed around the world.
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Rilpa Enterprises is a Family owned Helicopter support company with Experience and knowledge spanning generations. Rilpa has developed many STC replacement parts including New replacement Instruments for Bell 212 and 412 Aircraft, New replacement Inverters for Bell 204, 205, 212 and 214 Aircraft and the Newly re-released Casey Heater Kits for the Bell 206/206L. We pride ourselves on supporting Helicopter operators and maintenance facilities through a combination of our Component Overhaul shop, Avionics/ Instrument Shop and Spare Parts inventory for platforms including Bell Light and Medium Helicopters, MD500 series Helicopters and Airbus AS350 series Helicopters.
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There is no going backwards on the path we have taken: we have to continue modernising our fleets, services and solutions to become more efficient for the customer and remain competitive
Oberoi states: “Supported by a strong standalone internal safety and quality department, we are regularly audited and have made sure that we comply with all regulatory requirements. “There is no doubt that new technology will play a key support role for both safety and efficiency purposes, but for us, it is how we manage our investments in technology that matters. There is no going backwards on the path we have taken: we have to continue
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modernising our fleets, services and solutions to become more efficient for the customer and remain competitive.” Internally, Falcon Aviation is also adopting technology where necessary to deploy software systems to contribute to safer flying while also strengthening the Company’s support structure and efficiencies. “In tandem with this, we invest a significant amount of money in training as this is a crucial aspect of aviation. At any one time, we have approximately 120 pilots and 100 engineers under our employment,” he adds.
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Given the unexpected number of enquiries coming from the oil & gas portion of the Company’s service array that has simultaneously boosted current revenue streams and investor confidence, Falcon Aviation can restassured that its long-term vision to become the main service provider for
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the industry draws closer every day. Oberoi says: “It’s a good feeling when people come to us for business based on our strong industry reputation. Oil prices plummeted last year and yet we are continuing to grow which is promising for the business. However, given the volatile nature of the industry, we will continue to pushon with our diversification plan and grow into other areas of chartered and commercial aviation. “Ultimately, we will use this period of time where we are witnessing organic growth in oil & gas transportation as an opportunity to both consolidate our processes to become more efficient, as well as grow our presence in the Middle East.” Striving to provide even better solutions to be more cost-effective by working even closer with its clients, Falcon Aviation will continue modernising its fleet and safety policies on its path to becoming an
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industry leader. He concludes: “Growing at a fast pace, being careful as we go, we expect growth on all fronts. This would not be possible without the hard work of our staff and growing number of partners as they continue to provide an invaluable contribution on our path to success, setting the industry benchmark high in terms of safety, quality and customer service.”
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FALCON AVIATION SERVICES Headquarters: Al Bateen Executive Airport P.O Box 62030 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates General inquiries: +971 2 4448866 Charter sales: +971 2 4440007 E: sales@falconaviation.ae
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