Falcon Aviation, the Abu Dhabi-based VIP jet and helicopter service provider, has broken ground on an $80mn VIP completion centre at Dubai World Central.
Scheduled for completion by the end of 2015, the first of its kind in the Middle East will be spread across 13,705m2.
The facility will provide enhanced and customised services to VIP customers and will also feature a hangar equipped to accommodate up to an Airbus A380. In addition, it will offer VIP lounges, workshops, offices, and an in-house design studio for its elite clientele.
His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, chairman, Falcon Aviation, said: “We are proud to offer the first facility of its kind in the Middle East. This is a significant achievement – for Falcon, for DWC and for the UAE. With the boom of the aviation industry in the Middle East, the opening of such facilities puts the region at the leading edge of aerospace technology.
“Falcon Aviation not only fills a niche in the VIP completion market, providing an exclusive service to aircraft owners and operators in the Middle East, it brings the UAE closer to becoming the global trade hub of the world.”
Falcon Aviation has partnered with global market leaders for the development of the completion centre including Bombardier, Integrated Aerospace Alliance LLC., CDG and Rockwell Collins.
The Falcon Hangar and completion facility and MRO will be built by consulting architects ARKIPLAN. ASI GLOBAL has been appointed to design the stressed arch hangar while Mabani Steel will fabricate and erect the steel structure. Leading UAE contractor Al Shafar National Contracting is the builder and main contractor for the project.
