Royal Jet and Arabsco renew their vows

The agreement, which renews the partnership agreed a year ago, was signed by Royal Jet’s President & CEO, Shane O’Hare and ARABASCO’s President & CEO, Ret. Brig. General Mohammed Al Shablan, at Royal Jet’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Also present were other senior Royal Jet management.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Royal Jet will continue to operate under the Arabasco AOC (Aircraft Operators Certificate) at the company’s key hubs in Jeddah and Riyadh, providing crew, a full operations team and all the necessary supporting logistics.

ARABASCO’s premier Fixed Based Operations (FBO) and maintenance facility company in the kingdom offers a variety of aircraft maintenance, management and ground handling services to private, VIP and business jets in Saudi Arabia.

“The renewing of our agreement will optimise our extensive, combined experience and expertise in luxury private jet travel, to address the Kingdom’s regional and global executive travel needs,” said O’Hare.

“We look forward to another year of partnership to further strengthen and develop this alliance as we continue our commitment to Arabasco and we were geared up for the expected busy summer traffic from the Kingdom,” O’Hare added.

From its private terminals within the Kingdom, Arabasco and Royal Jet will continue to offer private jet charter, as well as domestic and international travel from Saudi Arabia to cities like London, Moscow, Bangkok, as well as other business and leisure hubs in the region.

For his part, Al Shablan emphasized the significance of his comnpany’s ties with Royal Jet in terms of meeting the demand for luxurious private jet travel in the Saudi Arabian market.

He explained: “Saudi Arabia has a regional advantage as the single largest and most mature private jet market. Therefore, maintaining sufficient levels of liquidity and providing uncompromising service standards has become a benchmark and one we constantly strive to exceed.

“Arabasco’s alliance with Royal Jet has provided a huge boost to executive business aviation in Saudi Arabia. The new agreement will undoubtedly enable us to continue meeting the fast growing market demand by providing executives and families alike with superior private jet service.”