Aurora To Open First FBO wth Fujairah
EBACE Convention News » May 15, 2012 by Neelam Mathews May 14, 2012, 10:30 PM Aurora Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership agreement to run the first full-service FBO at Fujairah International Airport (FIA) in the United Arab Emirates. “We are looking to make Fujairah our hub,” Aurora CEO Ammar Kutait told AIN . Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman on the country's east coast instead of on the Persian Gulf. A new highway connects it with Dubai. “We see a huge demand [for business aviation] as the UAE has the second largest fleet in the region after Saudi Arabia,” said FIA general manager Khaled Almazroui. “We see good growth prospects for Fujairah, so decided to build an FBO here. We are very competitive. Our landing and parking charges...