Why Visit Dubai MEBAA Show 2020:

• Al Maktoum International, next to the MEBAA Show site at Dubai World Central, saw a 265% increase in business aviation departures in Q3 2014 – a trend showing how rapidly Dubai’s new airport is expanding.

• But this doesn’t mean that Dubai International is lagging behind – it was the Middle East’s top airport for business aviation movements in 2014 with 15,851 movements by halfway through Q4.

•  26% of the Middle East’s business aviation fleet is based in the UAE, second only to Saudi Arabia which is home to 35%. It is worth noting that the average fleet age of the aircraft in the UAE is only 10 years old, whereas Saudi Arabia's fleet is 15 years old and the average for the entire region is nearly 12 years old.

•  The amount of active business aircraft in the Middle East has increased by 68% in the past 10 years.