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November 21, 2024

Abu Dhabi Flight School Buys Diamond Aircraft

Manufacturer Expands Private Market Reach In Middle East

Diamond Aircraft sealed a contract with Abu Dhabi’s Project Aviation Flight School for two DA40 and one DA42 aircraft, the company announced at the recent Air Expo Abu Dhabi 2024. The Diamond DA40 single-engine and the twin-engine DA42 are growing in popularity in the UAE and wider Middle East region and are used worldwide by flight schools to train the next generation of pilots. The diesel engine-powered aircraft feature Garmin glass cockpit avionics with the efficiency and sustainability of using jet fuel.

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Clay Lacy Breaks Ground At John Wayne Airport

World’s First Envision Gold Certified FBO

Clay Lacy Aviation announced the groundbreaking on a sustainability-focused FBO development at John Wayne Airport (KSNA) in Santa Ana, California. The project is the largest private infrastructure investment in the airport’s history and will involve the redevelopment of it existing 14-acre footprint to establish the world’s first ISI Envision Gold Certified FBO by the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure.

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Venezuelan Gets Prison Time For Evading Aviation Sanctions

Illegally Acquired Parts To Repair Aircraft For State-Owned Oil Company

George Semerene Quintero, of Venezuela, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to evade U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro regime by illegally acquiring aircraft parts to service airplanes used by PdVSA, a Venezuelan state-owned oil company. Court documents provided by attorneys for the Southern District of Florida showed that after learning about the sanctions imposed on the Maduro government and PdVSA, Semerene and his accomplices conspired to illegally procure aircraft bearings, rudder parts, joint slide flexes, and actuators from the U.S. to service PdVSA’s fleet in Venezuela...

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