Plans on this account that the forthcoming MEDEX Aerospace business aviation manifestation, better known as MEDEX2011, to subsist held in Malta from September 19 to 20, gain moved into top gear as organizers constrain together the finishing touches for what will not only be unique since the region, but also serve to dignify the islands rapidly growing aviation sector.
As caster and chairman of MEDEX Aerospace, DR. Marco Ciliberti, is well aware of the regions young breed of professional operators, furniture providers and Malta's emergence similar to a major centre for the persistence.
As in every challenging situation, Dr Ciliberti sees opportunities arising from the immediate fluid situation in the Maghreb countries and, because this will not last forever, Dr Ciliberti and his team are acting hard to ensure 2011 will have ~ing the year when the region has its principal dedicated aviation expo that caters as far as concerns the Mediterranean, North Africa and Southern European markets.
The setting up of the Malta Business Aviation Association has given the unavoidable impetus for this venture to take away. The financial crisis that engulfed the Mediterranean basin in 2008-2009 may jhave paused beneficial to a while the growth in the region, but since then demand has continued to grow unabated as more economies are chance up, fuelled by gas and oil efforts extraction and exploration.
Industry leaders resoluteness convene in Malta for MEDEX2011 to argue and explore more avenues available in the trade aviation industry within the Mediterranean division. When talking exclusively to World Airnews, Dr. Ciliberti explained that everyone felt the furniture of the downturn, and more freshly the instability, in the Maghreb locality, but flying hours and requests toward quotations increased significantly in 2010 and the sector was extending again this year.
"Not every putting out is healthy and MEDEX2011 will be discussing the best way forward. Additionally, MEDEX 2011 is the elementary serious attempt to bridge the hiatus between European and African operators. The issues centre of life tackled during workshops and seminars devise be specifically aimed at what operators in this work of the world is experiencing and by what mode to increase co-operation and standardization in this precise part of the world, "he declared.
While Dr. Ciliberti is well observant of the immense potential for in the same state expo, MEDEX2011 will aim to procure as many industry leaders in the province as possible to offer the just forum to assess, discuss and walk begone from the convention well aware of the couple the challenges as well as opportunities that flow and which will be of generous benefit to all stakeholders.
Up to a decade since, one could count the number of private jets on the Maltese register up~ the body one hand. Presently there are three major operators, namely Comlux, Orion and Carre that are again and again registering their aircraft on the Malta registrary. Malta is not the only nation experiencing such growth and, as similar, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco which are similarirly experiencing expansion, will feature prominently in this principal edition of MEDEX.
Discussing the the why and the wherefore behind the decision to launch the MEDEX Aviation line,Dr Ciliberti pointed out that being of the cl~s who the industry in the region expanded, likewise too did the challenges. Chief among these was the "grey market" at what place private owners, who do not be obliged air operator's certificates, offer charters, fabrication jets available to unscrupulous brokers.
"Its like a illness ," said Dr Ciliberti ,alleging that customers who knowingly purchased "grey flights" were "supporting some illegal operation" and putting themselves in danger because private aviation did not possess to follow the same rules forward pilot hours and maintenance that applied to patent of rights and immunities operators.
Major Event
The regions earnestness for a private aviation and Malta's name as a top holiday spot command ensure that MEDEX2011 will be individual of the major events in this minute sector.
Planning started in mid-2010 and this earliest Mediterranean aviation expo is expected to draw some 200 delegates from Southern Europe, North Africa and the Sahel countries.
The reckon of companies both locally and internationally, which are planning to exhibit and consider aircraft at MEDEX2011 is steadily enlarging. The organizers have not yet announced their names bound are expected to do so in the approach weeks. Exhibitors will include, among others, a amount to of the big six business jet airframers.MEDEX direction also see the participation of other less known operators keen to benefit from the upswing in claim for business flights. Among these undivided cannot omit Carre Aviation and Orion, one as well as the other of which have their aircraft registered in Malta and highly active on the African continent.
MEDEX2011 has fix the full support of Transport Malta, a mammoth organization that falls under the Ministry on the side of Transport and Infrastructure. The Civil Aviation Directorate, headed ~ means of Dr Ian Falzon is keen to consider MEDEX succeed as it is deplorable hard to make Malta a midst of excellence for business aviation and ACMI (aircraft, crew, and subsistence, insurance) operators.
As centre's of dealing aviation emerge in the Middle East and North Africa-from Libya to Lebanon-the MEDEX team is ~-sighted to grow with the regional powerhouses that are slowly, on the contrary surely, becoming forces with which to be reckoned in that part of the terraqueous globe.
There is little doubt that Sahel and North African countries have a title to a huge requirement for business aircraft, not condign new ones, but also pre-owned aircraft that resoluteness help launch a number of operators in the sphere in the not too distant what is yet to be.Cessna, Embraer, OMA SUD and piaggio are altogether keen to tap this emerging place of traffic.
While traditionally the Mediterranean basin has been a emporium for large-cabin business jets, a enlarging number of educated business people are attracted to the pattern of mid-size jets and turboprops, believing that efficiency is besides important than luxury.Nevertheless, besides the privilege market, there is also an emerging person for air ambulance and medevac missions.
Malta already serves as a base for ~y air ambulance operator Medilink, which operates from Luqa facile for immediate departure in the shortest team of time. It has already been involved in a tell off of medevac operations in North Africa.
MEDEX devise also see a number of premier brokers attending the show. Dr Ciliberti is poignant to see the introduction of renovated concepts being showcased at the adventure, among them pre-paid blocks of hours towards flights within the region. The concept is already popular in Northern Europe and the USA.
It is pitched at customers who soar 25 hours or more a year and promises one aircraft –in one of three cottage categories-at 48-hours notice. Some brokers repay unused airtime and flight credit not at any time expires.
With demand for business expedition and the availability of better aircraft increasing undeviatingly, MEDEX2011 is being looked upon for example the "must-attend" event of the year despite business aviation operators in this interest of the Mediterranean, North African and Southern European country.