Jetex (company)

2005–2010

Jetex was launched in November 2005 by Adel Mardini, a businessman, founder and CEO of Jetex at the Dubai Airshow.[1] The company focused on flight support and arranging charter flights. In February 2009, Jetex opened its first FBO facility at Paris-Le Bourget Airport.[2]

In 2010, Jetex launched its Asian operations with the opening of a 24/7 operations center at Beijing Capital Airport.[3]

2012–2015

In October 2012, the company expanded into the Americas market.[4] In May 2013, the company signed an agreement with Honeywell to mutually re-sell their services.[5]

In October 2014, the company expanded to the United States with the opening of an Operations Center in Miami, Florida.[6] In 2015, Jetex partnered with JetSmarter to operate most of JetSmarter's global charter flights via Jetex facilities.[7]

In May 2015, Jetex established an FBO at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, in collaboration with Chile's Santiago FBO.[8]   In November 2015, the company launched an FBO in Toluca, Mexico. In the same year, it opened a new Ground Support Station at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.[9]

2016– present

In early 2016, the company launched the world's first Rolls-Royce airside shuttle service at its FBO Terminal in Dubai, UAE.[10] In 2016, Jetex opened an FBO Terminal in Marseille, France[11] in Casablanca and Marrakech (Morocco)[12] and a big FBO Terminal at Dubai South.[13]

In 2017, Jetex opened terminal and FBO at São Paulo Guarulhos Airport and in Muscat and Salalah.[14][15] In April 2018, Jetex formed a partnership with Wright Electric, an American company specializing in building electric aircraft. The partnership made Jetex the first general aviation company to support electric aircraft for short-haul flights.[16] In 2018, Jetex Abidjan, the first FBO in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, become fully operational.[17]

In August 2021, the company started expanded its operations in Latin America with new locations in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.[18][19] At the same year, the company announced partnerships with JetClub to expand its HondaJet fractional ownership program[20][21] and with Eve, an Embraer Company, to deploy and operate urban air mobility (UAM) taxi systems.[22]

In January 2022, the company partnered with Berlin Neuhardenberg Airport to develop the world's first Pure Green Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in Berlin.[23][24]

In January 2023, Jetex entered the UK market with an FBO at dedicated business aviation gateway London Biggin Hill Airport (EGKB).[25]