"THE PERCEPTION IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE"

In an exclusive chat with Jayant Baranwal, Chairman and Managing Director, SP Guide Publications at the recently concluded MEBAA 2024, Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, Chairman of the IBAC Governing Board, and Founding Chairman, Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) shared his insights and vision on Business Aviation's Role, Challenges and a Sustainable Future

- Jayant Baranwal

Jayant Baranwal (Baranwal): What are the key roles business aviation play in the interest of world countries and society? Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi (Alnaqbi): Well, business aviation, you know, plays so many roles and the most important is, contributes in the growth of economies. The people who actually make the investment are our clients, so we carry them safely from one place to another place. Our role as business aviation is very important, taking the investors safely from one place to another place. Sometimes, we also take them to a new area where airline cannot reach and that’s the leverage of having a business aircraft. The business aircraft can land not only in a big airport, it can land anywhere, with special permission. Airlines cannot go except to a hub, which we have seen. And then we are, as you know, part of economy development. We are part of the process of creation of jobs. We create jobs for thousands and millions of people around the world.