Barcelona-based Corporatejets XXI has agreed to position its Falcon 900C with a private company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Jacint Puigmarti, commercial director, says: "The aircraft will be used for the Saudi company's corporate use as well as being available for third party charter to clients based in the Middle East. The company will pay for the hours they use and will also, in conjunction with Corporatejets XXI, sell charter flights under Corporatejets XXI's Spanish Air Operators Certificate."

Puigmarti explains: "In the current European economic climate we had to look at where the aircraft was going to fly the most hours. Dubai is already a crowded charter market, while in Saudi there are fewer competitors, yet it is an expanding market so this arrangement makes very good sense."

The Falcon 900C will remain under Corporatejets XXI management and the operator will provide full crews on rotation. Line maintenance will be carried out in the Middle East while major maintenance requirements will see the aircraft return to Dassault in Paris. Corporatejets XXI's new Falcon 2000LX is on schedule for delivery in October. It will augment the company's Falcon 900C and two Citation XLSs and be based in Barcelona.