Dubai Company Orders First VIP-configured Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty

Dubai-based real estate, hospitality, investment, and philanthropy group Five has purchased what will be the first VIP-configured ACJ TwoTwenty. The aircraft will be completed by Comlux Group, which was chosen by Airbus Corporate Jets as the exclusive outfitter for the first 15 TwoTwenty airframes.

At a recent ceremony announcing the deal at the Five Palm Jumeirah hotel, Five chairman Kabir Mulchandani said his company's acquisition of the ACJ marks “a key milestone in the development of Five’s bouquet of offerings.” Five has selected Comlux Aviation to operate the ACJ TwoTwenty commercially through an exclusive charter agreement under Comlux’s air operator certificate in Malta.

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Expected to enter service in 2023, the aircraft—registered as 9H-FIVE—will arrive at Comlux’s completions unit in Indianapolis in January for outfitting.

Comlux chairman and CEO Richard Gaona predicts that his company will be operating up to of 15 of the type in the future. Five’s ACJ TwoTwenty will be based at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai World Central and available starting in early 2023 for the company's guests, charters, and demo flights.