Gama Readies New Sharjah FBO for Early 2026 Debut

Gama Aviation is in the home stretch on the construction of its $65 million business aviation center at the UAE’s Sharjah International Airport (OMSJ)—a facility it believes will establish a benchmark for private aviation services in the Middle East and beyond.

Sharjah is the birthplace of aviation in the UAE, home to the country’s first established airfield in 1932. While Gama has been providing business aviation ground-handling services in the emirate for more than a decade, its new facility—scheduled to open early next year—will include a 21,500-sq-ft, two-story terminal designed from the ground up to serve private aviation passengers.

Among its slated amenities: onsite immigration and customs services; a luxurious main lounge; private lounges with dedicated entertainment systems, business facilities, and staff attendants; a relaxation area with recliners and ambient lighting; and a cigar bar. Upstairs, an observation bar overlooking the ramp will provide gourmet dining and refreshments.

For crews, it will offer a lounge facing the ramp for preflight briefings and planning, sleep rooms, showers, 24-hour on-demand catering and refreshments for aircrew, and priority parking adjacent to the terminal.

The complex will also offer a 130,000-sq-ft hangar designed to accommodate Gama’s line maintenance operations with multiple OEM-type authorizations, as well as greatly increase the region’s secure aircraft shelter space. With wide-span doors and a clear internal height, it will allow direct taxi-in/taxi-out capability, minimizing the need for towing and allowing faster aircraft turnaround.

With no slot restrictions, uncongested airspace, and a half-hour drive to downtown Dubai, Gama’s services at OMSJ have experienced sustained growth year-over-year.

“We are not building this facility to meet expectations—we are designing it to exceed them,” said Tom Murphy, the company’s managing director of FBO services. “Every detail, from terminal flow to hangar layout, has been created around the client experience: faster transitions, greater privacy, and service excellence that defines the next chapter of Gama Aviation’s story.”