MoonJet Flight Support is aiming to open an office in the Chinese capital Beijing by year-end. The trip support company is based in Amman, Jordan, and already has satellite offices in the United Arab Emirates, the UK, Austria, Russia, Africa and the U.S.

The seven-year-old company specializes in helping operators with arrangements for trips through the Middle East and Africa, with services including flight permit applications, fuel purchases, handling arrangements and booking hotel accommodation. “We are a medium-size company, and we can focus more on our clients and provide a more personalized service,” MoonJet president and CEO Michel Jako told AIN.

In China, MoonJet expects to employ five or six people, who mainly will be serving operators from outside China. “It can be difficult to operate in China, where it can take three days to get a landing permit,” Jako explained.