Key Takeaways
- Abdulla Bin Zayed Investment Group (ABZI) has operated since 1990 and now spans 8+ companies across Aviation, Real Estate, Energy, and Logistics.
- Within aviation, two ABZI companies cover two different layers of keeping aircraft flying: Dolphin Air handles engineering, maintenance, and spare parts, while Aviation Solutions supplies Jet A-1 fuel to airlines, cargo operators, and charter services.
- Dolphin Air also operates Dolphin Air Charters, an air cargo charter service across the Middle East, alongside its core MRO work.
- Aviation Solutions runs 24/7 fuel operations and supports pricing across global locations, not just the UAE.
Abdulla Bin Zayed Investment Group has grown, since 1990, into a group of more than eight companies working across aviation, real estate, energy, and logistics. Two of those companies sit inside aviation specifically, and they cover ground that doesn’t overlap: one keeps aircraft airworthy, the other keeps them fueled. This spotlight looks at what Dolphin Air and Aviation Solutions actually do, and how the two fit together inside the group.
What Is Abdulla Bin Zayed Investment Group?
Abdulla Bin Zayed Investment Group is a Dubai-based holding group that has operated since 1990. Per the group’s own published figures, it now comprises 8+ companies across 7+ industries, with 50+ certificates held group-wide. Its stated operating principles are innovation, integrity, and quality, applied across sectors that include aviation, real estate, and energy.
Aviation is one part of a wider portfolio. Outside its two aviation companies, ABZI also operates Al Hamar Real Estate, ABZ Electronics, Al Saqr Engineering, Al Saqr Gas, Al Bazi Landscaping, and MAHA Balloon Adventures, spanning real estate, technical services, gas distribution, landscaping, and adventure tourism. That spread is what the group’s “7+ diverse industries” figure actually refers to: aviation is one sector among several, not the whole business.
Dolphin Air: Aircraft Engineering, Maintenance, and Charter
Dolphin Air is ABZI’s aircraft engineering and maintenance company, based in Dubai. Its core work covers MRO services, aircraft engineering support, and a supply of aircraft spare parts, built around keeping day-to-day flight operations running without avoidable delays.
Alongside that technical work, Dolphin Air also operates Dolphin Air Charters, an air cargo charter service across the Middle East, handling aircraft sourcing and charter logistics from planning through execution. That charter arm sits apart from the maintenance business: one keeps aircraft airworthy, the other moves cargo on them.
MRO, short for maintenance, repair, and overhaul, is the umbrella term for the work that keeps an aircraft legally airworthy between flights: scheduled inspections, component repairs, and technical documentation that regulators and insurers both rely on. Spare parts availability matters here as much as the labor itself; an aircraft grounded waiting on a part costs an operator the same lost revenue as one grounded for the repair. Within the group, Dolphin Air sits alongside other ABZI technical-services companies, including Al Saqr Engineering’s calibration work and Al Saqr Gas’s distribution services, giving the group a technical-services footprint that extends beyond aviation alone.
For the full service list and contact details, see Dolphin Air’s company page.
Aviation Solutions: Fuel Supply for a Moving Industry
Aviation Solutions is ABZI’s aviation fuel supply company, also based in Dubai. It manages Jet A-1 fuel supply and airline fuel procurement, working with commercial airlines, cargo operators, and charter services that need fuel on schedule rather than on a best-effort basis.
The company runs fuel operations around the clock and states pricing support across global locations, not only within the UAE, positioning it as a fuel trading partner for operators with routes beyond the Gulf. Where Dolphin Air’s work happens on the aircraft itself, Aviation Solutions’ work happens before the aircraft leaves the ground.
Jet A-1 is the standard turbine fuel used by commercial jet aircraft worldwide, and supply reliability is an operational issue, not just a commercial one: a delayed fuel delivery has the same effect on a flight schedule as a delayed maintenance sign-off. For airlines and charter operators juggling tight turnaround windows, having a fuel supplier that answers around the clock removes one more variable from a schedule that already has enough of them. More detail is on Aviation Solutions’ company page.
Why Two Aviation Companies Under One Group?
Fuel supply and aircraft maintenance are two different layers of keeping an aircraft in service, and neither substitutes for the other. An aircraft can be fully fueled and still grounded for a maintenance finding; it can be freshly serviced and still unable to fly without fuel on the ramp. Having both under one group doesn’t merge the two functions, it just means an ABZI-connected operator has a call to make for either need.
That structure mirrors how ABZI approaches its other sectors, too: separate operating companies with distinct, named scopes, rather than one company stretched across unrelated services. Al Saqr Gas doesn’t do landscaping and Al Bazi Landscaping doesn’t calibrate instruments; in aviation, Dolphin Air doesn’t sell fuel and Aviation Solutions doesn’t turn wrenches. Each company answers for its own scope, which is also why this spotlight covers them separately rather than blending their services into one description.
Explore ABZI’s Aviation Companies
Dolphin Air and Aviation Solutions cover different parts of what keeps an aircraft operating, from the fuel it needs before departure to the maintenance that keeps it airworthy between flights. Visit each company page directly for services, contact details, and location.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Abdulla Bin Zayed Investment Group do?
ABZI is a Dubai-based holding group, operating since 1990, with 8+ companies across aviation, real estate, energy, and logistics, including Dolphin Air and Aviation Solutions in aviation.
What is Dolphin Air?
Dolphin Air is ABZI’s Dubai-based aircraft engineering and maintenance company, covering MRO services, engineering support, and aircraft spare parts, alongside its Dolphin Air Charters air cargo charter arm.
What is Aviation Solutions?
Aviation Solutions is ABZI’s aviation fuel supply company, managing Jet A-1 fuel supply and procurement for commercial airlines, cargo operators, and charter services, with 24/7 fuel operations.
Are Dolphin Air and Aviation Solutions the same company?
No. They’re separate companies under the ABZI group, covering different functions: Dolphin Air handles aircraft engineering and maintenance, while Aviation Solutions handles fuel supply.
