Luxaviation Helicopters and Azur Hélicoptère have
announced a new partnership which will bring a
seamless private helicopter and jet experience to
clients visiting the South of France.
Luxaviation Helicopters, part of the Luxaviation
Group, will work together with Azur Hélicoptère -
one of France's leading helicopter companies based
at Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport and
Cannes-Mandelieu Airport - to provide helicopter
transfers to clients’ end destinations in the
region.
Azur
Hélicoptère’s clients will have access to the
Luxaviation Group’s fleet of more than 260 aircraft,
25 world-class FBO facilities and 14 maintenance
centres across Europe, Middle East, Africa,
Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean and Latin America,
managed by the Luxaviation Sales Office on the
French Riviera.
Elodie Mekhmoukh,
Sales Manager, Azur Hélicoptère, will operate the
Luxaviation Charter Desk on the French Riviera,
coordinating all charter requests.
Charlotte Pedersen,
Chief Executive Officer, Luxaviation Helicopters,
says: “Azur Hélicoptère was our first choice for a
partnership on the Côte d’Azur due to their
long-term establishment in the area, their high
level of quality, safety and client support. We look
to partner with companies which match our own high
standards in private aviation, and those with which
we can establish a long-term relationship to greatly
benefit our clients.”
Michel de Rohozinski,
President of Azur Hélicoptère, says: “This major
partnership marks an exciting time for our business
and our clients. We look forward to working closely
with Luxaviation to provide an outstanding service
in the South of France, and we will work together to
develop our client service, operational support and
future business developments.”
In further
news from Luxaviation . . .
Opening of Central Operations Support department
Luxaviation Group is announcing the opening of its
Central Operations Support service, replacing
ExecuJet’s former Shared Services department.
Luxaviation’s Central Operations Support, based in
Cambridge, UK, will oversee the provision of CAMO,
dispatch, crew training management and crew travel
coordination for most companies under the umbrella
of the Luxaviation Group and will support aircraft
and crews globally.
Stuart Williamson,
Director, Central Operations Support, Luxaviation,
says: “Following our integration with ExecuJet, the
former Shared Services department grew to provide
services for most of the Group’s entities. The
department provides a consistent level of service
excellence supporting most aircraft in the
Luxaviation Group’s fleet. The transition to Central
Operations Support now enables us to provide a team
of more than 90 staff who manage a much higher
number of aircraft. We are looking forward to
bringing on additional team members who can manage a
larger, international organisation."
Group Broker Desk unites global charter fleet
Luxaviation’s Group Broker Desk, the operator’s
first worldwide sales office, continues to unite the
global charter fleet since launching in December
2016. The Group Broker Desk provides brokers and
clients with access to Luxaviation’s fleet of
aircraft from every entity of the business, offering
more solutions and a quicker and easier charter
process.
Chris Watson,
Head of the Group Broker Desk, says: “We continue to
develop our relationships with brokers and clients,
supported by our colleagues in the Group’s global
charter offices. We also work very closely with our
Group Broker Desk satellite offices in Miami, Moscow
and Hong Kong where the teams are building and
developing relationships with brokers in their own
regions.”
Luxaviation becomes largest European handler of the
Embraer Phenom 300
Luxaviation is now the largest European handler of
the Embraer Phenom 300, after the acquisition of its
third model for its fleet in Germany. The aircraft
are privately owned, but will be managed by
Luxaviation Germany and made available for full
commercial charter services by PAD Aviation, a
German business aviation operator that Luxaviation
has worked with successfully since 2014.
Joachim Krueger,
Managing Director, Luxaviation Germany, says: “In
the space of just one year, we have gone from
managing one Phenom 300 to three. We operate the
aircraft on behalf of their owners and use PAD
Aviation to dispatch them and to provide a complete
charter service. “The partnership with PAD Aviation
has proven very successful, as Luxaviation provides
the backing of a global AOC operation and PAD
Aviation focuses on the local client and their
wishes, serving the charter market with a bespoke
service for brokers and clients.”
Luxaviation’s fleet in Germany is made up of 14
aircraft, including the recently acquired Phenoms.
The operator will be welcoming a fourth Phenom 300
to its fleet later this year.
ExecuJet and Luxaviation Group celebrate strength of
international FBO network
ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, is
celebrating a series of successful initiatives
across its 25-strong FBO network over the past 12
months.
Ettore
Poggi,
who was appointed to the new role of
Group FBO Director on 1 November 2016 to
oversee the development of ExecuJet’s
and the Luxaviation Group’s growing FBO
business, says: “We are extremely proud
of the development of our network over
the last year. We have successfully
integrated Luxaviation’s existing FBOs,
expanded and refurbished a number of
ExecuJet FBOs and opened four new FBOs
in Brussels, Monterrey, St Maarten and
Sydney.
“The
services we provide at our FBO
facilities are world-class. We own and
maintain all of our own ground support
equipment, an intrinsic part of our
service offering, reducing potential
delays and safety related incidents for
our clients.”
ExecuJet
has also recently been recognized by
IBAC as an early adopter ‘trailblazer’
of the IS-BAH Programme, in response to
ExecuJet’s pioneering initiatives in
best practice within the business
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Ettore
Poggi |
Gerrit Basson,
President, Luxaviation Group, says: “Together,
ExecuJet and the Luxaviation Group are setting new
standards in business aviation management, customer
service and safety. We work toward the most highly
recognized industry regulations in order to deliver
excellence at all of our FBOs and in every area of
our business.”
New FBOs opened by ExecuJet
In
June 2016, ExecuJet announced the acquisition of its
first FBO in the Caribbean region, at Princess
Juliana International Airport on the island of St.
Maarten. Also in June, ExecuJet celebrated the
opening of its first Mexican FBO at Del Norte
International Airport in Monterrey, Mexico. The
state-of-the-art facility offers the largest
handling area at Del Norte’s General Aviation
Terminal (GAT) and also boasts the largest hangar in
the north of Mexico, covering an area of 3,700 m².
In February 2017, ExecuJet expanded its presence in
Sydney, Australia, with the acquisition of an FBO to
complement its existing maintenance, flight
operations and administration facility. The recently
renovated FBO is located at Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith
Airport, just 12km from the city centre, and
consists of a dedicated VIP guest lounge, passenger
amenities and private meeting rooms for guests in
transit and Customs & Immigration processing
facilities.
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Brussels
FBO |
ExecuJet has seen its new Brussels FBO gain IS-BAH
accreditation, making it the first FBO facility in
Belgium to do so. The Brussels FBO, previously
managed by Abelag and now integrated under
management by ExecuJet since December 2016, is based
at Brussels International Airport, 6.5nm north-east
of the city centre. It offers first class facilities
and operations including VVIP lounges with
exceptional views of the runway, three well-equipped
meeting rooms with free Wi-Fi and full crew
facilities including a pilot’s lounge and two
private hangars.
Following the acquisition of the largest FBO at
Munich International Airport from EBAS, the ExecuJet
Munich FBO has been refurbished with a dedicated
crew room/restroom and a separate passenger lounge
with boardroom. ExecuJet’s Delhi FBO was completed
and work has begun on a new airside passenger
lounge.
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