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Business aviation in France

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Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile - www.ecologie.gouv.fr/direction-generale-laviation-civile-dgac

Registered business aircraft:
1,442

Based business air charter operators:
52

Based business aircraft for charter:
437

Business air charter brokers:
53

Most prevalent aircraft types:

1	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	208
2	Airbus Helicopters H135	86
3	Airbus Helicopters H145	82
4	Piper twin piston	65
5	Airbus Helicopters H120	57
6	TBM700/850/900	50
7	Pilatus PC-6	48
8	Aerospatiale SE313	43
9	Beechcraft Twin Piston	40
10	Bell 206B JetRanger	39
11	Airbus Helicopters AS365	38
12	Beechcraft King Air 200	32
13	Eurocopter AS355	32
14	Cessna Caravan	27
15	Falcon 20/200	25
16	Airbus Helicopters H130	25
17	Beechcraft 1900	23
18	Aerospatiale SA316/8/9	22
19	Pilatus PC-12	21
20	Citation Mustang	19
21	Diamond DA62	19
22	Embraer ERJ-135	19
23	ATR42/72	18
24	Beechcraft King Air 90	17
25	Cessna 300 series	16
26	Beechcraft King Air 300	16
27	Diamond Twin Star	16
28	Airbus ACJ320	15
29	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	14
30	Falcon 8X	13
31	Airbus Helicopters H160	13
32	Partenavia P.68	13
33	Airbus Helicopters H215/H225/AS332	13
34	Falcon 7X	12
35	Viking DHC-6	12
36	P180 Avanti	12
37	Falcon 50	10
38	Cessna 400 series	10
39	Global 6000/Express/XRS	10
40	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	10
41	Embraer Legacy 600/650	10
42	Falcon 2000 EASy	10
43	Aerospatiale SA315B	9
44	Embraer Phenom 300	9
45	Cessna Citation CJ2	9
46	Agusta A109	9
47	Piper PA-46 Malibu/Mirage	9
48	Citation M2	8
49	Embraer Phenom 100	8
50	Citation 550/551	8
51	MDH 500	7
52	Falcon 900EASy	7
53	Robinson R66	7
54	Hawker 750/800/900	7
55	Falcon 10/100	6
56	AgustaWestland AW139	6
57	Britten Norman BN-2 Islander	6
58	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	6
59	Airbus Helicopters H155B	5
60	Falcon 900	5
61	Piper PA-31T	5
62	Aerospatiale SA341/2 G	5
63	Boeing B-737	4
64	Pilatus PC-24	4
65	Bell 206L LongRanger	4
66	Challenger 300	4
67	Citation Latitude	4
68	HondaJet	4
69	Cessna Citation CJ3	4
70	Sikorsky S-76	4
71	Bell 407	4
72	Aerospatiale SA360C	4
73	Tecnam P2012	3
74	Embraer Praetor 600	3
75	Gulfstream G500/G550	3
76	Embraer EMB 120	3
77	Global 5000	3
78	Tecnam P2006T	3
79	Airbus Helicopters H175	3
80	Airbus ACJ330	3
81	Global 7500	3
82	Bell 212	3
83	Let 410	3
84	Daher Kodiak	3
85	Hawker 1000	2
86	Jetstream 31/41	2
87	Falcon 6X	2
88	Commander 500/680	2
89	Citation 560XL	2
90	Gulfstream G650	2
91	Falcon 2000	2
92	Boeing BBJ1	2
93	Bell 429	2
94	Boeing B-747	2
95	Citation 650	1
96	Embraer Legacy 500	1
97	Challenger 604	1
98	Gulfstream G500/G600	1
99	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	1
100	Airbus ACJ318	1
101	Embraer Praetor 500	1
102	Citation 500/501	1
103	Bombardier CRJ200	1
104	Challenger 605	1
105	Gulfstream G280	1
106	Global 8000	1
107	Gulfstream GV	1
108	Boeing BBJ3	1
109	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
110	Embraer E170/190	1
111	Gulfstream GII	1
112	Learjet 70/75	1
113	Airbus A310	1
114	Aerospatiale SA330J	1
115	Corvette	1
116	CASA C-212	1
117	Britten Norman BN2T	1
118	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	1
119	Cirrus Vision Jet	1
120	Cessna F406 Caravan	1
121	Partenavia AP.68TP	1
122	Enstrom 480	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Paris (Le Bourget)	55 business aviation companies active
2	Nice/Cote d'Azur	36
3	Basel-Mulhouse	26
4	Cannes (Mandelieu)	25
5	Marseille/Provence	18
6	Toulouse (Blagnac)	17
7	Bordeaux (Merignac)	17
8	Paris (Charles de Gaulle)	16
9	Lyon (Bron)	16
10	Annecy (Meythet)	15
11	Paris (Orly)	13
12	Lyon (Saint Exupery)	13
13	Paris (Paris-Saclay-Versailles)	11
14	Gap (Tallard)	11
15	Lille (Lesquin)	10
16	Chambery (Savoie Mont Blanc)	10
17	Le Castellet International	9
18	Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrenees)	8
19	Perpignan (Rivesaltes)	8
20	Nantes (Atlantique)	8
21	Grenoble (Alpes Isere)	8
22	Nimes (Garons)	7
23	Pau/Pyrenees	7
24	La Rochelle (Ile de Re)	7
25	Chateauroux (Chateauroux-Deols)	7
26	Toulouse (Toulouse Francazal)	6
27	Toulon (Hyeres)	6
28	Clermont-Ferrand/Auvergne	6
29	Le Cannet-des-Maures (Le Luc-Le Cannet)	5
30	Paris (Issy Les Moulineaux)	5
31	Valence (Chabeuil)	5
32	Troyes (Barberey)	5
33	Montpellier (Mediterranee)	5
34	Colmar (Houssen)	5
35	Chalons (Paris-Vatry)	5
36	Avignon (Avignon-Provence)	5
37	Ajaccio (Napoleon Bonaparte)	5
38	Aix en Provence (Les Milles)	5
39	Tours (Val de Loire)	4
40	Strasbourg (Entzheim)	4
41	St Brieuc (Armor)	4
42	Rennes (St Jacques)	4
43	Paris (Pontoise Cormeilles-en-Vexin)	4
44	Limoges (Bellegarde)	4
45	Le Puy (Loudes)	4
46	Le Mans (Arnage)	4
47	La Roche-sur-Yon (Les Ajoncs)	4
48	St. Tropez (La Mole)	4
49	Dinard (Pleurtuit-St Malo)	4
50	Dijon-Bourgogne	4
51	Chalon Champforgeuil	4
52	Bastia (Poretta)	4
53	Auxerre (Branches)	4
54	Auch (Gers)	4
55	Annemasse	4
56	Brest (Bretagne)	4
57	Lorient (Sud Bretagne)	3
58	Villefranche (Tarare)	3
59	Vannes (Meucon)	3
60	Valenciennes (Charles Nungesser)	3
61	St Nazaire (Montoir)	3
62	Saint-Etienne Loire	3
63	Rouen (Vallee de Seine)	3
64	Rodez Aveyron	3
65	Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)	3
66	Reims (Prunay)	3
67	Perigueux (Bassillac)	3
68	Morlaix (Ploujean)	3
69	Metz-Nancy/Lorraine	3
70	Merville (Calonne)	3
71	Melun (Paris-Villaroche)	3
72	Laval (Entrammes)	3
73	La Baule-Escoublac	3
74	Dole (Tavaux)	3
75	Cherbourg (Maupertus)	3
76	Caen (Carpiquet)	3
77	Bourges	3
78	Beziers (Cap d'Agde)	3
79	Beauvais (Tille)	3
80	Angers (Marce)	3
81	Valserhone (Bellegarde-Vouvray)	2
82	Chateaudun	2
83	Crozon (Lanveoc Poulmic AB)	2
84	Albertville (General Pierre Delachenal)	2
85	Dax Seyresse	2
86	Brive (Souillac)	2
87	Courchevel	2
88	St Yan	2
89	Saumur (St Florent)	2
90	Sarlat (Domme)	2
91	Quimper (Pluguffan)	2
92	Poitiers (Biard)	2
93	Pamiers (Les Pujols)	2
94	Orleans (St Denis de L'Hotel)	2
95	Nevers (Fourchambault)	2
96	Nancy (Essey)	2
97	Muret (L'Herm)	2
98	Montlucon-Gueret	2
99	Montbeliard (Courcelles)	2
100	Macon-Charnay	2
101	Les Sables D'Olonne (Talmont)	2
102	Le Touquet (Elizabeth II)	2
103	Le Havre (Octeville)	2
104	Lapalisse (Perigny)	2
105	Lannion	2
106	Ile D'Yeu (Le Grand Phare)	2
107	Haguenau	2
108	Grenoble (Le Versoud)	2
109	Gray (Saint Adrien)	2
110	Graulhet (Montdragon)	2
111	Figari (Sud Corse)	2
112	Etampes (Mondesir)	2
113	Epinal (Mirecourt)	2
114	Deauville (Normandie)	2
115	Charleville-Mezieres	2
116	Castres-Mazamet	2
117	Carcassone (Salvaza)	2
118	Calvi (Sainte Catherine)	2
119	Calais-Dunkerque	2
120	Cahors (Lalbenque)	2
121	Blois (Le Breuil)	2
122	Biarritz Pays Basque	2
123	Besancon (La Veze)	2
124	Bergerac (Dordogne Perigord)	2
125	Autun (Bellevue)	2
126	Aurillac	2
127	Angouleme (Cognac)	2
128	Ancenis	2
129	Albi (Le Sequestre)	2
130	Albert (Amiens-Henry Potez International)	2
131	Agen (La Garenne)	2
132	Jonzac Neulles	1
133	Istres (Le Tube)	1
134	Heliport de Grimaud	1
135	Saint-Florentin Cheu	1
136	Meaux-Esbly	1
137	Salon de Provence AB	1
138	Cuers (Pierrefeu)	1
139	Paris (Saint-Cyr-l’École)	1
140	Cognac Chateaubernard AB	1
141	La Barre-de-Monts (Beauvoir-Fromentine)	1
142	Lille (Marq-en-Baroeul)	1
143	Orel Airfield/Private Airfield	1
144	Issoire/Le Broc	1
145	Ramonchamp	1
146	Montelimar Ancone	1
147	Megeve	1
148	Cerny (La Ferte-Alais)	1
149	Dijon (Darois)	1
150	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	1
151	Vichy (Charmeil)	1
152	Vesoul (Frotey)	1
153	Verdun (Le Rozelier)	1
154	Ussel (Thalamy)	1
155	St Girons (Antichan)	1
156	St Flour (Coltines)	1
157	St Die (Remomeix)	1
158	Soulac sur Mer	1
159	Solenzara	1
160	Semur en Auxois	1
161	Sedan (Douzy)	1
162	Saulieu (Liernais)	1
163	Sarrebourg (Buhl)	1
164	Royan (Medis)	1
165	Roanne (Renaison)	1
166	Redon (Bains sur Oust)	1
167	Quiberon	1
168	Propriano	1
169	Pontivy	1
170	Pontarlier	1
171	Persan-Beaumont	1
172	Peronne-St Quentin	1
173	Oyonnax (Arbent)	1
174	Ouessant	1
175	Nogaro	1
176	Niort (Marais Poitevin)	1
177	Nangis (Les Loges)	1
178	Mulhouse (Habsheim)	1
179	Moulins (Montbeugny)	1
180	Mortagne au Perche	1
181	Montpellier (Candillargues)	1
182	Montceau les Mines (Pouilloux)	1
183	Montauban	1
184	Mont Dauphin (Saint Crepin)	1
185	Mimizan	1
186	Millau (Larzac)	1
187	Mende (Brenoux)	1
188	Mauleon	1
189	Maubeuge (Elesmes)	1
190	Marmande (Virazeil)	1
191	Luneville (Croismare)	1
192	Lognes (Emerainville)	1
193	Libourne (Artigues-de-Lussac)	1
194	Lezignan-Corbieres	1
195	Le Plessis-Belleville	1
196	Le Blanc	1
197	L'Aigle (Saint Michel)	1
198	Joigny	1
199	Guiscriff (Scaer)	1
200	Gueret (Saint Laurent)	1
201	Granville	1
202	Montayral (Fumel Aerodrome)	1
203	Fontenay-Tresigny	1
204	Flers (Saint Paul)	1
205	Figeac (Livernon)	1
206	Egletons	1
207	Dieppe (St Aubin)	1
208	Coulommiers (Voisins)	1
209	Cosne Sur Loire	1
210	Corte	1
211	Cholet (Le Pontreau)	1
212	Chatellerault (Targe)	1
213	Chartres (Champhol)	1
214	Castelsarrasin (Moissac)	1
215	Castelnaudary (Villeneuve)	1
216	Cassagnes-Begonhes	1
217	Carpentras (Ventoux)	1
218	Brive (La Roche)	1
219	Brienne (Le Chateau)	1
220	Bourg (Ceyzeriat)	1
221	Bordeaux (Leognan-Saucats)	1
222	Biscarrosse (Parentis)	1
223	Beaune (Challanges)	1
224	Barcelonnette Saint-Pons	1
225	Bagnoles De L'Orne (Couterne)	1
226	Aubigny-Sur-Nere	1
227	Aubenas (Vals-Lanas)	1
228	Arcachon (Villemarie)	1
229	Amiens (Glisy)	1
230	Ambert (Le Poyet)	1
231	Ales (Deaux)	1
232	Alencon (Valframbert)	1
233	Abbeville	1
234	Aire-Sur-L'Adour	1
235	Tours (Heliport de Belleville)	0
236	Les Mureaux	0
237	Epernay-Plivot	0
238	Pau (Lasclaveries)	0
239	Ghisonaccia Alzitone	0
240	Saintes-Thénac	0
241	Tours Sorigny	0
242	Saint-Junien	0
243	Mont-Lous (La Llagonne La Quillane)	0
244	Dunkerque–Les Moëres	0
245	Reims (Champagne)	0
246	Toulouse (Lasbordes)	0

Business aviation suppliers in France

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The Arriel 2K being assembled at the Safran Helicopter Engines plant in Bordes.

EASA certifies Arriel 2K engine for AW09

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Safran is to develop turbogenerators for Aura Aero‘s ERA prototype, paving the way for the series production of the propulsion system.

Safran puts turbo power into ERA

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August 3, 2026 Full report

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Kodiak number 400 lands with Canadian customer

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August 3, 2026 Full report

Babcock France CEO Pierre Basquin and Loft Dynamics CEO Sebastien Borel.

Babcock leads with commitment to H145 VR trainer

Babcock France signed an LOI at Farnborough for the planned deployment of France’s first H145 VR simulator, which would give H145-qualified Babcock pilots greater access to frequent, mission-focused training.

August 3, 2026 Full report

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