Hangar8 is working to expand its 27-strong managed fleet to 30 as it promises charter clients that its aircraft can be almost anywhere in the world within 90 minutes.

The company's Tamara Smart says: "We are expanding the management side and there are very real prospects of adding another Hawker 4000 and a Challenger 604. We have a strong focus on the global charter side where our wide geographic spread of bases and operations means we can be with our clients in most parts of the world, apart from exceptions like Australasia, within 90 minutes flight time. Our expansion focus is not currently on Australia, although that might be a longer term objective, but on market growth countries like Russia and India and on maintaining and improving our high level of aircraft availability in Europe and North America."

Hangar8, headquartered in Oxford, UK, has bases ranging from Kiev and Krasnador to the Channel Islands and Nice. Smart says: "Our global focus means that we have a very strong focus on adding long haul aircraft to our managed fleet."