Northern Executive Aviation, which is approaching its 40th year of operations, has been appointed a Learjet Service Centre with JAR 145 approval on the Learjet 31A, 35A, 45 and 60. NEA operates from its business aviation centre at the UK's Manchester Airport and holds approvals which include full JAR 145 approval, UAE approval for the Learjet and Cayman CAA facility approval.

NEA operates three Lear 35As on charter and has a Falcon 900 and a Challenger 604 on management contracts. While the Falcon 900 will soon be available for charter, NEA says it was instrumental in putting the first Challenger 604 on the British register.