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Falcon Jet Centre has its main company base in the UK at Farnborough and also operates from Paris Le Bourget airport.
The company operates ad hoc charter, corporate and medevac flights using two Hawker 700s and one Falcon 20 charged at 3,200 euros per flying hour, one Citation Ultra charged at 2,400 euros and in addition, a King Air which costs 1,900 euros per hour.
The company has GAT facilities at Farnborough and plans for a new GAT in January 2003, it also boasts its own terminal at Le Bourget.
Manager Barry Hodgkinson reports that an additional Hawker is to be added to the fleet in the next six months. He says the company’s future plans are simply consolidation.
Hodgkinson is optimistic about the growth of UK business aviation in the coming year – Falcon Jet Centre’s performance is on the up despite over regulation which is what he cites as the most influential factor on business success.