Air Charter Scotland has taken over the operation of UK entrepreneur Lord Sugar's Embraer Legacy 650 aircraft, which will now be available for charter from its new base at Luton airport.

Derek Thomson, operations director of Air Charter Scotland says: "We are very excited to have this brand new Legacy 650 available for immediate ad-hoc charter. We already have a Legacy 600 but we strongly believe that the new Legacy 650's longer range, extra payload and amazing cabin design will be attractive for the charter market."

Air Charter Scotland regularly operates charters to the US as an approved Visa Waiver Scheme operator as well as charters to the Middle East and Asia under a worldwide AOC. "We feel that the 650 now enables us to offer our clients a brand new aircraft with extra range to serve regions that most aircraft can struggle with at a price point whereby we continue to offer charterers the very best quality of service and value," says Thomson.

"Air Charter Scotland have historically delivered a consistent level of fine service and value to its client base and we are pleased to have our new Legacy 650 on their fleet and are confident that the charter market will appreciate this wonderful aircraft," says Lord Sugar.

The Legacy 650, registered G-SUGA, was previously based at Stansted and has a standard 13 seat configuration and a straight aisle with a dropped floor giving two extra inches of headroom.