Houston, Texas-headquartered Flight Pro International (FPI) has opened a new office at Farnborough airport in the UK, one of the busiest regions in the world for general aviation.

Since Flight Pro’s inception in 2020, Farnborough airport has proven central to FPI’s business development in the region, underscored by continuous year-over-year growth in client movements through the airport. FPI steadily increased trip supervisory personnel within its UK team at London Luton airport throughout 2024 and 2025, culminating in the opening of the Farnborough office to support that growth. In January 2026, FPI expanded its global supervisory representative team with the appointment of Jo Sutherden and Kelly Long to operate from the new Farnborough base.

“Since the year 2020, our UK aviation handling business has experienced year-over-year double-digit growth,” states Alan Owen, senior manager, FPI (UK). “We’ve continued to recruit talent to not only sustain our growth, but more importantly to continue increasing the volume of the white glove services that our clients expect.”

Based within the terminal, the Farnborough office provides greater support for visiting and locally based clients, while strengthening relationships with the airport and its vendors.

“Our specialty is as a fully dedicated service management firm for our clients, which is especially valuable at notoriously busy UK-based airports,” Owen continues. “While FBOs and regular handling agents are dealing with numerous flights and related facility issues, the UK team is solely focused on FPI’s clientele aircraft operations.

“Considering Farnborough’s own plans to increase weekend movements, its many high-quality vendors on premises, along with its excellent engineering support for Gulfstream and Bombardier, both Farnborough and FPI are poised to continue increasing best-in-class services to the private aviation market in that region.”

FPI’s UK headquarters remains at London Luton airport, and special arrangements can be made for the UK team to physically cover airports further afield, including the Midlands, Scotland and Ireland.

FPI-UK services include securing landing slots, flight plan filing and Eurocontrol slot timing adjustments, helping minimise departure delays caused by tight European AirNav slot restrictions. The team also liaises with established handling organisations, including off-airport catering, ground transport, hotel and other service vendors, and is credentialled to cover the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax required for operations into the UK, with operators registering directly with FPI for representation on this mandatory requirement. In addition, the UK team maintains communication with regulators and the CAA to stay ahead of regulatory developments and deliver current, accurate trip-impacting information in advance of client flights.