Albinati Aeronautics, the Geneva-based charter, management and aircraft sales organisation founded in February 2001, has six aircraft on order. The company, established in 2001 by Stefano Albinati, an aviation veteran with over 20 years' flying experience, brought a CJ2+ into operation in February followed by Hawker 900XP in March.

Albinati says: "We have two new Falcon 2000LX, two new Global XRS and two new Falcon 7X on order. We are underpinning our strategy of being able to offer a range of small, medium and large aircraft."

The ordered aircraft will join a fleet that includes a CJ2+, Hawker 900XP, Challenger 604, Falcon 2000, Falcon 900EX, and Global 5000. "The aircraft will be deployed for leisure and business and both CJ2+ and Hawker 900XP will be operated from our Geneva base," Albinati adds. The aircraft were chosen for their cabin size and range. Recently the company, which now employs 42 people, was looking to recruit three.