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UK company acquires 400XPs
UK-based property developer and investment company ISIS Group has ordered ten Hawker 400XPs.

UK-based property developer and investment company ISIS Group has ordered ten Hawker 400XPs. The order marks ISIS Group's initial aircraft purchase for their new investment in the growing Indian aviation industry - Aviators India based in Bangalore.

Delivery dates for five of the Hawker 400XPs are planned during 2009, with the remaining five aircraft to be delivered in 2010. Aviators India is scheduled to commence charter services for ISIS Group in the second half of 2009.

Headed by md Arun Sharma, Aviators India has been in business for 14 years with wide experience in charter operations and the marketing of aviation products and services. Hawker Beechcraft says the total value of the contract with options exceeds US$70 million.

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