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Founded | 1991; 34 years ago (1991) |
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Headquarters | Zurich,Switzerland |
Key people | Mike Berry (CEO) |
Services | Business Aviation |
Number of employees | 750 |
Website | www |
ExecuJet is an internationalbusiness aviation company headquartered atZurich Airport,Switzerland. The company operates inAfrica,Asia Pacific, theCaribbean,Europe,Latin America and theMiddle East. The Group's services include aircraft management, charter,fixed-base operations (FBO), and completions consulting. The company has more than 750 employees (globally) and operates/manages a fleet of over 133aircraft.[1]
ExecuJet started operations as a maintenance provider atLanseria Airport inJohannesburg,South Africa in 1991. The facility was appointed in 1993 as a Major Service Centre byHoneywell (formerly Allied Signal) and aLearjet Authorised Service Facility byBombardier.
In 1994, the firm extended its offer to include services, deployed in concert with a Bombardier Business Aircraft sales franchise. In 1995, the firm became aCanadair-authorized service facility. In 1997, it opened inDenmark as ExecuJet Scandinavia.
In 1999, ExecuJet Middle East was established inDubai, and the Bombardier sales franchise expanded to 10 Middle Eastern countries.
ExecuJet Australia was founded in 2000 and awarded dealership rights forAustralia,New Zealand and thePacific. It included an aircraft management and maintenance center atSydney Airport. The facility was also appointed as Bombardier Authorised Service Facility andGulfstream authorized warranty repair facility.
ExecuJet expanded its European operations in 2001 with an aircraft management business, aFixed Base Operation (FBO) and its offices inZurich became the headquarters for ExecuJet. Bombardier addsSwitzerland to ExecuJet's business aircraft dealership.
In 2002, ExecuJet expanded its services intoLatin America with operations at two Mexican Airports inMonterrey and an extended facility atLanseria.
The firm opened inDubai in 2005 and ExecuJet was appointed as aMiddle East Bombardier authorized service centre. InBerlin, ExecuJet acquired an equity stake in Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), in a joint venture partnership withLufthansa Technik and Bombardier.
In 2006, aFBO atBerlin Schönefeld opened, and ExecuJet Australasia opened a line maintenance base inMelbourne,Australia.
In 2008, ExecuJet acquired a hangar atSingapore'sSeletar Airport, where it still oversees maintenance activities. The firm was also granted an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) for theUnited Kingdom. Representative offices were opened inMumbai,Beijing, andMoscow.
In 2009, ExecuJetSouth Africa occupied a new FBO facility inCape Town in anticipation of the 2010FIFA World Cup. The wider firm was restructured around an OEM-independent business model. Later that year, ExecuJetMalaysia opened a maintenance base inKuala Lumpur.
In the year 2010Berlin Airports selected ExecuJetEurope as the operator of the General Aviation Terminal, and ExecuJetMexico opened an office atToluca Airport. InFrance, ExecuJet partnered with Advanced Air Support, for the FBO atParis Le Bourget Airport, and a joint venture partnership was established with China Sichuan Haite and ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China was born, based atTianjin Binhai International Airport.
ExecuJet continued its worldwide expansion with the opening of FBO facilities such asFrankfurt,Melbourne,Wellington,Gerona,Ibiza,Barcelona,Valencia and ExecuJetEurope winning theCambridge FBO tender. A new FBO was opened atIstanbul Atatürk Airport,Turkey run by Bilen Air Service in strategic partnership with ExecuJet.
During 2012, the FBO inCambridge was opened, and ExecuJet andRUAG announced a partnership FBO inGeneva. Meanwhile, inIndonesia, an agreement was signed withAngkasa Pura 1 for the management of General Aviation Terminals. InNigeria, an FBO was opened atLagos International Airport, and ourDubai office expands the FBO atDubai International Airport.
ExecuJetAustralasia expanded with the establishment of Maintenance facilities inPerth in 2013, and ExecuJetEurope further. At the same time, in theMiddle East, ExecuJet is expanding its presence with a joint venture with NAS Holdings for an FBO inRiyadh.
In 2014, a new FBO facility was built inBali. ExecuJet already started operating from temporary facilities atBali International Airport. TheBali facility was the first terminal to be opened following the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation in June 2012 for ExecuJet to exclusively design, construct and manage General Aviation Terminals at up to 13 airports managed by state-ownedIndonesian aviation companyAngkasa Pura 1. The same year, ourCambridge operations were granted a helicopter AOC, andEurope launched helicopter services in theUnited Kingdom.
In 2015, ExecuJet was acquired by theLuxaviation Group.Luxaviation is headquartered inLuxembourg, and with ExecuJet has a combined staff of 1,500 and a fleet of over 250 business jets. ExecuJet began operations inBali in the same year.
The acquisition of ExecuJet by the Luxaviation Group started the process of centralizing certain operational services in ashared services structure based inCambridge.CAMO andDispatch services were the first to be centralized, with Travel, Training and Procurement following shortly after. During this process, ExecuJet UK recruited dozens of employees, eventually outgrowing their location atCambridge City Airport and is moving toFulbourn.
In 2016, ExecuJet opened FBOs inMunich,Germany,New Delhi,India, and a second FBO inRiyadh,Saudi Arabia. April saw the opening of an FBO inMonterrey,Mexico – the first inLatin America, as well as the opening ofSt. Maarten,Caribbean in June.
In 2017, ExecuJet opened another FBO inAustralia, now also based inSydney, and partnered withAirport St. Gallen-Altenrhein to manage an FBO facility.
In 2019, Luxaviation sold ExecuJet's Aircraft Maintenance business toDassault Aviation and closed theirFBO location atCambridge City Airport, relocating all ExecuJet UK offices and employees to a new facility inNewmarket, Suffolk.
In 2020, ExecuJet announced the acquisition of Jet Aviation's FBOs in Berlin and Munich, doubling the capacity of ExecuJet FBO facilities in the popular German cities.
ExecuJet operates out of 34 locations worldwide includingBali,Barcelona,Berlin Schoenefeld,Brussels,Cape Town,Copenhagen,Dubai International,Dubai South,Girona,Hong Kong,Ibiza,Istanbul Atatürk Airport,Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport,Johannesburg,Kuala Lumpur,Lagos,Melbourne,Monterrey,Moscow,Munich,New Delhi, Newmarket,Palma,Perth,Riyadh,Seychelles,Singapore,St. Gallen-Altenrhein,St. Maarten,Sydney, Toluca,Valencia,Wellington andZurich.
ExecuJet holds six fixed, and one rotatoryAir Operating Certificates (AOCs) forSwitzerland, theUnited Kingdom,Denmark, theUnited Arab Emirates,South Africa,Australia, andMexico.
Name | ICAO code | Callsign | Country | Notes |
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Execujet Australia PTY | IGA | Australia | AOC number: CASA.TAAOC.0118[2] | |
Execujet Aviation (PTY) LTD | EXD | Isle of Man | ||
Execujet Europe AG | Switzerland | AOC number: CH.AOC.1020 | ||
Execujet Europe A/S | VMP | VAMPIRE | Denmark | AOC number: DK.AOC.039[3] |
Execujet Flight Operations | EXD | PLATINUM EXEC[4] | South Africa | AOC number CAA/N996D |
Execujet Middle East | EJO | MIDJET | United Arab Emirates | AOC number AT-0013 |
ExecuJet UK LTD | LCY | LONDON CITY | United Kingdom |