Isle of Man Registry still growing despite EU’s tax clamp-down on private owners
After four highly successful years Brian Johnson, the man behind the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry and the island’s first Director of Civil Aviation, leave
After four highly successful years Brian Johnson, the man behind the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry and the island’s first Director of Civil Aviation, leaves on August 26 to pursue a new challenge (the Swaziland registry, according to some reports).
Johnson will leave the Isle of Man registry with approximately 400 aircraft (the 391st, a G550, was registered in mid-July), while the demonstration fleet of “one of the main business jet manufacturers” (thought to be Dassault) is about to be registered there too. He believes that by the middle of next year, the registry could have more business aircraft than the UK CAA’s. The Isle of Man registry has already surpassed those of the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
