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Air Partner plans Biggin Hill facelift
Work is set to begin on development of a major business aviation enclave at London Biggin Hill Airport (Booth No.

Work is set to begin on development of a major business aviation enclave at London Biggin Hill Airport (Booth No. 7329), with executive charter broker Air Partner International recently signing an 80-year lease to establish its own operating base on a 115,000-sq-ft plot. The $10 million project will see the construction of two hangars for use by Air Partner’s fleet of Bombardier Learjets (the former Gold Air operation it acquired last year).

The first of these is due to open next September, with the second to follow in 2009. The facility will also house a maintenance operation for these aircraft, which include six Learjet 45s and a Hawker 800.