Charter & Fractional
NetJets has dibs on most Northolt slots
Executive charter and corporate aircraft operators have complained that they have been unable to get slots at London Northolt Airport since NetJets started

Executive charter and corporate aircraft operators have complained that they have been unable to get slots at London Northolt Airport since NetJets started using the facility as a forward operating base in December. Under a deal struck with newly formed Northolt Business Aviation to use hangar 311 at the Royal Air Force base, NetJets is entitled to 200 slots per month, accounting for one-third of the 7,000 civil movements permitted annually by the Ministry of Defence.

At the annual conference of Britain’s General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA), several operators argued that the arrangement breaches what is supposed to be a first-come, first-served arrangement for slot allocation at Northolt. However, a NetJets spokesman insisted that it does not have an exclusive contract at the airfield.