Executive charter group Air Partner has received a green light to proceed with its plans to create a purpose-built business aviation enclave at London Biggin Hill Airport (Booth No. 1653). Valued at almost $14 million, the project includes construction of a 40,000-sq-ft hangar on a site leased from the privately run airport. One of the main functions of the new facility will be to accommodate the growing fleet of business jets operated by Air Partner Private Jets–the former Gold Air charter operation, which the charter broker group bought in 2006.
Construction, which should start before mid-year, begins as Air Partner reports increasing constraints on capacity at most of the UK airports serving business aviation. Biggin Hill lies within the M25 London orbital motorway and is just 17 miles by road south of the City of London financial district (and closer to the new Canary Wharf business district). Its claimed status as London’s last non-slot regulated airport permits Air Partner to offer clients greater travel flexibility to fly at their preferred times, the airport being open almost 16 hours each day.
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