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Luxaviation Adds Embraer Praetor to UK Charter Fleet

The new aircraft is one of three new arrivals anticipated before the end of March

Embraer Praetor 600 revealed at London Biggin Hill Airport — Luxaviation UK unveiled its new Embraer Praetor 600 jet during an event at London Biggin Hill Airport. © Charles Alcock/AIN

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

February 1, 2024

As it looks to rekindle growth in 2024, business aircraft management and charter operator Luxaviation UK is adding three jets to its fleet. The first of these, an Embraer Praetor 600, was formally unveiled at its new London Biggin Hill Airport base this week, and two more are due to arrive before the end of next month.

According to Luxaviation UK CEO George Galanopoulos, demand in 2023 was softer than in the Covid-bounceback year that preceded it. While hoping the market would stabilize, he acknowledged potentially destabilizing factors such as two major military conflicts, rising interest rates, and inflation. “In some cases, new [charter] customers started going back to the airlines, which have been getting their act together again after the pandemic,” he commented during the event at Biggin Hill on Wednesday attended by 150 industry representatives.

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