Charter & Fractional
DC Aviation Orders First G400 for Charter in Europe
Large-cabin twinjet will join the German operator's management and charter fleet
Gulfstream and DC Aviation executives sign a contract for a new G400 aircraft
Left to right: Oliver Bergsch, Gulfstream’s regional vice president of sales for Central and Eastern Europe; Mike Swift, Gulfstream’s group vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific; Svenja Wortmann, managing director, DC Aviation; and Stuart Burrows, DC Aviation's authorized signatory and accountable manager. © Gulfstream Aerospace

Germany-based aircraft management and charter group DC Aviation has ordered a Gulfstream Aerospace G400. Company executives signed contracts during a ceremony today at the manufacturer’s customer support facility at Farnborough Airport in the UK.

The G400 is not the first example of the type ordered by a European owner, but it will be the first to enter a dedicated charter fleet. It will be the fifth company-owned jet for DC Aviation, which currently operates a 34-aircraft fleet that ranges in size from a Cessna Citation XLS+ to biz liners. The operator already has a G280, a G550, and a pair of G650s, with another G650 set to be delivered.