Marshall Aerospace acquires FlairJet
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has acquired Oxford-based aircraft management and charter company, FlairJet.
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has acquired Oxford-based aircraft management and charter company, FlairJet.Effective immediately, FlairJet will become part of the Marshall’s newly formed aviation services business unit and will continue to be led by managing director and founder, David Fletcher, who now has the backing of one of Europe’s largest privately owned aerospace and defence groups.Newly acquired FlairJet – which recently marked its third anniversary – will run alongside Cambridge Airport-based operator Marshall Executive Aviation in a move that further extends the service offered by Marshall’s JETability business aviation brand, which launched in December 2012 (see video below).As launch operator for the Phenom 100 and 300, FlairJet has managed the acceptance and delivery of a total of 22 Embraer business jets to date.Commenting on the acquisition, David Fletcher said: “We are excited to be joining one of the most respected and largest privately owned aviation groups in Europe. FlairJet has strong entrepreneurial spirit and customer service values and I believe this to be the perfect platform to support FlairJet’s ambitious plans for growth.”Steve Fitz-Gerald, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group CEO, said: “I am delighted to welcome the FlairJet team into our Group. This is the ideal acquisition to complement our expanding business aviation activities and it will allow us to take full advantage of synergies that exist and skills that FlairJet bring.”
Photograph (left to right): Steve Jones, managing director, Aviation Services, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group and David Fletcher, managing director, FlairJet
