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The Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 is a very light (VLJ) business jet designed and produced by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. Announced in November 2005, it made its first flight on 26 July 2007 and was awarded a type certificate in December 2008; the first aircraft was delivered the same month. The Phenom 100 has been stretched into the larger Embraer Phenom 300. Powered by two rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 turbofans, it can transport four to seven passengers, with a range of 1,178 nautical miles [nmi] with four occupants. As of April 2023, 401 had been delivered.
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Delta Private Jets, Inc. was an airline of the United States. Its corporate headquarters was on the property of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boone County, Kentucky. It operated business jet aircraft as a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. Its main base was Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
ACM Air Charter is a German airline based at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport. In addition to charter flights and aircraft management the airline operates the business aviation terminal and a maintenance facility at its homebase airport.
LunaJets is a private jet broker with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, where it has been based since it was founded in 2007 by former Ogilvy advertiser Eymeric Segard. Additionally, they have opened offices throughout the years in London, Paris, Monaco, Riga and Dubai.
George Galanopoulos is a British commercial pilot and businessperson. He is best known as the co-founder of London Executive Aviation where he served as the managing director and then the CEO after being rebranded to Luxaviation UK. He is a Board Member of The British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA).
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- ↑ 2016-05-17T08:17:58+01:00. "INTERVIEW: George Galanopoulos, managing director, London Executive Aviation". Flight Global. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "An executive approach to success". Flight Global. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- 1 2 London Executive Aviation website retrieved 17 December 2006
- ↑ "The Luxaviation UK Team: Luxaviation UK".
- ↑ UK CAA - Operating Licence Holders Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 36.
- ↑ Aviation International News Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine February 2006
- ↑ Airliner World January 2007
