Majestic Executive Aviation, which launched its private charter operations in 2006 with just the personal Learjet 60 of chairman Farooq Arjomand, has expanded its fleet in Europe and the Middle East to include a Challenger 850, Gulfstream 200, Learjet 60, Learjet 40XR, Global 5000, Embraer Legacy, G-550, G-IV SP and a G-V.

It expects to attract more aircraft under management in the near future. President Philipp Zuercher says: "We are waiting for the confirmation of additional aircraft including the Global Express and the Airbus A319." The company, which has Austrian and UAE AOCs, is developing business from bases in Dubai, Vienna and the Ukraine.

Zuercher says business is also being built up in the United States after Majestic Executive Aviation LLC, Las Vegas, was founded in July this year. Additionally, in China, a joint venture is under negotiation.

Zuercher says: "We will build a true global platform for private aviation. This will embrace services including the finance, purchase and sale of aircraft, operation and management and the sale of empty leg availabilities of managed aircraft in the ad hoc charter market. The company will also set up shuttle operations with vvip aircraft for big companies and luxury travel operators."

Majestic owns the Learjet 60 with the rest of the fleet managed. "The company works in close co-operation with IWA in Dubai, Comlux in Switzerland, swiss-acm in Switzerland, Mideast Jet in Jeddah and many other top operators all over the world," Zuercher says. "We are reaching out to a wide global market that includes individuals as well as big companies and governments."

Zuercher was seven years md of Travcon Charter Brokers, a role now carried out by his daughter Jael Zuercher. Travcon, which is exclusively marketing a Gulfstream G-V, reports a general rise in enquiries after good months in August and September. "On the G-V we hope to sell approximately 400 hours this year," says Travcon sales director Tobias Zuercher. "Our clients range from private individual to businessmen and from companies to governments. We specialise in long haul trips and big vvip aircraft such as BBJs, B-757s, B-767s and ACJs."