Luxaviation has acquired French operator Unijet through its Belgian subsidiary Abelag. Based at Le Bourget in Paris, Unijet will provide the group with facilities at this important European business aviation airport.

As a result, the enhanced group has increased its staff to 350 employees and now has 60 aircraft on its roster, spread over Benelux, Germany and France. The group is pooling operational services such as maintenance, technical documents and insurance in order to create economies of scale. Unijet will keep its existing brand name.

Patrick Hansen, ceo of Luxaviation, comments: “The integration of Unijet into our group is the confirmation of Luxaviation's international growth ambitions, mainly in Europe but also Asia where developments are currently moving fast.

“We chose Unijet because it is a very well-run company, Le Bourget is a key location, and it has a very complementary fleet to the one we have already, especially to the Abelag fleet. We have found success with Abelag since we acquired it a short time ago, and there are a lot of synergies between the French and the Belgian market.”

Ceo of Unijet Dannys Famin adds: “We are particularly pleased to be part of a group living a corporate culture very close to the one of Unijet. We will continue to offer our clients excellent services while retaining our identity which is so specific to the French market's expectations.”

Luxaviation says it has now cemented its place as the third largest business aviation group in Europe.