Hangar8 plc
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | 20 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 50 | ||||||
| Destinations | Unknown | ||||||
| Parent company | Gama Aviation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Oxford Airport, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Key people | Dustin Dryden | ||||||
| Website | http://www.hangar8.co.uk/ | ||||||
Hangar8 plc is a private jet operator with headquarters in the United Kingdom. It has fleet bases at Oxford Airport, Luton Airport, Biggin Hill Airport, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Jersey, Nice, Almaty, Kiev, Dubai, Krasnodar, Mumbai, Abuja, Lagos and Moscow airports.
Hangar8 Plc, which includes the VVIP boutique operator JetClub based in Farnborough, operates a fleet of 50+ aircraft across key manufacturer types. Having started out as a mid-size and super mid-size jet operator, Hangar8’s has moved towards a focus on the long haul market. The speciality is now Gulfstream and Bombardier products with a fleet of more than 20 Bombardier Challenger and Global type aircraft.
In 2015 it was announced that the Hangar8 brand would disappear and the company will use the name of its parent Gama Aviation.[1]
Fleet
Hangar8's fleet consists of:
Bombardier
- 1 Global 6000
- 1 Global XRS
- 3 Challenger 605
- 3 Challenger 604
- 2 Challenger 601
- 1 Learjet 60XR
Dassault
- 1 Falcon 2000 EX
- 1 Falcon 50 EX
- 1 Falcon 20
Hawker
Cessna
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Embraer
In popular culture
The TV Series The X Factor 2012 featured a Hangar8 jet in the opening episode, with Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos exiting the aircraft.
The TV Series Midsomer Murders featured a Hangar8 jet in the episode "The Black Book".