The European division of Executive Jet Aviation, known as 'Netjets Europe' have been nominally based at Northolt since December 2002 and operate one of the hangars.  The ever expanding company operate several aircraft types including Beech 400A, Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, Citation 550B, Citation Excel, Hawker 800, Gulfstream 4 and 5 which are all registered in Portugal where their operations unit is situated, although the head office is in London.
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Companies and individuals buy 'fractional' shares in an aircraft which guarantees availability for a certain number of hours per year at short notice, i.e. a one eighth share guarantees about 100 hours.  Although they currently operate around 130 aircraft, on any given day these are spread all over Europe and only a small percentage will visit Northolt.  Radio callsign used is 'Fraction' , formerly 'Skyshare', ICAO designator 'NJE'.
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Company web site - http://www.netjets.com/aboutnj/NJEU.asp
 

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