With a newly won UK AOC and a second Learjet 45 joining its new base at London Biggin Hill, Switzerland-based aircraft charter and management company Perfect Aviation is building up its presence in the UK.

Perfect has built an experienced team at Biggin Hill, including newly appointed Ground Operations Manager Gary Whitecunas, Quality Manager Barry Holloway and Director of Maintenance, Nigel Cooper. Its UK AOC, obtained in June, complements Perfect’s Portuguese AOC awarded two years ago when it first commenced revenue operations.

Perfect now operates six aircraft under management. The company’s two UK-registered Learjet 45s join an existing Portuguese registered fleet including a Challenger 604, Learjet 60XR and Falcon 2000EX Easy, all under a Portuguese AOC, together with a privately managed Global Express XRS, based in Moscow. Further large cabin aircraft are scheduled to join the fleet before year end.

Will Curtis, who has considerable experience leading business aviation companies in the UK and the Middle East, was appointed CEO of Perfect Aviation in early 2010 with a mandate to restructure and develop the company for further growth. Now based in Switzerland at company headquarters close to Geneva, he has put together a strong management team at Perfect to help grow the business internationally. The new base at Biggin Hill is complemented by an operations base in Lisbon, Portugal. The company also has Sales Offices in Monaco, Moscow (Perfect Aviation will also be represented at Jet Expo this week) and in Beijing in China where it intends to grow its presence to take advantage of the emerging opportunities in that region.

“I am very pleased to bring the Perfect brand and ethos to the UK, along with a terrific management team,” said Will Curtis. “I have long been a keen supporter of London Biggin Hill Airport and the close network of the business aviation sector in the UK. Looking ahead, building up our business here is well timed with the approach of the Olympics in 2012 and hopefully some economic growth thereafter.

“Over the next 12 months we hope to add to our managed fleet, expand our maintenance and technical capabilities in Europe, enter new beneficial partnerships, generate increased revenues and better collaborations and equally importantly, have some fun along the way.”