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Business booms for Air Partner
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Air Partner, the company that describes itself as the world’s largest aircraft charter broker, is seeing a surge in business.
Word Count: 116
Air Partner, the company that describes itself as the world’s largest aircraft charter broker, is seeing a surge in business. Over a period of six months ending in January, the UK-based company saw its client base increase by 25 percent. Compared to the same period the previous year, sales grew by 60 percent to £90.3 million ($179 million) and operating profit increased 139 percent to £3.2 million ($6.3 million).The company has rebranded its business units into two primary divisions: Air Partner Commercial Jets, handling airline charter, corporate and government operations, and Air Partner Private Jets, which continues to handle its previous private jet business, its new Jet Card division and operations and maintenance acquired with its recent purchase of Gold Air.