Empire Aviation Group is a Dubai-based aircraft management, charter and sales company founded in 2007 by Paras Dhamecha and Steve Hartley. It manages one of the largest fleets of privately owned business jets in the Middle East, with aircraft based in the UAE, India, Nigeria and Asia. The company also offers aircraft acquisition advice and asset management for owners.
Data reviewed 2026-09-11.
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Fleet data as of 2026-09; counts only where a source states them. empireaviation.com · ainonline.com
Basel, Switzerland · Fleet 300
Jet Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics founded in Basel in 1967 by Carl Hirschmann. It manages and charters around 300 aircraft globally, operates roughly 50 FBOs and maintenance facilities across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, and provides government and staffing services. Jet Aviation is one of the few companies covering the full business-aviation value chain.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Fleet 260
Luxaviation Group is one of the largest business-aviation groups in the world, formed in 2008 and expanded through acquisitions of ExecuJet, Abelag, London Executive Aviation, Unijet and others. It manages and charters more than 260 aircraft and, through ExecuJet, operates a network of FBOs across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. The group is headquartered in Luxembourg and led by CEO Patrick Hansen.
Hong Kong / Beijing, Hong Kong SAR · Fleet 70
Sino Jet is Asia's largest business-jet management company by fleet size, founded in 2011 and dual-headquartered in Hong Kong and Beijing. It manages around 70 aircraft including Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 7500 and Dassault Falcon 8X types under Hong Kong and mainland Chinese operating certificates. Sino Jet holds ARGUS Platinum and IS-BAO Stage 3 ratings and has pursued carbon-neutral operations since 2021.