SaxonAir
{{Short description|British airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox airline
|airline=SaxonAir Charter Limited|
logo=SaxonAir logo.svg|
logo_size=250px|
IATA=-|
ICAO=SXN|
callsign=SAXONAIR|
aoc=GB2327|
parent=Klyne Aviation|
founded=5 April 2007|
headquarters=Norwich, United Kingdom|
hubs=Norwich Airport
Luton Airport
Stansted Airport|
fleet_size=9|
website=http://www.saxonair.com|
}}
SaxonAir Charter Limited is a private charter airline based at Norwich Airport that operates in the United Kingdom and Western Europe.
History
In 2007, Christopher Mace and James Palmer founded SaxonAir from an office in the back of a hangar at Norwich Airport. It operated an aircraft and helicopter for then chairman Graeme Kalbraier's businesses and made them available for charter.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebanmagazine.com/mag_story.html?ident=8811|access-date=10 March 2025|date=8 June 2007|title=SaxonAir charts the travel needs of the corporate executive|website=Business Aviation News|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320233539/http://www.ebanmagazine.com/mag_story.html?ident=8811|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/kalbraier-plans-takeoff-for-aviation-firm-257511|first=Marc|last=Barber|website=Growth Business|access-date=10 March 2025|date=24 July 2007|title=Kalbraier plans take-off for aviation firm|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110094401/https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/kalbraier-plans-takeoff-for-aviation-firm-257511/|url-status=live}}
Roger Klyne purchased the business in 2009. It took over operation of aircraft he owned. The airline's passengers included Meat Loaf and Debbie Harry.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7661447.stm |date=9 October 2008 |title=Plans for £1m centre at airport |website=BBC News |access-date=10 March 2025}}
In Spring 2010, SaxonAir opened a £6m Business Aviation Centre at Norwich Airport{{cite web| url=https://www.flightglobal.com/saxonair-looks-to-turn-norwich-into-centre-of-business-aviation/95988.article| date=27 September 2010| first=Murdo| last=Morrison| access-date=10 March 2025| title=SaxonAir looks to turn Norwich into centre of business aviation| website=Flight Global| archive-date=23 January 2025| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123165059/https://www.flightglobal.com/saxonair-looks-to-turn-norwich-into-centre-of-business-aviation/95988.article| url-status=live}} and the next year, announced that it had based a Citation Mustang at Thessaloniki Airport in Greece.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessairnews.com/mag_story.html?ident=10304|date=7 July 2011|access-date=10 March 2025|title=SaxonAir bases second charter Mustang in Greece|website=Business Air News|archive-date=23 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123180022/https://www.businessairnews.com/mag_story.html?ident=10304|url-status=live}}
Fleet
| class="wikitable"
!Aircraft !Seats !Number |
| Hawker 750
|8+1 |1 |
| Hawker 900XP
|8+1 |1 |
| Cessna Citation Mustang
|4 |1 |
| Citation 525 CJ2
|6 |1 |
| Hawker 400XP
|7+1 |1 |
| Gulfstream G550
|16 |1 |
| Embraer Legacy 500
|9+1 |1 |
| Phenom 300
|8+1 |1 |
| Eurocopter EC120
|4 |1 |
| Agusta A109
|7 |1 |
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.saxonair.com}}
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