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PremiAir is the largest European provider of helicopter executive services,” says David McRobert, the Group Managing Director. It is currently owned by the Von Essen hotel chain, managed by Andrew Davis, which bought it in March 2007. The company has reached its current size partly by purchase and partly by growth. When Von Essen bought PremiAir this year, they acquired a company originally spawned from McAlpine, in November 2002, plus Air Hanson engineering, Signature, and Lynton. These combined give them twenty-five years of experience in the helicopter market, along with some additional fixed-wing aircraft with both police and wider civilian expertise. Recently, they added the Battersea Heliport to their portfolio, giving them a turnover of 25 million pounds.

PremiAir employs forty-four fleet pilots, including thirty-six police pilots. They maintain thirty-six aircraft, have a charter fleet of thirteen aircraft, own nine and manage sixteen: five Sikorksy S76s, one Bell 222 and seven Twin Squirrels...