HERON Luftfahrt GmbH & Co. KG

HERON Luftfahrt GmbH & Co. KG, known as Heron Aviation, is a German business aviation company. Its headquarters is in Lauchringen, in southern Germany near the Swiss border. It specialises in aircraft management and charter. It also helps with maintenance, purchase, sale and rental of business aircraft. It describes itself as a growing family business.

The company was founded in 2009 and applied for its Air Operator Certificate in 2010. The first management aircraft were a Learjet 60 and two Falcon 900EX. It changed over to EASA rules in October 2014. Heron Aviation has operated business aircraft under its own German AOC for over 10 years. It also supports other aircraft with its CAMO service.

The company has branches in Berlin and Madrid, and an Austrian company in Innsbruck. In India, it works in Mumbai as Stardustjets, powered by Heron Aviation. Its aircraft have home bases at Basel, Cannes, Hamburg, Lübeck, Valencia, Madrid and Zaragoza.

Aircraft management covers the work of owning a private jet. The company represents the owner with authorities and service providers. It handles flight planning, overflight and landing permits. It also handles crew hiring, training and logistics, and passenger services, ground transport and travel plans. Maintenance is scheduled and coordinated with CAMO oversight. The company says it keeps costs under control and bills without surcharges or hidden fees.

For charter, a sales and dispatch team is available around the clock. A client can send a flight itinerary and get a detailed quote. The team can offer different aircraft models and can arrange catering or a limousine. Charter flights use a small crew of at most two pilots and one flight attendant, and check-in takes place at a private terminal.

Heron Aviation also offers aircraft maintenance, sales, purchase and insurance. Its fleet pages group aircraft by range: short, medium, long and ultra long. Aircraft added over the years include the Learjet 60 and 35, Falcon 900EX, 900LX, 2000 and 8X, Citation CJ, CJ2+, Mustang and XLS+, the Citation Jet M2, an Embraer ERJ-145 and a Pilatus PC-12. The company's team is available to clients every day of the year. It stands for discretion, safety and trust.

Services

• Aircraft management
• Aircraft charter
• Aircraft maintenance
• Aircraft sales
• Aircraft purchase
• Aircraft insurance
• CAMO service
• Flight planning and permits
• Crew recruitment and training