1965 - present
09/04/1965: Company incorporated as Broom Filters Ltd
14/09/1982: Name changed to Flight Refueling (Services) Ltd
01/02/1985: Name changed to FR Aviation Ltd, having won the contract for managing and staffing the Royal Navy’s Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU).
Cobham Aviation Services, their trading name, provided operational readiness training, including electronic warfare training, mission rehearsal and target towing for the UK Armed Forces. It also provided Oil Spill response aircraft under contract to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAFF), later DEFRA.
Nature of business (SIC): Scheduled passenger air transport and Defence activities
25/09/2020: Cobham Aviation Services acquired by Draken International, subsequently trading as Draken Europe
HQ: Bournemouth
ICAO: FRA
Callsign: RUSHTON
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G-FRAV 31/07/1990 > 01/04/1993
G-FRAE 10/01/1989 > 10/02/1998 > Cobham Leasing
G-SJAD 20/01/1987 > 09/11/1987
G-ZENO 24/02/2000 > 27/11/2001