“Imagine eBay without PayPal,” says Magnus Henriksson, global business director of the recently launched dedicated business aviation charter payment system PayNode.

Fast-growing global aviation services provider Gama Aviation has done some pretty transformational deals over the past couple of years, but its January 1 deal with the BBA Group (owners of Signature Flight Support) has made the firm a truly global business aircraft management company.

Argos VIP Private Handling boasts nine FBOs in Italy and another in Switzerland, and has major ambitions to expand right across Europe.