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FEATURED COMPANY - BOUTSEN AVIATION
Buying and Selling Corporate Fixed and Rotor Wing Aircraft is our Business impressive global network and fluency in ten languages enables them to provide an exclusive service to all clients..They also have a strong presence in Dubai since November 2012. Boutsen Aviation is also the exclusive sales representative for Monaco, Belgium & France for the Italian manufactured corporate Piaggio P180 Avanti.
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Thierry Boutsen finished second in this Peugeot 905 Evo at the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Photo: Gran Tourismo 4 SCEI.
Boutsen gained experience and success in endurance racing, winning the famous Daytona 24 hours in 1985, the Group C Endurance World Championship for his team in 1986, and was the 1998 USRRC GT1Champion. He drove sports cars nine times at the Le Mans 24 Hours race, from 1981 to 1999. He finished in second place in 1993 driving the Peugeot 905 Evo 1B V10 and in 1996 driving the Porsche 911GT1. One of Boutsen Aviation’s current listed pre-owned corporate jets - 2003 Gulfstream GV.
Thierry Boutsen, Chairman & Founder of Boutsen Aviation, Daniela Boutsen, Co-Founder & President of Boutsen Design.
Thierry Boutsen’s Formula 1 race driving career was pretty spectacular, but in comparison, the rise of his Monaco-based business aircraft sales and acquisitions company has been meteoric. The company was founded in 1997 and the secret of its success, says Boutsen, is attention to detail. “Buying and selling corporate aircraft is our business. It is a very detailed business and requires a very good understanding of the market conditions, aircraft availability, associated costs, maintenance expectations and all the documentation required to pass title from one entity to another.”
The Boutsen Aviation offices on Rue Grimaldi, Monaco.
In 2014, HSH Prince Albert II awarded Boutsen Aviation with the honourable title “By Appointment to His Serene Highness the Sovereign Prince of Monaco.” The Monacobased aircraft broker has sold aircraft for both HSH Rainier III and HSH Albert II of Monaco.
When Thierry Boutsen and his wife Daniela created Boutsen Aviation with a vision to position themselves in the pre-owned business jet sales market, the couple could hardly have imagined that within a few years they would be moving the world of business aviation forward. Their success is impressive, with over 300 corporate jets and turbine helicopters sold to date, they have become one of the leading European companies in their field. In November 2011, Berlin-born Daniela Boutsen laid the foundation for a new business that certainly had a revolutionary ring to it when she created Boutsen Design. Born from her long-matured passion for the ‘Arts de la Table’, it is a prestigious addition to Boutsen Aviation’s range of activities.
Boutsen Design
Today the management team of Boutsen Aviation is made up of Thierry Boutsen, founder of the company and Chairman, Dominique Trinquet President and Mathieu Pezin, Executive Vice President. All three, together with co-founder Daniela Boutsen are now shareholders and board members of the Monaco-based company.
Boutsen Aviation is the only company in the region, and one of the few in Europe, to provide the business jet/helicopter owner with a complete package, from buying and selling to operating an airplane. The Boutsen Aviation
team follows strict guidelines and share a joint goal to succeed... The business is proud to devote its services in the field of private aviation, based on the principles of a law firm’s ethics. As brokers they represent the expert interface between the buyers and sellers of new or pre-owned business jets and helicopters. The winning team consists of pilots, legal experts, managers, salesmen, technicians and marketers, who adhere to outstanding rigor in all dealings, using their professional know-how.
One of Boutsen Aviation’s currently listed pre-owned helicopters - 2010 Agusta AW109SP.
Boutsen sell high quality aircraft ranging from business liners, heavy to mid-size and light jets, to turbo-props and helicopters. As negotiators, they handle all aspects of legalities, administrative formalities and technical expertise. Heads of State, businessmen, public and private companies, “high net worth individuals” and charter companies call on their competence as they trust each dedicated member of the Boutsen Aviation team for their reliability.
Driven by Passion
Boutsen Aviation has sold aircraft in 50 countries that include Asia, South and North America, Europe, Russia and UAE. The
Choosing Boutsen Aviation is a "no risk and sustainable solution." With valuable information, there are no bad decisions. Our work is all about the fusion of ultimate market knowledge, experience of international transactions and irreproachable ethics.
The Boutsen Secret of Success
Boutsen admits quietly that he speaks five languages- including Dutch, English, French, German and Italian and has a reason for each; the Dutch and French are due to his Belgian roots, Italian was acquired during his driving time with the Benetton racing team, English because of his racing days with Williams, and German because of his time with BMW engineering, “and also because my wife is German,” he joked.
He is currently co-owner of Boutsen Ginion Racing alongside his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé and his sister Olivia. The team competes in the Blancpain GT3 championship and in the Le Mans Series.
Boutsen Aviation are a regular exhibitor at the EBACE showcase event.
The secret of the company’s successBoutsen reveals- is offering a completely personalized and tailor-made solution package. “Financing is a very big part of our business and all transactions are different. We save our customers time and money and that is the reason that we have been so successful. In a nutshell – it’s the attention to detail that scores highest with our customers.” “Our business is split roughly 80/20 between sales and acquisitions, and the aircraft sales business is split roughly between 60% US, 40% rest of the world.”
About the Man - Thierry Boutsen, and Motor Racing Career
Thierry Boutsen maintains a connection with motor sport, as co-owner of the Boutsen Energy Racing with this McLaren MP24 sports racing car.
In conclusion, GA BUYER EUROPE asked Boutsen whether he misses the motor racing scene? “No! I can honestly say that I don’t,” he replied. “It got to the stage where I found myself trapped in the game. It was the same places and the same subjects after 23 years in that business it was time to move on to a new challenge.”
However, asked whether he was still getting a kick out of his aviation business- he enthused - “I’m enjoying it as much as anything I’ve done in my life in the past. Each aircraft sold gives me the same pleasure as winning a Formula 1 race. Monaco is a wonderful place to live in and I think it’s a great place to bring up the children.” With a twinkle in his eye, Boutsen adds, “I’ll never retire, but I might just slow down a little when I’m older!
Worldwide Operation
Providing a Complete Package
Boutsen Aviation represents Piaggio with the P180 Avanti in Monaco, France and Belgium
Thierry Boutsen winning at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix. One of his three victories during his time at Williams F1 Team.
Born in Brussels in 1957, Thierry Boutsen is a trained engineer and owes his fame mainly to 10 years racing in Formula 1. He was a threetime Grand Prix winner with the Willams Formula 1 Team in 1989 and 1990, with 164 starts, 132 World Championship points, and 15 podium appearances. He also drove for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula 1.
Thierry Boutsen famous racing helmet.
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