Zenith Aviation Administration Costs 41 Jobs After Fleet Grounding
Zenith Aviation administration began on May 15, 2026, and the London Biggin Hill private jet operator grounded its entire aircraft fleet. All 41 jobs at the business were lost as the company entered insolvency.
Paul Hargreaves at Nexus Corporate Solutions
Paul Hargreaves of Nexus Corporate Solutions Limited was appointed administrator by the company’s director. He said, “I was appointed administrator of the company on May 15, 2026 by the director, and the company is in an insolvent position due to cashflow issues, debtors not paying, and historic ownership and management issues.”
He also said the business was facing “cashflow issues, debtors not paying, and historic ownership and management issues.” Those problems pushed a company that had operated as a provider of executive jet hire, aircraft management and engineering services across Britain and Europe into administration.
London Biggin Hill and 41 roles
The collapse hits a company that had been based at London Biggin Hill and had handled executive charter, aircraft management and engineering work across Britain and Europe. Zenith Aviation had moved through ownership changes before the collapse, including a deal at the beginning of 2025 in which Opul Jets acquired the company with its UK-issued Air Operator Certificate, managed aircraft fleet and accredited maintenance facility.
By December 2025, records showed Opul Jets had relinquished control of Zenith Aviation. That sequence left the business exposed before the May 15 administration filing and helps explain why the shutdown landed so fast once cash ran short.
Rescue or buyout options
Hargreaves said the administration team was assessing the company’s assets, assisting employees with statutory redundancy entitlements, and looking at “potential rescue, or buyout should that be appropriate.” He also said, “It is unfortunate for the company and the former employees, however, we are assessing the assets of the company, assisting employees with claiming their statutory redundancy entitlements, and looking at options to include potential rescue, or buyout should that be appropriate.”
For customers and former staff, the practical effect is immediate: the fleet is grounded, the jobs are gone, and any recovery depends on whether a buyer or rescue structure can be assembled from the remaining assets. The firm’s future now turns on what those assets can fetch and whether any part of the operation can be sold as a going concern.
