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News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.
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Greenjets Starts Shared Flight Service
Greenjets shared business jet service between New York and Florida began last month, and service to Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington and Atlanta wi
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Air Royale Offers Best-price Guarantee
Los Angeles-based private aircraft charter services company Air Royale International is offering a best-price guarantee on its air charter flights.
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Frax Firm Jet Republic Suspended, Orders Cancelled
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has “terminated its firm and conditional order purchase agreement with Jet Republic.” The cancellation removes
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Sokol Wastes No Time in Restructuring NetJets
NetJets’ new chairman and acting CEO, David Sokol, has barely been at the helm of the fractional provider a week, but he isn’t wasting any time in restruct
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Losses Mount for NetJets in Second Quarter
Fractional aircraft provider NetJets’ second-quarter revenues fell 43 percent year-over-year to $550 million, and for the first half dropped $1.024 billion
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Jet Republic Fights NetJets Poaching Ban
Lawyers acting for European private jet club start-up Jet Republic are seeking to lift a legal injunction secured by rival fractional ownership provider Ne
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Avjet Plays Key Role in Clinton’s Mission to N. Korea
Aircraft management and charter firm Avjet held a crucial role in the air transportation for former President Bill Clinton on his visit to North Korea on T
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Birds Blamed in Citation I Crash
The NTSB said the probable cause of a crash in Oklahoma City of a Cessna Citation I was airplane wing-structure damage sustained during impact with one or
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Frax Industry Founder Steps Down from NetJets
In a seismic event for the business aviation industry, NetJets founder, chairman and CEO Richard Santulli yesterday resigned his position at the company, e
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Sunset Aviation Rebrands, Relaunches as Solairus
As of tomorrow, charter/management company Sunset Aviation LLC officially becomes Solairus Aviation.
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Arabasco, Royal Jet team on Saudi charter
Royal Jet and Arabasco launched a joint venture to expand private charter services in Saudi Arabia.
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Avantair shrugs off effects of recession
Even as other well-established and larger fractional ownership operations are quietly laying off employees and reducing aircraft delivery rates in response
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Smart Aviation Readying for Citations
Egyptian charter operator Smart Aviation is preparing to take delivery of the first two Cessna Citation Sovereigns to be certified for medical evacuation w
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Whole aircraft on offer from Euro frax firm
European fractional ownership provider Jet Republic is now trying to sell whole midsize business aircraft.
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Qatar begins Middle East charter ops
Qatar Airways is getting into the private charter business with the launch of its Qatar Executive subsidiary.
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Flight Options prepares for Phenom 300s0
With certification of Embraer’s Phenom 300 expected before year-end, Flight Options released more details about its fractional ownership program for the ai
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Platinum Jet charter director pleads guilty
Joseph Singh, former director of charters for the now-defunct charter operator Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty on July 7 to “a conspiracy to defraud charter c
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Mercury Jet Charter Reduces Rates
Charter broker Mercury Jet Charter is offering one-way charter rates under its new Mercury Express program.
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More charter flights likely for British royals
Britain’s Royal Household and Ministry of Defence are evaluating options for providing flights for Queen Elizabeth II and her family beginning April 1 next
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XOJet Expands Fixed-price Charter Service
XOJet launched a national network of “fare on-demand” rates for aircraft charter service starting at $12,000 on more than 15,000 dedicated routes.
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More FAA oversight possible for Part 135
FAA scrutiny of on-demand Part 135 charter operators may increase following a report issued July 13 by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspect
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Rizon Rationalizes in the Gulf
Despite reporting a recent “pronounced upswing” in business jet charter business in the Gulf Cooperation Council territories, Middle East charter and aircr
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IG Report Accuses FAA of Inadequate Charter Oversight
In a report on the on-demand Part 135 charter industry
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Ex-Platinum Jet Director Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Joseph Singh, former director of charters for now-defunct Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to “a conspiracy to defraud charter customers and brokers
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Avantair Flying High in Face of Recession
As the larger fractional ownership operations lay off employees and/or reduce aircraft delivery rates, Clearwater, Fla.-based Avantair is watching its flee
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Arabasco, Royal Jet Form Saudi Charter Venture
Royal Jet and Arabasco today launched a joint venture to expand private charter services in Saudi Arabia.
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NetJets Averts Pilot Layoffs and Furloughs
A voluntary furlough-mitigation program collaboratively formed
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Royal Family Relying More on Aircraft Chartering
Britain’s Royal Household and Ministry of Defence are evaluating options for providing flights for Queen Elizabeth II and her family beginning April 1 next
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CitationShares Reduces Staff to Match Flight Activity
On Tuesday, fractional-share operator CitationShares laid off 41 office staff and furloughed 52 pilots, according to CEO Steve O’Neill, “to match both the
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Coastal Announces Fixed-price N.Y.-L.A. Flights
New York-based Coastal Jet Service is launching per-seat, daily nonstop service on a Citation X between New York and Los Angeles.
