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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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First XOJet Challenger 300 enters service
The first of what could be as many as 80 Bombardier Challenger 300 super-midsize jets has entered service with block charter operator XOJet.
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DayJet Eclipse 500 Fleet Might Be In Play
A group of buyers formed by Houston-based JetsAmerica is offering to purchase former DayJet Eclipse 500s from lienholder United Technologies Finance.
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Avantair Financials Show Revenue Jump
Fractional-share operator Avantair saw its revenues climb significantly for the fiscal year that ended on June 30.
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Sentient Flight Group ‘getting back to normal’
Four years ago, Steven Hankin, an executive at a Starwood Hotels division, joined Sentient Jet, an independent jet card and charter brokerage firm that was
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The Fractional Market
as the economy lurches from bad to worse news, the aviation industry is holding its breath, waiting to see how this downturn will affect the business jet m
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Delta AirElite Adds 7X to Fleet
Delta AirElite Business Jets recently announced that it is the first U.S.
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JetBird Raises Additional $14 Million
European very light jet air-taxi start-up JetBird has raised an additional €10 million ($14.2 million) in launch capital by selling a 9.3-percent stake to
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FlairJet To Launch with Phenom 100s
British air-taxi operator start-up FlairJet last month announced plans to start operations next May with a pair of Embraer Phenom 100s.
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NetJets Europe Sells 3,000th Jet Card
NetJets Europe (NJE) announced in late August that it has sold its 3,000th “Private Jet Card” since the program was launched in 2002.
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Delta AirElite Adds 7X to Fleet
Delta AirElite Business Jets last month added a Dassault Falcon 7X to its fleet.
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DayJet runs out of time and money
Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet–the per-seat, on-demand charter operator of Eclipse 500 very light jets–ceased operations and let go of most of its employees
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Sentient and JetDirect split into two companies
Sentient Jet and JetDirect once again are operating as separate companies after agreeing in late August to separate into their original elements.
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Flexjet leader sets sights on expanding charter operation
The new president of Bombardier’s fractional ownership and jet card programs has brought a unique perspective to the Canadian manufacturer’s Flexjet and Sk
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DayJet Calls It a Day
Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet–the per-seat, on-demand charter operator of the Eclipse 500– ceased operations and let go most of its approximately 150 emplo
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Jet Republic Takes On NetJets Europe
Jet Republic late last month launched a major new European fractional ownership, lease and block-charter program and revealed itself as the previously unid
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NetJets merging pilots seniority lists
NetJets pilots will be consolidated into a system-wide seniority list, per a letter of agreement between NetJets and the NetJets Association of Shared Airc
Rotorcraft
UK charter firm buys SW4s
Biggin Hill, UK-based helicopter charter operator Sky Charter has been designated the UK dealer for PZL Swidnik rotorcraft.
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JetBird Obtains Funding To Get Off the Ground
European very light jet air-taxi start-up JetBird has raised an additional $14.2 million (€10 million) in launch capital by selling a 9.3-percent stake to
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Jet Republic Throws Down Gauntlet to NetJets Europe
Jet Republic today announced the launch of a major new European fractional ownership, lease and block charter program and revealed itself as the previously
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DayJet Parks VLJ Fleet For ‘Economic Reasons’
The fate of per-seat, on-demand air-taxi firm DayJet is up in the air, and its aircraft are not.
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XOJet Allays Fears Following Lehman Bros. Fallout
Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing will have no impact on XOJet’s international expansion plans, according to the San Carlos, Calif.-based charter operator
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FlairJet Plans Phenom 100 Air Service in UK
British air-taxi operator startup FlairJet yesterday announced plans to enter service next May with a pair of Embraer Phenom 100s.
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Drug trafficking
Although the recent economic downturn has led to a drop in charter activity among legitimate business travelers, the head of the U.S.
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With latest acquisition, Gama spreads its wings
The charter industry has seen a flurry of acquisitions and mergers in the past year, and by all accounts the activity will continue.
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Savannah Air Center’s New Hangar Already Full
According to Jeff Zacharius, president of Savannah Air Center, the new 101,000-sq-ft completion hangar that opened in February is already at near capacity
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Muirhead Offers New Luxury Leather
The Scottish firm of Andrew Muirhead & Son is introducing a luxury leather called Arisaig, named after a section of Scotland’s west coast renowned for
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Texas Aviation Gets Tampa Police Mod Contract
Texas Aviation Services has been awarded a fourth contract from the police department of Tampa, Fla., to modify one of the city’s new law enforcement helic
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Ultraleather Spells Fuel Savings
Noting that “every ounce counts,” Tapis is promoting its Ultraleather as a fuel saver.
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Down the Aisle…
While the composite structure, electrical harness and sub-assembly installation for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 will be done at its Querétaro facility in M
