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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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Swiss company acquires Skyjet
VistaJet has embarked on an ambitious growth plan that could see it operating a fleet of almost 100 business jets by 2012.
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Sentient Flight Group Split-up Now a Done Deal
The break up of Sentient’s jet-card and charter divisions announced on August 13 was finalized over the weekend, according to the two companies involved in
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Wondair Launches Fractional Program
Valencia, Spain-based Wondair on Demand Aviation has launched a fractional ownership, jet card and corporate shuttle program.
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Wyvern Launches New Web Site
CharterX subsidiary Wyvern Consulting has launched WeFlySafe.com, an online resource for those who fly on chartered aircraft.
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PlaneSense Stands By SPn Order
George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPns.
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Post-Vernal Eclipse faces myriad challenges
Eclipse Aviation supplier Albany International revealed on August 19 that Eclipse “has indicated that it was substantially reducing production of the Eclip
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Sentient restructures as two separate businesses
The day before Sentient Jet Holdings chairman and CEO Gregory Campbell announced a restructuring of the company into two distinct entities, one of which wi
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XOJet Offers Fixed-Price Flights
San Carlos, Calif.-based XOJet is offering fixed-price rates starting at $25,000 for one-way transcontinental flights.
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Flight Options Relationships Improve
Flight Options and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, the union representing the pilot group, have announced “an unprecedented expressi
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Starfish Aviation Places S.33/S.40 Orders
Carlsbad, Calif.-based Spectrum Aeronautical announced another fleet order for its in-development S.33 Independence very light jet and S.40 Freedom light j
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Germany’s DC Aviation fleet aims high
Germany’s DC Aviation, in a bid to become Europe’s largest operator of private jets, last month took delivery of a new Gulfstream G450, bringing its fleet
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JetSuite uses low-cost airlines as a model for charter service
A new jet ownership and charter business called JetSuite is preparing to take delivery of its first Phenom 100 next April and has unveiled details about it
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Despite Grob’s Woes, PlaneSense Stands By SPn Order
George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPn mids
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FAA Subpoena Seeks Info from Sentient Leaders
The FAA on August 12 issued subpoenas seeking documents from Sentient Jet Holdings and executives at the charter/management, jet card and business aviation
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Sentient To Split into Two Separate Companies
Sentient Jet Holdings announced yesterday that it will be splitting into two separate companies.
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Ricci Extends Olive Branch to Flight Options Pilots
The previously chilly relations between Flight Options management and pilots appear to have thawed considerably just three weeks after the Cleveland-based
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Web Site Arranges for Charter Pax To Share Flights
Morristown, N.J.-based broker ExecJet USA recently launched a new Web site that allows travelers–or what the company dubs “travel hosts”–to post their flig
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Aircraft share owners largely satisfied with their frax provider
A substantial majority of fractional aircraft share owners indicated that they are satisfied with their current program.
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Latino airline jumps into exec charter biz
Argentina’s economic crisis has created a unique business experience for the country’s national flag carrier, Aerolíneas Argentinas.
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Sentient Flight Group Completes Reorganization
Sentient Flight Group on Tuesday announced organizational changes as part of a refocusing of its long-term business plan.
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SATSair Plans To Add SJ50s to Fleet
On-demand air-taxi firm SATSair on Tuesday signed a letter of intent with Cirrus Design to add five Cirrus Vision SJ50 jet singles to its fleet.
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Company guarantees charter will cover direct costs
Buyers looking for 100 to 200 hours of lift per year might be interested in a program called OwnershipPlus from Contrail Aviation of Baltimore.
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News Note: Lance Armstrong flies NetJets
Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong received a hero’s welcome as he boarded his NetJets aircraft after winning the race in Paris for a historic
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FAA Cites Maintenance in Alaska 135 Revocation
On July 24, the FAA issued an emergency order of revocation to LAB Flying Service of Juneau, Alaska, effectively shutting down the 52-year-old air carrier,
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Touching Bases: L.A. sues charter operator over VNY noise
The Los Angeles board of airport commissioners, the agency that oversees several airports in the metropolitan area, announced last month it was suing chart
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News Note: LEA opens new base at Farnborough
UK charter operator London Executive Aviation (LEA) has opened a new base at Farnborough Airport, locating one of its two Cessna Citation Bravos there.
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ARG/US has good news for fractional providers
According to Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US) of Cincinnati, the great majority of fractional aircraft share owners are satisfied with their program and
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Major providers mature as local frax firms hatch
Executive Jet Aviation owner and CEO Richard Santulli brought the fractional-ownership concept to the business aviation community in the mid-1980s.
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Fractional Ownership: 17 years on
The concept of fractional ownership in the transportation industry is nearly half a millennium old.
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Hybrids fill fractional-charter gap
At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.
