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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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Raytheon Travel Air mum on effects of September 11
As of press time, Raytheon Aircraft (RAC) chose not to comment on the effect on its Travel Air fractional-ownership program from the aftermath of the Septe
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UK charter operator opts into BBJ2 service
British executive charter operator Multiflight was due to take delivery of a green Boeing Business Jet 2 on September 27 at the airframer’s Seattle headqua
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PrivatAir expands to global proportions
Founded in 1976 as the air arm of the Latsis shipping group, PrivatAir until recently catered exclusively to the top end of the executive charter market wi
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DayJet, FAA To Jointly Prove NextGen Technologies
Very light jet air-taxi operator DayJet today signed an agreement with the FAA to start a five-year, phased implementation of proven NextGen technologies t
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Alpha Flying, Atlas Aircraft Move into New Digs
Alpha Flying and sister company Atlas Aircraft Center are holding a grand opening celebration this afternoon for their new aviation complex at Pease Intern
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Bombardier Flexjet Adds Challenger 605
Dallas-based Bombardier Flexjet announced at the end of April that it had added the new Challenger 605 to its fractional fleet.
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Flight Options Pilots Seek Mediation
Accusing the Flight Options management team of being “out of touch with its pilots’ legitimate career aspirations,” the International Brotherhood of Teamst
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Avantair Moves Closer to Profitability
Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair is narrowing its losses and on course to reach profitability in the near future, company CEO Steven Santo said
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SATSair Marks Growth in the Southeast U.S.
SATSair, the largest Cirrus SR22 on-demand charter operator in the U.S., reported a 60-percent increase in the number of flights last year and booked an av
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‘Total solution’ charter options abound on Web
The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and Virgin Charter introduced a new element to
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Piston charter model aims to get people off the road
The Cirrus SR22 has been the world’s best selling single-engine aircraft for five years, with more than 3,000 sold to date.
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'Total solution' charter options abound on Web
The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and Virgin Charter introduced a new element to the charter industry: the ability to book
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ExcelAire Builds Its Legacy Fleet
Charter provider ExcelAire has added another Embraer Legacy 600, bringing to three the Long Island, N.Y.-based company’s fleet of the Brazilian-built jets
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NATA Takes FAA To Task over Emergency Revocations
On Friday, National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James Coyne criticized the FAA for issuing another emergency suspension order for a Par
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Skyjet International gets new owner
Bombardier’s Skyjet International executive aircraft charter program will be in safe hands with proposed new Swiss owner VistaJet<
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On heels of Super Bowl success, charter firm looks to expand
Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintena
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Hex’Air finds opportunity in ERJ-135 charter operations
Since mid-September, a French operator has been flying the first Embraer ERJ-135 dedicated to charter in Europe.
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Charter firms riding out economic turbulence
Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with re
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More 'personalized' service is goal of new frax operation
JetLimited, the new fractional aircraft ownership program from Rifton Aviation, believes it sets itself apart from other regional and national frax program
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Avolar’s big bizjet buy boosts its fractional bet
Avolar, the budding stand-alone fractional business jet division of UAL Corp., stepped up its launch effort last month with a pair of new aircraft orders–d
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Flight Options, Travel Air combine
Flight Options and Raytheon Aircraft are combining their fractional-ownership programs into a new company in which the “new” Flight Options will hold 50.1
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Flexjet Globals will base use on days or hours
With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h
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BA and Virgin Airlines get cold feet on bizav
British Airways (BA) ditched its business jet charter service just six months after launching it with charter broker Air Partner, the result of cost-cuttin
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Aspen entrepreneur launches bizjet service
Jonas Weil, 65, moved to ski resort haven Aspen, Colo., seven years ago and has since become totally disenchanted with flying to and from home on the airli
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Flight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots
Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots
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Travel Air pilots move closer to unionizing
Last month the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) for an election to allow the pilots at fractional
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Air Canada latest airline to offer bizjet charter
Montreal-based Air Canada will convert up to four of its Boeing 737s into 48-seat business jets and place them into the airline’s new on-demand and contrac
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Fractional pilot hiring down 30 percent
The 843 pilots hired by six major fractional aircraft ownership companies in the first nine months of this year were about 30 percent fewer than the 1,210
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New executive terminal built at Paris Le Bourget
France’s prime business aviation gateway is set to pass the next stage in its ongoing redevelopment when a new executive terminal opens at Paris Le Bourget
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Avinode’s growth spurts
In keeping with its name, online charter tracker Avinode (Booth No.
