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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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Small is still beautiful for pint-sized UK charter op
Some would have us believe that for business aviation the age of “big is beautiful” has arrived.
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Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters
If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu
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Russian Operator Takes PT6 Support
Russian charter operator Dexter Air Taxi has signed a fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada covering eight PT6A-67P engines on its fleet of
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Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters
If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu
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Mustangs land in UK corral
London Executive Aviation (LEA) will this week take delivery of the second and third of 10 Cessna Citation Mustangs it will receive during 2008 and 2009.
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Arab Wings fly here for new Citation CJ1+]
Jordanian executive charter provider Arab Wings (Booth No.
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JetFly Orders Two TBM 850s
Luxembourg-based fractional ownership operator JetFly has ordered two TBM 850s.
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Jet Aviation Awarded CAMO Plus Certificate
Jet Aviation’s aircraft management and charter division has announced it has been awarded the EASA Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO)
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Come Fly with MEA
Cambridge, UK-based Marshall Executive Aviation (MEA) (Booth Nos.
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Jetalliance Orders Airbus Corporate Jets
Jetalliance Group of Vienna has ordered an additional CFM-56 powered Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) with a VIP cabin, along with two A318 Elites, to add t
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VistaJet Places $1.2B Order for Bombardier Bizjets
Having revealed plans for fleet expansion and a southeast Asia office at EBACE yesterday, local operator VistaJet completed the picture today with an annou
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DC Aviation plans to increase its charter fleet
Already one of Europe’s most prominent private jet operators, DC Aviation (Booth No.
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Universal Weather and Aviation (Booth No. 337) announced that its UVair unit continues to add fuel specialists
Universal Weather and Aviation (Booth No.
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Lufthansa lands at EBACE
Lufthansa Private Jet is showcasing the first aircraft of its own fleet here at the EBACE static display area.
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VistaJet buys Bombardier’s Skyjet charter
Bombardier’s Skyjet International executive aircraft charter program will be in safe hands with proposed new Swiss owner VistaJet, according to the Canadia
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FlyingGroup To Offset Carbon Dioxide
Executive charter operator FlyingGroup (Booth No.
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XOJet starting joint venture in Middle East
XOJet, the fast-growing on-demand charter company operating a fleet of Cessna Citation X and (starting this fall) Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft, has s
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Prestige Jet buys five G650s
Prestige Jet of Abu Dhabi signed a letter of intent at EBACE for the purchase of five Gulfstream G650 long-range executive jets to be delivered in 2012.
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‘ShAirForceOne’ plans ‘frax’ BBJ2 ops by pax hours, not aircraft hours
“The ShAirForceOne program will deliver the ultimate corporate flight experience with respect to safety, security, comfort and productivity,” Art Brown, pr
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Factory-supported pricing
Flight Options’ foundation since its launch in October 1998 has been the tenet that a fractional share in a pre-owned jet makes better financial sense than
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A pilot's life at Flight Options
Flight Options pilots work eight days on, seven days off, a schedule that for the most part is popular with crews.
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Dedicated crewing?
One of Flight Options’ claimed advantages over the competition is what it calls “dedicated crewing,” a dispatch system under which captains are assigned a
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Long and healthy life forecast for fractionals
The demise of Avolar before it really got started is not an omen for the fractional aircraft provider industry.
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Skylliance Charter Adds Two New Members
Skylliance, the charter jet program of Jet Aviation, announced here that it will add JetNetherlands and Elite Jets of Dubai, effective June 1.
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Frax regulations emerge as NPRM, comments due
After an arduous trip through the federal bureaucratic processes, the FAA published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for FAR Part 91 Subpart K last
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XOJet Plans Abu Dhabi Joint Venture
XOJet, the San Carlos, Calif.-based on-demand charter company with a fleet of Cessna Citation Xs, said today at EBACE that it has secured $2.46 billion in
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VistaJet Unveils New Flight Solutions Program
Switzerland’s VistaJet today launched its so-called Flight Solutions Program, on which it hopes to pin much of its planned expansion into the Asia-Pacific
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Swiss VistaJet establishes Southeast Asia beachhead
Switzerland’s VistaJet (Booth No.
