Charter & Fractional
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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Flight Options ponders cockpit commonality
Flight Options, the Cleveland-based provider of fractional-ownership shares in pre-owned business jets, has started to explore the possibility of developin
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Italian firm to corral Mustangs for frax operation
Delta Aero-Taxi plans to start a fractional aircraft ownership operation in Europe with the new Citation Mustang.
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Hop-A-Jet Charter introduces outside maintenance
With the recent receipt of an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Hop-A-Jet is now offering maintenance to outside custome
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Flight Options says seniority issue resolved
Integrating pilot seniority, one of the thorniest issues created when fractional-operator Flight Options acquired Raytheon Travel Air earlier this year, ha
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NetJets Europe sees doubling of shareowners
NetJets owner Warren Buffett told The Wall Street Journal he expects fractional sales will double in Europe to 200 shareowners this year, although
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Caravan,Jetstream fractionals cease operations
Two separate turboprop fractional operations have not done well.
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Association aims to define ethics for charter brokers
A group of brokers have formed the Air Charter Professionals Association (ACPA) to define a set of standards and a code of ethics for their industry.
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Satellite TV company buys FlightTime.com software
Orbit Communications, the third-largest provider of satellite TV, bought at auction the software and other assets of defunct FlightTime.com and its AirChar
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Charter brokers hunt for new clients
Demand for executive aircraft charter continues to be softened by depressed trading activity in the financial community, which has previously been a core m
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In search of a light jet, Unijet breaks tradition
French charter operator Unijet will further expand its Paris Le Bourget-based fleet next year when it takes delivery of a pair of Cessna Citation CJ2s.
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Taughannock Aviation copes with bad times
At Taughannock Aviation, an FBO and charter operation tucked away in a corner of Tompkins County Airport near the bucolic, university dominated central New
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Real-estate developer builds charter op from the ground up
Going from real estate to on-demand business jet charter seems a bit of a stretch.
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Indigo relaunching bizav service with RJ shuttle
Indigo, which originally launched a “regular and frequent” business aircraft service with a Falcon 20 in February 2000, was scheduled to receive its first
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Many shocked as frax values drop
Fractional aircraft owners who were assured five years ago–when business aviation was booming–that their shares would retain 75 to 80 percent of their valu
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Aviace CEO says jet club partners in place
The board of directors of startup Swiss company Aviace confirmed on September 24 that Wilfried Koeck is its new CEO.
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It’s Tradition: New Airplanes, New NetJets Orders
It’s nearly as certain as death and taxes.
Regulations and Government
Fractional Rule Still Many Months Away
It will probably be another six months before the FAA issues its final rule to regulate fractional aircraft ownership operations under new Part 91 Subpart
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Piaggio Avanti picked for fractional startup
The final day of the NBAA convention in Orlando, Fla., last month opened to gray clouds and gathering rain.
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Operator Report: Pilatus PC-12
PlaneSense, the Manchester, N.H.-based fractional ownership provider launched in 1996 by parent company Alpha Flying, continues to expand.
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DayJet Scales Back after Failed Capital Infusion
Eclipse 500 air-taxi operator DayJet has “reduced its employee base across most areas of its business,” according to president and CEO Ed Iacobucci in a st
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Flight Options Pilot Union Seeks Mediation
On behalf of the approximately 575 Flight Options pilots, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108 last week filed for mediation with the Nati
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The ‘third horse’ in the frax race isn’t losing any sleep
Competition in the fractional-ownership market is intense, and the players are constantly changing.
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Fractional Pilot Hiring Up 19 Percent from Last Year
The rate of pilot hiring this year by five major fractional aircraft ownership providers–CitationShares, Flexjet, Flight Options, NetJets and Corporate Air
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Charter, Fractional Safety Study Published
The fractional aircraft industry has been involved in just seven non-fatal accidents since 1986, the year that this segment of aviation is considered to ha
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New Company Promises Objective Fractional Data
A former marketing executive at fractional aircraft provider Bombardier Flexjet has established Fractional Insider, a company that he promises will provide
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Delta Awards its Frequent Charter Fliers
Passengers on Delta AirElite, the business-jet charter subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, can now earn frequent-flier segments that can be used on the company’
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European block charter gets a facelift
UK block-charter firm European Skytime has introduced a new “First Step” alternative to its Flight Commitment program.
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Flight Time’s fall gives wings to a new venture
Two former charter representatives from now-defunct Flight Time have risen from the ashes of their former jobs to found a new charter-brokering business.
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NetJets pilots seek independent union
The “Strong Union” leaders who helped NetJets pilots obtain an industry-leading contract three years ago resigned from the local representing the fractiona
