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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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BJets makes bizav’s A-list with $600m, 40-ship order
New business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management services at the air show yesterday with a $600 million order
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BJets Launches India Frax, Charter Service
At the Singapore Airshow today, new business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management service with a massive $600
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Club328 Cuts 328Jet, Premier Is, 14 Pilots
London Biggin Hill Airport-based charter firm PlaneChartering, owner of the loss-making Club328 brand, has disbanded its Fairchild Dornier 328Jet and Hawke
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The Air Group joins Sentient Jet stable
Sentient Jet Holdings has continued its pattern of aggressive growth with the purchase of Van Nuys, Calif.-based The Air Group.
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Pilot shortage looms for charter operators
Although the market for charter and fractional ownership is still strong in the U.S., operators might soon face a shortage of qualified pilots and maintena
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FAA: A008 Inspections Nearly Complete
The FAA has told NATA that the agency has completed special emphasis inspections for about 60 percent of all Part 135 certificate holders.
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LEA Readies Mustangs for VLJ Air-taxi Service
London Executive Aviation (LEA) officially unveiled the first of the 10 Cessna Citation Mustangs it has on order during a ceremony at Farnborough Airport o
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DayJet uses new data to hone air-taxi model
Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet last month reached its 100th day since starting per-seat on-demand service in the Southeast with its fleet of 28 Eclipse 500
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NetJets Europe To Accelerate Deliveries
Due to increasing customer demand, NetJets Europe last month negotiated with several business jet manufacturers to accelerate delivery of 39 new aircraft w
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Bombardier in-house charter challenges frax
Bombardier has started offering its Skyjet ad hoc executive charter service alongside its Flexjet Europe’s existing Jet Membership block-charter program.
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Sentient Finalizes TAG USA Buy, Forms New Division
Sentient Flight Group today completed the acquisition of TAG Aviation USA from Switzerland-based TAG Aviation Holding, a deal announced in late October not
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How to develop a startup jet: Just do it, then crow about it
The “affordable jet” has become synonymous with the flying car.
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VLJs ‘Not Revolutionary,’ but Do Enable Air Taxis
Despite one aircraft manufacturer’s claims, “very light jets are only evolutionary, not revolutionary,” noted Arie-Willem Van Doome, COO of Netherlands-bas
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PrivatAir adds two ACJs to all-business-class runs
With the addition of two more business aircraft in shuttle configuration to provide nonstop service between Germany and the U.S., Swiss aviation services g
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NetJets has dibs on most Northolt slots
Executive charter and corporate aircraft operators have complained that they have been unable to get slots at London Northolt Airport since NetJets started
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Santulli drops fees to lure Russians
NetJets Europe is targeting fast-expanding Russian businesses for its fractional-ownership program.
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Indigo relaunches TEB service with Legacy
Indigo originally launched its “regular and frequent” business aircraft service between Chicago Midway Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey with a F
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New Jersey Governor Seeks To Block Indigo Service to Teterboro
Indigo chairman and CEO Peter Pappas made it clear last month that actions by New Jersey Gov.
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Company Claims Block-charter Savings Over Frax
Since its launch two months ago, CharterAuction.com said its block-charter auction program has offered 50-percent or greater savings over competing fractio
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Frax Aircraft Values Dropping, Says Charter Broker
CharterAuction.com is claiming that “many [fractional] customers who were sold [shares] five years ago on the basis of a 90-percent aircraft resale value a
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No positioning fees in new European charter
Bombardier Aerospace has launched Skyjet Europe, in which customers are charged a fixed hourly rate only for the hours flown with no positioning costs.
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Buffett unfazed by a soft year for NetJets and FSI
As he does every year in his annual report, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett gave his frank and folksy description of how his company’s many holdings
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Marlin Air Sues UM over Contract Dispute
Charter operator Marlin Air of Belleville, Mich., filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from the University of Michigan (UM) after the college terminated its
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Flight Options Revamping Seniority System
Conceding that the seniority system put in place late last year following the merger of fractional aircraft ownership companies Travel Air and Flight Optio
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European firm offering scheduled bizjet service
February 17 will see the launch of scheduled business aircraft services linking Geneva, London and Paris.
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Fractionals dominate airframers’ order books
The business-jet fractional-ownership fleet continues to grow at a phenomenal rate and now accounts for more than 60 percent of total industry backlog, ref
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Flexjet and Delta Linking Up?
As unclear as Flight Options’ future is, the situation at Flexjet is even less defined at this time.
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NetJets Europe Climbing Strongly
Due to increasing customer demand, fractional aircraft provider NetJets Europe yesterday said it has worked with aircraft manufacturers to accelerate deliv
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ATA Execujet expands with Part 135 charter services
“When you’re on ATA, you’re on vacation,” used to be the airline’s marketing slogan.
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Weight threshold upped in revised charter rule
The Transportation Security Administration’s revised final Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP) released on New Year’s Eve removes the Global
