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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.

MySky Adds Auto-quoting Capability for EMEA Customers

MySky has introduced an auto-quoting feature developed specifically for business aircraft charter customers based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

MySky auto-quoting feature displayed on MacBook

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Wheels Up Announces $30M in Cost-cutting, Layoffs

Wheels Up says cost-cutting plan will save $30 million without impact to operations.

Wheels Up Citation Excel business jet on approach to landing

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Learjet 60, Embraer 190 Have ‘Close Call’ at KBOS

A JetBlue Embraer E190 and Hop-A-Jet-operated Bombardier Learjet 60 were involved in a near-collision at Boston Logan airport on February 27.

Graphic depicting near-collision at Boston Logan International Airport on February 27, 2023

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FlyExclusive Adds Paint Hangar at North Carolina HQ

FlyExclusive's maintenance facilities enable it to perform more than 80 percent of the work on its 90+ business jet fleet.

FlyExclusive paint hangar at its Kinston, North Carolina headquarters

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KinectAir Plans To Add Electra eSTOLs to Charter Network

KinectAir plans to use Electra’s nine-passenger eSTOL aircraft to develop point-to-point regional air mobility services in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

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Luxaviation Expanding Fleet in Asia-Pacific

Luxaviation is addding aircaft to its fleets throughout the Asia-Pacific region as it sees a post-pandemic rebound.

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Luna Aviation Group Posts Record Returns in 2022

Luna Aviation Group saw record returns for both its LunaJets private charter brokerage and LunaGroup Charter brokerage.

partial image of Dassault Falcon business jet

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Priester Continues Growth with Five More Managed Jets

Following its acquisition of Mayo Aviation late last year, Priester Aviation's fleet numbers more than 80, including the recent additions of five aircraft.

Priester Aviation Praetor 500 on airport ramp

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Constant Aviation Now Under Flexjet's Wing

Constant Aviation will be folded under sister company Flexjet as the fractional provider's in-house maintenance department.

Constant Aviation maintenance tech at work atop jet at Cleveland MRO facility

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Thrive Aviation Opens Headquarters Expansion

Thrive Aviation's headquarters expansion houses an operations control center, training, and executive offices, among other functions.

Thrive Aviation operations control center (Photo: Thrive Aviation)

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Wheels Up Streamlines Doc Management with Comply365

Wheels Up employees in nearly every department are using the Comply365 mobile app to manage their ops documents and records, the software specialist said.

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Verijet Eyes Major Investment after SPAC-deal Ends

Verijet anticipates a "significant private investement" and for former Boeing CEO Muilenburg to join its board after a SPAC deal collapsed.

Verijet Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet on airport ramp

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NetJets, Pilot Union Start Midterm Negotiations on Pay

The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots is imploring NetJets to increase pilot pay to become more competitive with the airlines.

NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots picket at Phoenix Airport

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How to Book a Charter Flight - Tips From an Unbiased Expert - BJT Explainer

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Planet 9 Open House Celebrates Five Years of Growth

Charter-management firm Planet 9 has successfully made the transition into an international charter provider with a fleet of large-cabin jets.

Attendees at Planet 9 aircraft charter open house gather behind Bombardier Global business jet in the Castle & Cooke hangar at Van Nuys Airport.

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PC-12 Captain’s Abrupt Turn Caused LOC-I Incident

An abrupt turn to avoid clouds caused a Jetfly Pilatus PC-12 to momentarily lose control while on approach to France’s Brive-Souillac Airport.

Jetfly Pilatus PC-12 in flight over clouds

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Jordan’s Arab Wings Obtains Air Ambulance Ops Nod

Air ambulance operation certification will enable Arab Wings to transport patients to Jordan from any country in the region.

Patient and medical professionals onboard medically equipped jet

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Flexjet Donating Flight Time To Benefit Child Foundation

Flexjet is donating flight hours that will be auctioned or raffled at this weekend's Naples Winter Wine Festival to benefit an educational group for kids.

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Epps Aviation FBO Being Sold to Aero Center Chain

Epps Aviation an FBO at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport has been sold to SAR Trilogy's Aero Center FBO chain after nearly 60 years of family ownership.

Epps Aviation at DeKalb-Peachgtree Airport in Atlanta

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Charter Brokers Facing 'Perfect Storm'

Charter availability is still difficult as several factors, such as industry consolidation, new flyers, and workforce issues, squeeze the market.

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Charter Firm Pegasus Acquired by Prima Air Group

The acquisition gives Prima Air Group access to ultra-long-range business jets such as the Gulfstream G650ER.

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Public Charter Operator Aero Expands to Texas

Fueled by a new round of financing, private jet charter provider Aero is expanding its market with the opening of a hub in Dallas, Texas.

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Volato Offers Broker Perks To Use Its HondaJet Fleet

Volato's Broker Rewards program offers an up to 4 percent cash commission for booking its HondaJets.

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Vista Global Sees Jump in Revenue, Members in 2022

Vista Global Holding's revenue last year was 50 percent higher than 2021, driven by a 74 percent rise in VistaJet’s program membership gross hours sold.