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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Fractional Pilot Hiring on the Increase
The four largest fractional operators–NetJets, Flight Options, Flexjet and CitationShares–hired 11 pilots in March, compared with none during the same mont
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European jet club picks PrivatPort at Geneva
Club Airways, a members-only scheduled business jet charter operation in Europe, has chosen PrivatPort to provide ground handling for its flights from Gene
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JetDirect Proposing To Acquire Sentient Jet
Two well known companies that operate charter aircraft and jet travel cards might be near to merging.
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Projection sees rebound in fractional hiring
At least 250 pilots are estimated to be hired this year by the Big Four fractional providers, according to Aviation Information Resources (AIR).
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Former US Airways Executive named COO at Flight Options
Flight Options, the second-largest fractional aircraft provider, last month named Michael Scheeringa as COO.
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Tax seminar for air taxis on tap
A tax seminar specifically geared toward Part 135 air-charter operators will be held on May 17 in Las Vegas in conjunction with the National Air Transporta
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Canadian operator gets certificate reinstated
Transport Canada found no violations of Federal Aviation Regulations during a special-purpose audit of Georgian Express, and on January 27 returned the ope
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Raytheon signs Hawker maintenance deal with NetJets
Raytheon Aircraft signed a 10-year agreement with NetJets for the maintenance of the fractional-ownership operator’s fleet of Hawker 1000s, Hawker 800XPs a
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Flexjet’s sales figures hint at market rebound
When the economic bottom slipped from under the business aviation industry in 2001, those in the fractional ownership market were unsure where it would lea
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IBAC to propose int’l frax regs
When the ICAO Assembly meets in Montreal late this month, the International Business Aircraft Council (IBAC) will propose standardization of international
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One Charter Operator Buys Another
JetDirect Aviation, a private jet services firm based in Berwyn, Pa., acquired Presidential Aviation, an aircraft management, charter and maintenance compa
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Buy a Share, Win a Trip
Avantair is offering a limited-time incentive to new buyers of Piaggio Avanti fractional shares.
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Raytheon Stands by Flight Options
Net sales for Flight Options increased in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2005, but the fractional provider recorded an op
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Charter Broker Firm Fights Global Warming
Massachusetts-based Executive Charter Services (ECS), in a joint program with an organization that promotes alternative energy, is giving its passengers an
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Revamped Skyjet offers new options
Bombardier has revamped its Skyjet International block charter program, unveiling the new Jet Member card at the Middle East Business Aviation show in Duba
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NetJets Starts Dedicated Scottish Operation
Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.
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Eclipse Repairing Damaged Test Aircraft
Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming flight-test aircraft, N505EA, which experienced a gear-up landing on September 4 at Albuquerque International Sunport,
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Flight Options Offering Limited-time Incentives
Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options yesterday announced three new buyer-incentive programs.
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Small Air-taxi Aircraft Still Prohibited at DCA
Under the Transportation Security Administration’s new regulations permitting the resumption of general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington Nat
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NetJets Pilots, Management Reach Agreement
After nine months of intense bargaining, NetJets’ unionized pilots (represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and management reached a ten
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Charter Broker, DOT Reach Enforcement Settlement
New York-based charter broker Blue Star Jets and the DOT on Monday reached a compromise settlement regarding the company’s alleged regulatory violati
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Wet-lease Guidance Issued by the FAA
Part 135 operators and charter management entities will be affected by a proposed policy guidance involving wet leases.
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Flight Options Union Drive Strengthening
Three of the five pilots for Cleveland-based fractional aircraft operator Flight Options who are trying to organize pilots under International Brotherhood
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FAA changes course on controversal bulletin
The FAA has announced it will delay further the compliance date for a recent Handbook Bulletin for Airworthiness (HBAW), affecting aircraft maintenan
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Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business
Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business.
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Eclipse 500 VLJ Fractional Set To Fly
Scottsdale Ariz.-based fractional operator JetsAmerica is scheduled to take delivery of its first Eclipse 500 by the second week of March, according to com
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Raytheon Stands by Its Flight Options Fractional
Net sales for Flight Options increased in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2005, but the fractional provider recorded an op
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Air-taxi Hopeful Pogo Co-founder Burr Quits
Donald Burr recently left air-taxi hopeful Pogo to "pursue other opportunities," according to a company statement.
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FBO chain abd charter provider team up
Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation have joined to provide added travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.
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Flight options chief leaves
Flight Options insists that it’s business as usual despite last month’s unexpected departure of the company’s chairman and CEO, John Nahill.
