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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Charter firm finds sweet spot in Egypt

Cairo-based Spot Air (Stand E740) is making its Dubai Airshow debut after announcing early this month the opening of a new office in Hannover, Germany.

November 14, 2009

NetJets ME launches F2000LX program

Fractional ownership of private aircraft seems to be a struggling business model in North America and Europe but it’s alive and well in this part of the wo

Charter & Fractional

November 14, 2009

Executive Charter Offered on Challengers

In mid-2009, Qatar Airways received two 4,000-nmi-range Bombardier Challenger 605s and a Challenger 300 for new charter subsidiary Qatar Executive.

Charter & Fractional

November 13, 2009

VistaJet seeks partner to build charter business in ME region

The business aircraft charter market is down by at least 15 percent this year, but VistaJet (Stand E540) expects to achieve 20-percent growth for 2009, and

Charter & Fractional

November 12, 2009

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NetJets Europe Halfway to Carbon-Neutral Goal

NetJets Europe yesterday released its first environmental progress report, in which it claims to be on track to become completely carbon-neutral by October

Charter & Fractional

November 10, 2009

NetJets To Furlough Nearly 500 Pilots

Fractional provider NetJets late last week announced that it will furlough up to 495 pilots from its North American fractional operations, mostly from NetJ

Charter & Fractional

November 10, 2009

JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Charter DayCards

JetSuite, which plans to begin flying in the western U.S.

Charter & Fractional

November 3, 2009

Charter Data Shows Mixed Picture

The latest data from Charter X and Avinode gives conflicting pictures of the fortunes of the executive charter market over the past month.

Charter & Fractional

November 3, 2009

CitationShares is now CitationAir by Cessna

Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares last month in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the com

Charter & Fractional

November 2, 2009

Connor takes over at NetJets Europe

New NetJets chairman and interim CEO David Sokol has begun making changes at NetJets Europe, appointing a new boss to run the business and implement job cu

Charter & Fractional

November 2, 2009

Manhattan operator halts service

New York’s only scheduled helicopter shuttle service is no more, at least for now.

Rotorcraft

October 30, 2009

Flight Options Pilots Authorize Strike

IBT 1108, the union representing Flight Options pilots, on October 19 said 90 percent of those voting in a strike-authorization vote approved a strike if t

Charter & Fractional

October 30, 2009

Air Partner Private Jets Logs $4M Loss

The Private Jets division of charter broker Air Partner suffered a £2.5 million ($3.9 million) loss in its fiscal year that ended on July 31.

Charter & Fractional

October 30, 2009

Virgin Charter Shuts Down

Online charter broker Virgin Charter stopped “active operations” on October 23, according to a company statement.

Charter & Fractional

October 29, 2009

SATSair ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations

Greenville, S.C.-based Cirrus SR22 air taxi firm SATSair “temporarily” shut down operations on October 23 “due to circumstances,” according to a recording

Charter & Fractional

October 29, 2009

Special Report: Charter Meltdown

The charter segment has been hit particularly hard during this downturn, as the number of flights dropped drastically from year-ago levels.

Charter & Fractional

October 29, 2009

Manhattan operator halts service

New York’s only scheduled helicopter shuttle service is no more, at least for now.

Rotorcraft

October 29, 2009

Virgin Charter Closed Due to Insufficient Sales

Online charter broker Virgin Charter stopped “activ

Charter & Fractional

October 28, 2009

Marquis Jet sees demand on rebound

Marquis Jet’s Randy Brandoff said his jet card company is well positioned to take advantage of the shifting sands of the corporate jet market.

Charter & Fractional

October 21, 2009

CharterX, CTA link flight and ops systems

CharterX Wyvern and Computing Technologies for Aviation (CTA) announced the launch of FlightPortal with FOSLink at NBAA.

Charter & Fractional

October 21, 2009

Charter & Fractional

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Latest

Charter firm finds sweet spot in Egypt

Cairo-based Spot Air (Stand E740) is making its Dubai Airshow debut after announcing early this month the opening of a new office in Hannover, Germany.

NetJets ME launches F2000LX program

Fractional ownership of private aircraft seems to be a struggling business model in North America and Europe but it’s alive and well in this part of the wo

Executive Charter Offered on Challengers

In mid-2009, Qatar Airways received two 4,000-nmi-range Bombardier Challenger 605s and a Challenger 300 for new charter subsidiary Qatar Executive.

VistaJet seeks partner to build charter business in ME region

The business aircraft charter market is down by at least 15 percent this year, but VistaJet (Stand E540) expects to achieve 20-percent growth for 2009, and

Videos

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NetJets Europe Halfway to Carbon-Neutral Goal

NetJets Europe yesterday released its first environmental progress report, in which it claims to be on track to become completely carbon-neutral by October

NetJets To Furlough Nearly 500 Pilots

Fractional provider NetJets late last week announced that it will furlough up to 495 pilots from its North American fractional operations, mostly from NetJ

JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Charter DayCards

JetSuite, which plans to begin flying in the western U.S.

Charter Data Shows Mixed Picture

The latest data from Charter X and Avinode gives conflicting pictures of the fortunes of the executive charter market over the past month.

CitationShares is now CitationAir by Cessna

Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares last month in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the com

Connor takes over at NetJets Europe

New NetJets chairman and interim CEO David Sokol has begun making changes at NetJets Europe, appointing a new boss to run the business and implement job cu

Manhattan operator halts service

New York’s only scheduled helicopter shuttle service is no more, at least for now.

Flight Options Pilots Authorize Strike

IBT 1108, the union representing Flight Options pilots, on October 19 said 90 percent of those voting in a strike-authorization vote approved a strike if t

Air Partner Private Jets Logs $4M Loss

The Private Jets division of charter broker Air Partner suffered a £2.5 million ($3.9 million) loss in its fiscal year that ended on July 31.

Virgin Charter Shuts Down

Online charter broker Virgin Charter stopped “active operations” on October 23, according to a company statement.

SATSair ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations

Greenville, S.C.-based Cirrus SR22 air taxi firm SATSair “temporarily” shut down operations on October 23 “due to circumstances,” according to a recording

Special Report: Charter Meltdown

The charter segment has been hit particularly hard during this downturn, as the number of flights dropped drastically from year-ago levels.

Manhattan operator halts service

New York’s only scheduled helicopter shuttle service is no more, at least for now.

Virgin Charter Closed Due to Insufficient Sales

Online charter broker Virgin Charter stopped “activ

Marquis Jet sees demand on rebound

Marquis Jet’s Randy Brandoff said his jet card company is well positioned to take advantage of the shifting sands of the corporate jet market.

CharterX, CTA link flight and ops systems

CharterX Wyvern and Computing Technologies for Aviation (CTA) announced the launch of FlightPortal with FOSLink at NBAA.

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