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Jet Card Offers Time on Two Types

Marquis Jet is now marketing a 25-hour card that gives users access to 12.5 hours in each of two different aircraft types.

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February 1, 2007

Laid-off airline pilots start successful Euro charter firm

Scores of professional pilots found themselves unemployed after the fallout from 9/11.

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February 1, 2007

Netjets pilots choose 'strong' voice

On December 23 NetJets pilots overwhelmingly elected the five-member master executive council (MEC) slate known as Strong Union.

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January 31, 2007

NetJets and FlightSafety report profits for 2004

In his annual letter to shareholders published early last month, investment mogul Warren Buffett said earnings improved last year at Berkshire Hathaway’s f

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January 31, 2007

London, Moscow popular departure points for large charter aircraft

Customers wanting to fly out of Moscow and London dominate executive charter demand for larger business jets in Europe, according to the latest statistics

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January 31, 2007

Private terminal opens for charter op at APA

Charter/management firm International Jet, on the newly opened south end of Denver Centennial Airport (APA), has begun operations at its “private jet termi

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January 31, 2007

Preliminary Report: Metro hits snowbank

FAIRCHILD SWEARINGEN METRO IIIA, RAWLINS, WYO., NOV.

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January 31, 2007

Preliminary Report: Merlin nosegear fails

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIIA, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., NOV 18, 2003–Merlin IIIA N332BA, owned and operated by Key Lime Air, Englewood Colo., was s

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January 31, 2007

Trial date set for pilots vs Flight Options

A May 11 trial date has been set for the start of a lawsuit in which four former Flight Options pilots allege they were fired because of their union-organi

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January 31, 2007

Flexjet exception to frax industry growth

With the exception of Bombardier Flexjet, 13 major and minor players in the fractional industry continued their growth cycle last year, according to Wichit

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January 31, 2007

Simuflite to train all Flight Options pilots

In the single largest training agreement in its history, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will soon start training all 900-plus pilots of Flight Options, the sec

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January 31, 2007

Bombardier merges charter operations

Bombardier has launched a global executive charter program offering both block occupied-hour terms and ad hoc rates throughout the U.S., Europe, the Middle

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January 30, 2007

Frax Hire Many More Pilots

The four major fractional aircraft operators hired 482 pilots last year compared with 198 in 2003, bringing the total roster of fractional pilots to 3,649

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January 30, 2007

Scheduling draws pilot ire at NetJets

While the fractional providers said publicly that switching to the more stringent rules of Part 91 Subpart K on February 17 was a nonevent, a look behind t

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January 30, 2007

EJM to offer scheduled service on business jets

Indigo tried it and failed.

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January 30, 2007

NetJets buying up to 50 Horizons–again

Raytheon Aircraft last month reached a “tentative agreement” for NetJets to purchase up to 50 Hawker Horizons for its fractional aircraft fleet.

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January 30, 2007