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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Jet Linx Expands Private Terminal Network
The jet card and jet management provider has doubled down in St. Louis and addded a base in Texas' capital.
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Industry Calls For Stronger Penalties on Illegal Charter
At the Air Charter Expo, business aviation associations called for tougher action against illegal charter flights.
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Kansas Firm Expands Charter, Management Ops To OKC
Clemens Aviation will initially expand to Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City with two Beechjets.
Aircraft
Airshare Looks To Five New Cities for Shareowners
The Kansas-based company has a fractional fleet of 100 Embraer Phenom 100 and 300 business jets.
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Jet Linx Elevates Service Training with Forbes Travel
The jet card provider has partnered with luxury brand evaluator Forbes Travel Guide, on setting new customer service standards for its staff.
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NetJets Teams With Superyacht Broker Northrop & Johnson
The two brands will offer exclusive benefits to their clients.
Aircraft
Comlux Adds Another ACJ320neo to Airbus Orders
Comlux announced today that it has placed a new order for an Airbus ACJ320neo, taking its total orders for the type to four.
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Air Charter Association Offers Broker Training Program
The multi-session program will be spread throughout the next year and include practical on-airport training.
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L.J. Aviation Opens New Base at Pittsburgh Intl. Airport
L.J. Aviation's new base at Pittsburgh International Airport includes a customer reception area, meeting rooms, and 36,000-sq-ft of hangar space.
Airports
JetSolution Attains ISO Nod, Tackles Airport Closure
JetSolution Aviation Group was able to navigate the challenging period when the Hong Kong International Airport was disrupted by pre-democracy protesters.
Aircraft
Broker Sees Double-digit Gains in Charter Activity
Demand was highest for super-midsize and heavy jets followed by light jets, broker New Flight Charters noted.
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Air Charter Industry Group Produces New Podcast
New episodes of the Air Charter podcast will be produced every two weeks.
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AINsight: Putting Part 135 Safety Under the Microscope
The FAA doesn’t hold on-demand operators to the same safety standards or level of oversight as the scheduled airlines, and this is a real problem.
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Slow To Head PrivateFly's U.S. Operations
The appointment comes as the U.S. market has grown to account for half of PrivateFly’s global flight sales.
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Jet Linx, Medjet Partner for Client Benefits Program
Jet Linx Jet Card members and aircraft owners can receive proprietary discounts on MedjetAssist or Medjet Horizon memberships.
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ABS Jets Looking To Grow Trip Support Client List
Prague-based ABS Jets has an operations control center that is also used by many third-party clients from countries such as Brazil.
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Wheels Up Raises $128M To Fuel Further Growth
Wheels Up raised $128 million in new equity late last week to help the private flight solutions firm accelerate growth and digital efforts.
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Legal Framework for Fractional Shares Coming in Brazil
Proposed new fractional-share rules in Brazil will be equivalent to those under the U.S. FAA's Part 91K.
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Flapper Technologies Extends Its Horizons
Via its booking platform, Flapper will soon offer new routes, new country markets, and new services—including crowdsourced flight sharing.
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Avantto Benefiting From Improving Bizav Market
Avantto’s revenue and EBITDA performance in 2018 and the first half of 2019 has been even better than in the two previous years.
Aircraft
AirMed Bolsters Reach to Central, South America
Acquisition of a Nextant 400XTi extends AirMed International's footprint from San Antonio, Texas base.
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Brazil Cracks Down on 'Pirate' Charter
The nation is making an attempt to curtail illegal charter, with regulators embracing numerous solutions.
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JetSuiteX Transforms into JSX
The rebranding comes as the four-year-old public charter provider is preparing to extend its regular service to a seventh destination, Phoenix, this month.
Aircraft
Clay Lacy Expands To Naples with GV
Clay Lacy says the Gulfstream is the longest-range business aircraft currently based at the airport.
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ACS Skydive Raises $12,000 For Cancer Charity
Momentum charity in the south of England benefits from bravery of 11 workers from charter company ACS.
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ACS Expands Brazil Charter Ops
Air Charter Services has nearly doubled staff and moved to bigger office space in Sao Paulo.
Aircraft
Wing Spirit Expands HondaJet Order to 15
The Hawaii-based company plans to use the HondaJet Elites for inter-island charters and air ambulance operations.
Aircraft
KlasJet Adds Two Boeing 737s for VIP Charter
Avia Solutions subsidiary added two Boeing 737VIPs, taking fleet to seven.
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Dominvs Launches Business Aviation Arm
London-based group has formed a business aviation subsidiary with Chris Mace, founder of SaxonAir, who is the CEO.
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Jet Linx Introduces New Flightsharing Feature
Part of the company's new mobile application, it will allow aircraft owners and jet card members the ability to sell empty seats on a per-flight basis.
