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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Ditching the Tie, Fractional Now Just Goes by AirShare
Rebranding reflects push for leisure clients.
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Luxaviation Helicopters Partners with Brazil’s Icon Aviation
Both companies will benefit from the fleets and reach of the other, along with Luxaviation’s FBO and maintenance facilities around the world.
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Argus Predicts Record Bump in New Year's Travel
Forecast activity from the Traqpak report shows traffic during Thanksgiving will be up, New Years could mark a record increase.
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Vista Global Seeks To Defragment Bizav Lift Industry
"Our mission is to provide customer-centric solutions for every segment of business aviation," said company chief Thomas Flohr.
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Jet Linx Occupies New HOU Location
After the company's leased hangar at the Houston airport was leveled in a freak storm, the charter provider has moved across the field to a larger facility
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NATA Introduces New President Dempsey at Atlanta Forum
With workforce shortages and illegal charter as recurrent themes, the events are helping to shape action plans for its Illegal Charter Task Force.
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Luxaviation Signs MoU with Flugauto
Luxaviation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the VTOL startup company.
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XOJet Will Be Vista Global's 'Value' Charter Offering
Vista Global chief commercial officer Ian Moore said there are no plans to change XOJet’s fleet composition, however.
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Flight Plans Removed from Grand Canyon Requirements
FAA said that filing flight plans was an “unreliable method for verifying compliance” of Gran Canyon air tour limitations.
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VistaJet's New Parent Company To Acquire XOJet
Acquisition is a “major strategic step forward” that builds on its existing global offering and reinforces its established position in North America.
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JetSmarter Intros 14-Day Flight Trials for New Clients
Company reported that seat bookings have climbed by 116 percent year-over-year and shared flight frequency has increased by more than 20 percent.
Aircraft
Pilatus PC-24 Lands at Jetfly
The new twinjet joins Jetfly’s previously existing fleet of 22 Pilatus PC-12 turboprop singles and three Cessna Citation CJ3s.
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Get Heli Charter App Launches
Website and app will allow charter brokers to book helicopters quickly and easily.
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Argus Accepts Experience To Meet TripCheq SIC Minimums
TripCheq provides a “comprehensive analysis” of a commercial operator’s credentials, according to the company.
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ACE Charter Broker Event Steps Up Another Gear
One-day event at Biggin Hill is now a must-attend event for brokers, a year after the Air Charter Association (BACA) started co-organizing it.
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VistaJet's New Parent Aims To Defragment Bizav Market
The launch of Dubai-based Vista Global is backed by Rhône Group, is investing an additional $200M in Vista Global for acquisitions.
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Flexjet's Sales Soar 17 Percent in First-half 2018
New business was even more robust, soaring by 76 percent from a year ago.
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Embraer's New Phenom 300E Joins EAS fleet
With the addition of the newest Phenom, the fractional ownership provider says it is the first commercial operator of the full lines of Phenom aircraft.
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Jet Linx Adds Chicago To Growing List of Bases
The company lined up an investor group to form a board for the newly launched Jet Linx Chicago.
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Directional Aviation's OneSky Acquires PrivateFly
Combination of PrivateFly and OneSky's Skyjet will create one of the world’s largest online booking platforms for private jet charter.
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UTAir Losses from Helicopter Operations Continue
Company Expanding Fleet, Flight Hours
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African Air Charter Outfit Adds Airvan 10 To Fleet
The charter operator already has five eight-seat Airvan 8 piston singles in its fleet.
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Jet It To Offer HondaJet Shares in Eastern U.S.
The program opened its orderbook for share sales on August 30.
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Coleman Jet To Operate CB SkyShare Fleet
Launched last year, CB SkyShare offers shares in a fleet of Pilatus PC-12s, Citation CJ2s, and Gulfstream G200s.
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Charter Firm Boutique Air Begins DEN-Telluride Flights
The operator received FAA/DOT commuter authority in 2012 to conduct scheduled flights and is code-sharing with United Airlines on the route.
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ExecuJet To Welcome First Africa-based PC-24 in October
Pilatus jet will be based at South Africa's Cape Town International Airport and managed and operated day-to-day by the Luxaviation Group subsidiary.
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Flapper Technologies Plans Online Booking Expansion
The company is looking to take advantage of what it sees as vast business potential.
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Bestfly Antarctica Excursions To Continue This Season
The five-hour flight gives travelers the chance to go to the geographic South Pole.
