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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Fly-in, Fly-out Model Proves a Boon for Alliance Airlines
Getting energy workers to out-of-the-way sites is one part of the company's business plan.
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Grand Canyon Air-tour Helicopter Crash Kills Three
Survivors were severely injured and high winds that built to 50 mph and darkness made medical evacuation delayed and difficult.
Aircraft
PC-24 Brings PlaneSense Fleet to 41 Aircraft
Company expects to receive at least two more of the new twinjets within the next 12 months and two more next year.
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Rectrix Fleet Approved for DCA Flights
Only specific gateway airports, certain airlines and a few private plane companies have met the security qualifications required to have access at DCA.
Accidents
NTSB Docket: Copilot Flew Accident Leg, Against Policy
Learjet 35A that crashed on circling approach at Teterboro Airport wasn't authorized to be flown by copilot under company rules.
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Embraer Lands KC-390 Interest for Leasing Deals
Embraer has received a Letter of Interest for six KC-390 transports, to be acquired by a company that aims to lease them out to air arms.
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Alyssum Group Acquires RocketRoute
RocketRoute’s FlightPlan and MarketPlace platforms will be integrated into Alyssum’s connected digital marketplace.
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ACI Jet Boosts Charter/Management Fleet
The California-based company has added a pair of Globals and its first Embraer, a Phenom 300 to its aircraft offerings.
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Baker Aviation Expands Charter Fleet
The new additions incude a Citation X, Hawker 800XP, and a King Air 350.
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Victor Raises $18M for Charter Industry Venture
Will create an ecosystem enabling business aviation industry stakeholders to boost efficiency and profitability by sharing data and intelligence.
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Keith Plumb To Leave Executive AirShare
Co-founding the company in 2000, Plumb helped build it into an operation that has more than 50 aircraft, nearly 200 employees, and five bases.
Aircraft
How to Quit the Airlines and Fly on a Private Jet
How to Quit the Airlines and Fly on a Private Jet
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VistaJet Sees Double-digit Growth in Flight Hours
Its all-Bombardier fleet—which includes the Challenger 350, 650, and 850 and Global 5000 and 6000—now numbers 72 aircraft.
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PHI Offloads Sikorsky S-76C++s to Helijet
The first three helicopters will be prepared at PHI's base in Lafayette, Louisiana, for delivery in the first and second quarter.
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PrivateFly Sales Climb 51%, Expects More Growth in 2018
Expansion this year will be “driven by on demand business jet charter, as opposed to outright or fractional ownership.”
Airports
Minneapolis-area Airport To See New Bizav Development
The start of hangar complex at St. Paul Downtown Airport will mark the first private development there in more than a decade.
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Luxaviation Broker Desk Marks Good First Year
Worldwide group says local offices for charter sales, and central broker desk in Luton, has worked well.
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Jet Aviation Obtains Maltese Air Operator Certificate
Having announced at EBACE 2017 that it had signed a joint venture agreement in Malta, Swiss firm has now been granted an AOC by the Malta CAD.
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PlaneSense Gears Up for Pilatus PC-24 Service Entry
PlaneSense’s jet program customers will be able to fly aboard the PC-24 in late February or early March, following proving flights.
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Elit'Avia Sees Shift Toward Aircraft, Crew, Mx Requests
The Solvenian company has seen more customers prefer to treat business as a typical operating expense rather than a capital expense.
Aircraft
Millennials Changing the Face of Business Aviation
Generation is causing a new ecosystem to take shape—“business aviation as a service”—said Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano.
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Torqued: Appropriate Gov't Charter versus Abuse
In appropriate circumstances charter is a resource to get the government’s work done effectively and efficiently.
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Zetta Jet Ceasing Operations Today
Bankruptcy court apparently denied Zetta Jet's bid for new financing.
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VistaJet Logs Record Gains in Third Quarter
North America was a “core driver” in the growth of the company’s membership program, with a 25 percent jump in U.S.-based customers in the third quarter.
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VistaJet Partners on Rockefeller Collection Tour
The tour, with stops in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles and New York, will culminate in in an auction for charities.
Airports
Surf Air Europe Moving Base from Luton to London City
UK-based FlairJet, which operates Phenom 300s for Surf Air Europe, is working on obtaining the required steep approach approvals to fly into LCY.
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Ascend Air Bringing Membership Charter to SE Asia
For monthly fee, members can fly a shared private aircraft for about the same as premium airline fares.
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ImagineAir Eyeing Fleet Expansion, More Bases
The operator has developed a service designed to compete with automobile travel, rather than airline operations.
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Luxaviation Joins Paragon Network
One of the world's largest private avaition companies, is testing the waters in the world's largest private aviation market.
