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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Transport Canada Updates Crew Duty/Rest Proposal
One key area of concern was the “unrealistically short” time frame proposed for the regulation to go into effect for on-demand charter operators.
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FAA Recommends Committed-to-stop Point for Landings
The InFO was prompted by a Hawker 800A that crashed while attempting a go-around more than 17 seconds after touchdown on a 5,500-foot runway.
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XOJet Launches Three New Charter Plans
The company's new access programs are tailored to better serve its more than 7,000 customers.
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Avinode Sees Rise in Worldwide Charter Interest
The online aircraft charter portal saw its busiest month ever in June.
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Luxaviation UK Sees Strong Start for Summer Charter
Burgeoining traffic to Mediterranean resort destinations has fueled a 15 percent increase, year over year.
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Midwest Aviation Company Faces FAA Fine
Exec 1 Aviation faces a $285,800 penalty for what the agency describes as using improperly qualified pilots.
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Gama Aviation Logs 100,000th Flight for Wheels Up
Wheels Up/Gama Aviation's flight operations have the same scale as a regional airline and is fast approaching 6,000 flight sectors per month.
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ExcelAire To Hold Benefit for Breast Cancer Foundation
ExcelAire will hold Wings & Wheels at its MacArthur Airport FBO on August 10 for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.
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Flexjet Unveils App To Provide Direct Link to Customers
The app is designed for prospective buyers and existing owners, with aircraft information, detailed itineraries and bill statements, among other features.
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Horizon Air Group Acquires Starbase Jet
The acquisition makes Horizon one of the largest air charter companies in the South Central U.S.
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Surf Air's European Operation Adds Second Route
The addition of Cannes comes within two weeks of the formal rollout of Surf Air's European operation.
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VistaJet Membership Sales Surge in 2017
The company experienced a record 57 percent jump in membership sales, while customer retention increased to 91 percent.
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CB Aviation Launches Fractional Share Program
The service area is currently defined as the U.S. West Coast, but company has plans for CB SkyShares to be a national plan in a few years.
Aircraft
NetJets Receives 50th Challenger 350, 30th Global
To date, NetJets’ Challenger 350 fleet has logged nearly 70,000 flight hours, while its Globals have accumulated nearly 67,000 flight hours.
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Rectrix Expands King Air Cape Cod Shuttles
Shuttle aircraft feature nine “first class” seats and are flown by two pilots under a Part 135 DOT commuter authorization.
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Executive AirShare Launches Plan for Midsize Companies
Dubbed Launch Lease, the plan offers customers 40 total program days on an Executive AirShare aircraft to use over a two-year period.
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Jet Linx Reaches 100th Aircraft Milestone
The private jet company’s fleet now includes 101 aircraft ranging from helicopters, turboprops and light, midsize, super midsize and heavy jets.
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Surf Air European Operation Launches in London
Initial operations involves flights between London Luton and Ibiza and Cannes.
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Bristow Teams With Blade on NYC S-76 Helo Service
Blade Ultra is available on a charter, crowdsourced and scheduled basis, and can be booked directly on via Blade's app or website.
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Surf Air Acquires Dallas-based Competitor Rise
Under the transition to the Surf Air brand, Rise will phase out its current fleet of Beechcraft King Air 350s and replace it with Pilatus PC-12s.
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JetSuite Jumps into Business Aircraft Management
An increase in charter flying demand and growth in its SuiteKey block charter program led to the creation of the multi-tiered aircraft management o
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Citing 50% Growth, Flexjet Goes on Pilot Hiring Spree
Open pilot positions are in its light through super-midsize jets—the Embraer Phenom 300 and Legacy 450 and Bombardier Learjet 75LXi and Challenger 350.
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Victor Proves Digital Charter Booking is on the Rise
The company ranked 113th place on the FT1000, a new Financial Times poll of Europe’s growing aviation businesses.
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Three NetJets Companies Combine 360 Degrees of Expertise
From simple charter to full aircraft ownership, this NetJets-parented trio has the bases covered.
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GlobeAir Takes Two More Mustangs as Ops Increase
The company's fleet has grown to 16 aircraft.
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Oyonnair Touts Avanti's 98% Dispatch Reliability Rate
In the last year, Oyonnair has logged 3,000 hours in its turboprop twin-engine Avanti P.180s.
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FlairJet To Manage Surf Air Europe’s Phenom 300
The twinjet will go into service next month and be operated by FlairJet.
Aircraft
PlaneSense Gears Up for Launch of Pilatus PC-24
The company has an initial order for six PC-24s, but plans to place an add-on “significant order” as soon as Pilatus reopens the order book next year.
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Click Displays New Online Charter Platform
In-house team provides real-time support to members from its Operations Control Centre
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Captain Jet Aims to Bring Transparency to Charters
The Captain Jet platform went live in September through a partnership with Avinode.
