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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Flight Options/Flexjet Pilot Union Asks Court for Help
TRO filed after Flight Options offered voluntary separation agreement to pilots against union wishes.
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Wheels Up Expands Offerings, Taps Eyerly for Shuttle
Membership charter firm will start shuttle service from New York and Boston to Nantucket in May 2016.
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Stratajet Launches Real-time Charter Booking System
Platform links into operators’ own electronic systems and collects data on everything from airports and airspace to runways, weather and Notams.
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Gama Aviation Achieves IS-BAO, IS-BAH at Sharjah
It became the first FBO in the Middle East to receive IS-BAH certification, and one of the few worldwide to snare both of IBAC's global bizav standards.
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Flight Options Preps for Transition To Charter Operations
The company defied union wishes and offered voluntary separation agreements as part of the transformation to a new Skyjet charter brand.
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Posting Strong Results, Gama Talks of More Acquisitions
Gama Aviation boosted revenues and profits in its first full year since the reverse takeover of Hangar8.
Aircraft
Flexjet Takes Delivery of Embraer's 1,000th Bizjet
Milestone comes 14 years after the company began delivering a VIP version of the ERJ-135 and 11 years since forming a dedicated bizav division.
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Charter Broker PrivateFly Opens U.S. Office
Fort Lauderdale/Miami was chosen as its U.S. office location to target a growing private jet audience in the area.
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JetSmarter Expands Shuttle Services to Atlanta
The new service, using a Falcon 2000, is available beginning May 2.
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Union Fires Back on Flexjet/Flight Options Seniority Dispute
The IBT filed a lawsuit alleging the companies are refusing to negotiate with them.
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ExcelAire Expands on West Coast With Oakland Office
New York-based ExcelAire is basing an Embraer Legacy 650 at its new base in Oakland, California.
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Asia Charter Demand Still Rising, But With Fluctuations
Online charter marketplace Avinode tracks requests for charter bookings.
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Sino Jet and Hublot Pursue Strategic Cooperation
Charter provider Sino Jet brought a Hublot-branded Embraer Legacy 650 to the ABACE 2016 static display.
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Lily Jet Launches Jet Card Program
The minimum buy-in for its Global 5000 jet card is 50 hours, while the maximum is 300 hours.
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HK Bellawings To Manage First Falcon 8X Ordered in China
The aircraft will be the second Falcon to join the HK Bellawings fleet, with a Falcon 7X set to arrive in September.
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Minsheng Signings Helping Young Operators Grow
Minsheng held a signing ceremony covering contracts with three operators.
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JetSolution Adds YachtSolution
The company, which specializes in aviation services, has expanded its offerings to include super yachts.
Aircraft
Zetta Jet signs for Two More Bombardier Global 6000s
The operator now has firm orders for five Global 6000s.
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VistaJet Sees Expanding Global Opportunities
VistaJet owns all of its airplanes and believes there are big opportunities for expansion of the China charter market.
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Minsheng Subsidiary To Join NetJets China Ownership
Upon the transaction’s approval, the China Minsheng Investment subsidiary will acquire 35 percent of the joint venture.
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Metrojet Forms Mainland Charter Management JV
Hong Kong-based business jet operator and maintenance provider partnered with Shanghai Junhua Property Co. to enhance its presence in mainland China.
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BAA Takes a Stake in NetJets China
Upon the transaction’s approval, the China Minsheng Investment subsidiary will acquire 25 percent of the joint venture.
Aircraft
Airbus Logs First Asian ACJ319neo Sale
Unnamed buyer is upgrading from a large-cabin business jet.
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Hongkong Jet To Acquire Asia Jet
After the purchase of Asia Jet by Hongkong Jet, the two companies will still be run as separate entities.
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VistaJet Celebrates Record 2015
VistaJet’s 60-airplane business jet charter fleet averages less than two years old.
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Executive AirShare Continues Growth Path
The Kansas City company offers a fresh way to fly a business aircraft fractional-share.
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Indonesian Operator Commits To 30 Bell 505s
The new light single helicopters will be used by PT Whitesky for air-taxi operations throughout Indonesia and its more than 14,000 islands.
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JetSuiteX Launches EMB-135 Service from Burbank to Concord
The new public charter service flies regularly scheduled trips between Burbank and Concord and Concord and Las Vegas.
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Executive AirShare Gets More Space
The move to new headquarters comes as Executive AirShare continues to grow, add aircraft.
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Flexjet, Flight Options To Restructure Fleets
Flexjets is offering voluntary separation agreements as certain models are moved into charter and others out of fleet altogether.
