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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Charter Broker Victor Acquires YoungJets, More Funding
YoungJets founder and CEO David Young was alsonamed Victor’s senior vice president for the U.S. market.
Aircraft
Luxaviation Takes Delivery of Its First Phenom 300
now operates a combined fleet of more than 250 business aircraft, including 18 Embraer Legacy 600/650s.
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BACA and UK CAA Team To Tackle Illegal Charters
The Baltic Air Charter Association and the UK Civil Aviation Authority held a joint seminar to discuss foreign carrier permits and illegal charters.
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Union Asks for Single Carrier at Flight Options/Flexjet
IBT 1108 petitioned NMB on July 4 to determine whether Flight Options and sister company Flexjet “constitute ‘a single transportation system.’”
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Jetdebit Launches Digital Jet Card with Fixed Fees
Jetdebit.com will charge charter clients a fixed service fee of 8 percent.
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Flexjet’s New Custom Gulfstream G450 Makes a Public Debut in New York
Flexjet’s New Custom Gulfstream G450 Makes a Public Debut in New York
Aircraft
PlaneSense Takes Delivery of Its First Nextant 400XTi
Jet will be available as an upgrade for PC-12 share owners, several of whom have been asking for faster or longer-range aircraft.
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Air France Continues Bizjet Connections for First-class Pax
Partnership with executive charter operator Wijet to be expanded beyond Cessna Mustangs.
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Waypoint Leasing Places Two Helicopters with Titan
The transaction is the first between Waypoint, which was founded in 2013, and Titan, which has growing operations in Africa and South America.
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Stratajet Secures Gama Aviation for Booking Platform
Gama Aviation joins platform as Stratajet prepares for full commercial launch.
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Fractional Operators Eye International Expansion
NetJets looking to Latin America and evaluating fleet needs, Flight Options begins adding Gulfstreams and Wheels Up considers ride-sharing.
Aircraft
Avanti Evo Signs Up Charter Operators
Piaggio makes two more sales of the Avanti Evo twin pusherprop at the Paris Air Show.
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VistaJet Approaching Fleet Milestone
The all-Bombardier business jet operator is about to add its 50th aircraft
Avionics
Executive AirShare Fleet Will Soon Have Gogo Biz
Installations include Gogo Biz, which offers in-flight Wi-Fi Internet access, and Gogo Text & Talk.
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NetJets Brings Back Two Execs as Hansell Steps Down
Adam Johnson and Bill Noe, who departed in recent months, return to take the reins of NetJets from Hansell.
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VistaJet Completes $300 Million Offering
Proceeds will help VistaJet continue its global expansion plans.
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Jet Aviation Adds 12 Aircraft to Managed Fleet
Significant expansion in the flight support and aircraft management marketplace has seen Jet Aviation add 12 more aircraft to its managed fleet.
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TAG to fly Boeing 757 on luxury tours
Operator to operate 52-jet on behalf of TCS World Travel
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NetJets Europe Off To a Flying Start in 2015
Addition of new Signature Series jets helping company to achieve more growth.
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Flying Group To Acquire Jet Management Europe
Under the takeover deal, Flying Group will also manage a new Dassault Falcon 7X.
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NAC Asks Why Everyone Ignores Africa
South Africa’s National Airways Corp. is doing very well but says African aviation companies struggle to be taken seriously by OEMs.
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EJM Ready To Take European Management By Storm
EJM Europe, headed by Mario Spinola and focused on aircraft management and charter, now has a 45-person sales team.
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ABS Jets Adds G550 Maintenance, Soars in 2014
Company is also an Embraer-authorized service center for the Phenom 100 and 300 and Legacy 600/650 aircraft types.
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EJM Ready To Take European Management By Storm
EJM Europe, headed by Mario Spinola and focused on aircraft management and charter, now has a 45-person sales team.
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Jet Aviation Adds 12 Aircraft to Managed Fleet
Significant expansion in the flight support and aircraft management marketplace has seen Jet Aviation add 12 more aircraft to its managed fleet.
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Avinode Helps To Speed Air Charter Booking
Recent introductions by Avinode are helping brokers and operators alike speed the process by which charters are booked.
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New Sales Group Affinity Has Plans Beyond Brokerage
Former ExecuJet and Jetcraft executive Andrew Hoy has more than a new broker planned, with ambitions for a new FBO chain.
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ABS Jets Promotes Dispatcher To Head Charter Sales
Company’s core products include the Eclipse 550 very light jet and Kestrel K350 turboprop single.
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SchedAero’s European Business Grows Fourfold
SchedAero recently signed its 60th customer for Europe and 200th worldwide.
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Gama Aviation Predicts Further European Consolidation
Gama Aviation says scale has become increasingly important to survival to lower cost base.
