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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National Jets Adds Learjet 45XR to Its Fleet
National Jets, which is based at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, has added a Learjet 45XR to its fleet.
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Million Air Charter OK’d for RNP-AR Approaches
Million Air Dallas completed the validation flight requirements to obtain authority to conduct RNP-AR (formally SAAAR) approaches in its Gulfstream G450.
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Political stability aids bizav bounceback in Thailand
Business aviation activity is picking up in Thailand, with the Southeast Asian country enjoying a period of relative political stability after the recent g
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October Air Charter Demand Looking Flat
Demand for charter flights during October looks set to remain somewhat flat, according to the latest projections from online charter portal Avinode
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Pilot Fatigue Rules Delayed Again
Regulations to combat pilot fatigue–which FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said will migrate to Part 135 operations–have been delayed past the August 1 dead
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O'Neill Out, Schultz In as CitationAir Chief
Bill Schultz, currently executive vice president and COO of CitationAir, took over as president and CEO of the private air services company.
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Avantair Trims Office Staff
Avantair has laid off about 20 employees, mostly at its FBOs that it owns and operates, but also some marketing staff.
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Acana To Hold Charter/Broker Seminar at NBAA Convention
The Air Charter Association of North America (Acana) will hold a forum on charter legalities at NBAA 2011.
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Moscow’s Jet Expo Show Reveals Russian Bizav Recovery
After being dented by the financial crisis, Russian business aviation is back in growth mode.
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Charter and Fractional Market Special Report: Providers Surviving and Growing
Like most of the general aviation industry, the charter and fractional sectors have reported stable activity during the past year, with pockets of growth a
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UK Plans Dedicated Airspace for 2012 Olympics
The UK’s National Air Traffic Services is proposing to establish a new airspace structure specifically to accommodate business aviation during the period a
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Platinum Jet Founders Sentenced To Prison
Michael Brassington, former president, CEO chief pilot and cofounder of Fort Lauderdale-based charter operator Platinum Jet, and his brother, former v-p an
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AIN Blog: Charter Feels the Squeeze from All Sides
I thought that working in the media was a precarious career path until I started to learn more about the executive charter business.
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Charter Lawsuit Reveals New Rendition Flight Details
Court documents released as part of a lawsuit by Richmor Aviation against charter broker Sportsflight reveal new information about how the U.S.
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Charter Demand Set To Flatten as Prices Wobble
Demand for charter flights during September looks set to flatten out, according to the latest projections from online charter portal Avinode.
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Brazil gets first fractional program
The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition in São Paulo last month marked the dawn of fractional jet ownership in Brazil, with two compan
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Charter Broker Bill of Rights Pitched
Opa Locka, Fla.-based charter/management provider Executive Air Services (EAS), which also owns charter broker Prudential Aviation, has released the Charte
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Charter Jet Sharing Firm Launches in UK
Victor, a new UK-based aircraft charter booking and price comparison website that officially opened last month, potentially reduces charter costs by sellin
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Flexjet Launches Learjet 85 Frax Program
Flexjet, Bombardier’s Texas-based fractional ownership operation, launched a Learjet 85 program.
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Former Platinum Jet Pilot Gets Six Months Prison Time
Pilot Francis Vieira, 61, who had previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2005 takeoff crash at Teterboro Airport of a Challenger 600 operated
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Flexjet Launches Learjet 85 Frax Program
Flexjet, Bombardier’s Texas-based fractional ownership program, launched a Learjet 85 program yesterday.
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UK Startup Flight Tests Charter Jet Sharing Concept
Victor, a new UK-based aircraft charter booking and price comparison website that officially opened yesterday, claims to be the “biggest revolution in the
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Broker Bill of Rights Pitched to Charter Industry
Opa Locka, Fla.-based charter/management provider Executive Air Services (EAS), which also owns charter broker Prudential Aviation, has released the Charte
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Charter Demand Peaks with 2011 ahead of 2010
Demand for charter flights anticipated during August showed a marked trailing off compared with a strong showing for July, according to the latest data fro
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Flight Options Secures $167M for Phenom Financing
Flight Options entered into a three-year, $167 million financing agreement with Brazil’s Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) to fi
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CitationAir Pilots Vote in Union
CitationAir became the third of the four major jet fractional providers to have a unionized pilot workforce last month, with 52 percent of the more than 35
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First CJ4 Delivered for European Charter Ops
Cessna Aircraft delivered the first Citation CJ4 for charter operation in Europe early last month.Fred Eisele, CEO of Stuttgart-based Eisele Flugdienst, ac
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JetNet Data Shows Early Stage of Bizav Recovery
“The first five months of the 2011 pre-owned market showed early-stage recovery signs,” with used business jet retail sale transactions growing by 19.7 per
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Limited resources halt investigation into NetJetsEurope
Britain’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that it will not continue to investigate a complaint made against NetJets Europe because it has insufficien
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French legal moves against NetJets Europe gathering pace
