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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Sentient Buy Shows FAA Succeeds in Erasing AMI Jet Charter
Sentient Flight Group announced yesterday that it has agreed “in principle” to buy TAG Aviation USA’s aircraft management business from Switzerland-based T
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Private Jet Membership Provider Sentient Sold
Sentient, a leading provider of business aircraft transportation through membership block charter, was purchased last month from CSFB Private Equity by TH
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Raytheon records flight options losses
“We are now starting, with the first quarter, to record 100 percent of Flight Options’ losses since we have been meeting all its financial requirements as
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CitationShares Boasts of All-RVSM Fleet
CitationShares, the fractional aircraft ownership venture between Cessna and TAG Aviation USA, claims to be the first fractional operator whose aircraft ar
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Aviation Industry Reacts To AMI’s Part 135 Revocation
The aviation industry is beginning to react to the FAA’s October 4 suspension and then last Friday’s revocation of AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate,
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Delta AirElite launches block-charter program
Delta AirElite, which has operated an aircraft management and charter service since 1991 when it was still Comair Jet Express, took a step toward further e
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AMI Problems Began with DOT Consent Order
AMI Jet Charter had problems with the U.S.
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Flexjet Asia-Pacific turns one; continued growth expected
Marking the first anniversary of the launch of its Hong Kong-based business aircraft charter network last month, Bombardier Flexjet Asia-Pacific believes i
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OEMs reeling from frax airplane order retreat
When Richard Santulli sold three fractional shares in a business aircraft in 1986, people snickered.
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FAA Revokes AMI Jet Charter’s 135 Certificate
Last night, the FAA revoked the charter certificate of AMI Jet Charter in a letter hand-delivered to AMI president Don Hitch.
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Sentient is finding its stride in membership block charter
Sentient, launched four years ago as a business aviation charter broker, is now second only to fractional-ownership giant NetJets in the number of business
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Michael McQuay Named to Lead Flexjet
Bombardier Aerospace promoted Michael McQuay to president of its Flexjet fractional operation headquartered in Dallas.
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New Flight Options CEO brings Raytheon closer
In a move that appeared to bring Raytheon a step closer to concluding its intention to take control of the operations of fractional jet provider Flight Opt
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Longest cabin on the ramp
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 on the EBACE static ramp was the newest addition to the charter fleet of Vienna, Austria-based Jetalliance.
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FAA Refuses To Discuss AMI Suspension/A008 Issues
Despite repeated requests from AIN, the FAA said that no officials would conduct any interviews about last week’s emergency suspension of AMI Jet Ch
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Very Light Jet Management Service Takes Off
Van Nuys-based JetAviva, which bills itself as the “first exclusive” very light jet (VLJ) management company, launched its Eclipse 500 management service t
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AMI Jet Appeals Emergency Suspension to NTSB
Last night, AMI Jet Charter submitted a petition for review to the NTSB’s law
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Survey reveals optimism, more competition in Euro charter
The European executive charter market is becoming more and more competitive, and the majority of operators and brokers expect demand to increase over the n
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Charter Industry Silent about AMI Jet’s FAA Suspension
The consequences of the FAA’s emergency suspension of AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate last week are not yet immediately apparent.
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Bankrupt AEXjet ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations
In an e-mail sent to employees on Friday morning, AEXjet CEO John Gallaher said the charter company is ceasing operations for two weeks while the transacti
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Flight Options Shows Greatest Share Gain
According to research from AvData, Amstat and ARG/US, Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options had a share-owner increase of 20.5 percent (from 541 owner
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Cheers and some wary eyes greet new frax regs
In the first few days after the new FAR on fractional ownership hit the street last month, the aviation community was reacting with tempered optimism.
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Pilots seek judgement against Flight Options
Four pilots suing their former employer, Flight Options, for allegedly firing them for their union-organizing activities following the merger with Raytheon
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Frax Hiring on Track To Beat Last Year’s Numbers
According to aviation career specialist AIR Inc., six fractional operators this year hired 447 pilots through April.
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Executive Jet Management Awarded ISO 9001:2000
Executive Jet Management recently earned ISO 9001:2000 certification, making the company one of the few U.S.
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EJA’s first female pilot recalls her brief ‘career’
They called them “libbers” back in 1973.
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Attacks lead to surge in charter requests
Some charter companies are reporting new interest and bookings as a result of last month’s terrorist attacks.
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Fractional Ownership
What began as a concept that met with outright skepticism and indeed some hostility by the established aviation industry has blossomed into a viable branch
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Fired pilots and Flight Options settle lawsuit
A lawsuit in which four former Raytheon Travel Air pilots alleged they were fired because of their union-organizing activities when the company merged with
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FAA Suspends AMI Jet's Part 135 Certificate
The FAA suspended AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate yesterday on an emergency basis, citing many problems with the Burlingame, Calif.
