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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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Euro charter demand strong
Demand for large business jets is growing in the European executive charter market, according to the latest statistics from online charter booking service
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Air East appealing emergency revocation
Air East filed an appeal with the NTSB over the emergency revocation of its Part 135 certificate on March 8, grounding the Farmingdale, N.Y.
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Delta AirElite celebrates 20 years of charter service
Delta AirElite Business Jets is celebrating its 20th year of business aircraft charter and management, and remains the only business jet provider owned by
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U.S. charter firm bases GVs in Japan
After many months of negotiations with FAA and Japanese aviation officials, Van Nuys, Calif.-based charter firm The Air Group has succeeded in its long-tim
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Executive Jet Management reports brisk charter activity
Executive Jet Management, the aircraft management and charter arm of NetJets, saw its revenue charter business rise by a healthy 36 percent last year, to 4
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Avantair Says It’s Near Break-even Point
Avantair, the Clearwater, Fla.-based fractional that operates Piaggio Avantis exclusively, reported an 85-percent increase in Q2 revenue over the same peri
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Chinese charter firm expands fleet
DeerJet, one of China’s leading executive charter firms, has leased a Gulfstream IV through U.S.
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Charter operator counts on local FBO
Lowe Aviation, a Phillips 66 Aviation Performance Center at Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, Ga., is the hometown fueler for medium-size inter
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FlightSafety, NetJets numbers dipped in 2003
Profits soared last year at Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, though not all of the company’s divisions did well.
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Flight Options offers bargain into rate on Legacy
To inaugurate its newest aircraft type, fractional provider Flight Options is offering a reduced hourly occupied rate for customers who sign up for shares
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Flexjet launches 'Jet Rich Quick' financing
Last month, fractional provider Bombardier Flexjet announced a program for substituting a finance lease for the acquisition payment of a fractional share.
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Helicopter frax provider goes charter and adds S-76
HeliFlite Shares, which has its operations center at Alliance Airport in Texas, obtained its Part 135 charter certificate in February and last month added
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Charter firm rebuilds in wake of fraud charges
In what is being described as the largest money-laundering investigation in Alaska’s history, Mark Avery, the former owner of Anchorage-based air charter a
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Fired pilots, flight options fail to reach settlement
A scheduled mediation session failed to settle a lawsuit in which former Raytheon Travel Air pilots allege they were fired because of their union-organizin
Regulations and Government
Comments Due on Air-taxi Disclosure Proposal
Today is the deadline for comments on a DOT advance notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking input on a 2006 NTSB recommendation calling for air taxis
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NetJets’ fortunes take a positive turn in 2006
A “much improved situation is emerging at NetJets,” according to Warren Buffett, chairman of parent company Berkshire Hathaway.
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Hawker Aircraft services NetJets MX Award
NetJets has presented its annual trophy for Best Heavy Maintenance Provider during 2006 to Hawker Aircraft Services.
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Part 135 Operators Now Must Use Unique APIS Codes
Effective April 13, Part 135 operators are now required to use dedicated air-carrier codes when electronically transmitting advance passenger information s
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NTSB Clears Air East On Some FAA Allegations
Citing insufficient evidence, an NTSB law judge dismissed FAA allegations that charter operator Air East did not comply with several ADs and that some pers
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Sentient Says Its Jet Charter Card Is Flying High
Sentient said that sales of its block-charter private jet card grew 82 percent in the first quarter over the same period a year ago.
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Swiss pilot launches charter ops software
Swiss business aircraft pilot Stefano Costi has launched a new operations-management system that he claims will offer the most integrated and intuitive sof
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Flying group buys French Riviera charter firm
Belgian charter operator Flying Group’s takeover of Cap Camarat Business Jet (CCBJ) furthers the operator’s “ambition to become an important player in Euro
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california fbo plans development to accomModate growing charter operations
During the Cold War in the 1950s, squadrons of North American F-86 Sabres and, later, F-100 Super Sabres stood guard over the West Coast secreted in hangar
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Fractional Pilot Hiring on the Increase
The four largest fractional operators–NetJets, Flight Options, Flexjet and CitationShares–hired 11 pilots in March, compared with none during the same mont
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European jet club picks PrivatPort at Geneva
Club Airways, a members-only scheduled business jet charter operation in Europe, has chosen PrivatPort to provide ground handling for its flights from Gene
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JetDirect Proposing To Acquire Sentient Jet
Two well known companies that operate charter aircraft and jet travel cards might be near to merging.
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Projection sees rebound in fractional hiring
At least 250 pilots are estimated to be hired this year by the Big Four fractional providers, according to Aviation Information Resources (AIR).
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Former US Airways Executive named COO at Flight Options
Flight Options, the second-largest fractional aircraft provider, last month named Michael Scheeringa as COO.
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Tax seminar for air taxis on tap
A tax seminar specifically geared toward Part 135 air-charter operators will be held on May 17 in Las Vegas in conjunction with the National Air Transporta
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Canadian operator gets certificate reinstated
Transport Canada found no violations of Federal Aviation Regulations during a special-purpose audit of Georgian Express, and on January 27 returned the ope
