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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Raytheon signs Hawker maintenance deal with NetJets
Raytheon Aircraft signed a 10-year agreement with NetJets for the maintenance of the fractional-ownership operator’s fleet of Hawker 1000s, Hawker 800XPs a
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Flexjet’s sales figures hint at market rebound
When the economic bottom slipped from under the business aviation industry in 2001, those in the fractional ownership market were unsure where it would lea
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IBAC to propose int’l frax regs
When the ICAO Assembly meets in Montreal late this month, the International Business Aircraft Council (IBAC) will propose standardization of international
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One Charter Operator Buys Another
JetDirect Aviation, a private jet services firm based in Berwyn, Pa., acquired Presidential Aviation, an aircraft management, charter and maintenance compa
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Buy a Share, Win a Trip
Avantair is offering a limited-time incentive to new buyers of Piaggio Avanti fractional shares.
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Raytheon Stands by Flight Options
Net sales for Flight Options increased in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2005, but the fractional provider recorded an op
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Charter Broker Firm Fights Global Warming
Massachusetts-based Executive Charter Services (ECS), in a joint program with an organization that promotes alternative energy, is giving its passengers an
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Revamped Skyjet offers new options
Bombardier has revamped its Skyjet International block charter program, unveiling the new Jet Member card at the Middle East Business Aviation show in Duba
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NetJets Starts Dedicated Scottish Operation
Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe has launched a dedicated operation for the Scottish market.
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Eclipse Repairing Damaged Test Aircraft
Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming flight-test aircraft, N505EA, which experienced a gear-up landing on September 4 at Albuquerque International Sunport,
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Flight Options Offering Limited-time Incentives
Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options yesterday announced three new buyer-incentive programs.
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Small Air-taxi Aircraft Still Prohibited at DCA
Under the Transportation Security Administration’s new regulations permitting the resumption of general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington Nat
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NetJets Pilots, Management Reach Agreement
After nine months of intense bargaining, NetJets’ unionized pilots (represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) and management reached a ten
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Charter Broker, DOT Reach Enforcement Settlement
New York-based charter broker Blue Star Jets and the DOT on Monday reached a compromise settlement regarding the company’s alleged regulatory violati
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Wet-lease Guidance Issued by the FAA
Part 135 operators and charter management entities will be affected by a proposed policy guidance involving wet leases.
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Flight Options Union Drive Strengthening
Three of the five pilots for Cleveland-based fractional aircraft operator Flight Options who are trying to organize pilots under International Brotherhood
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FAA changes course on controversal bulletin
The FAA has announced it will delay further the compliance date for a recent Handbook Bulletin for Airworthiness (HBAW), affecting aircraft maintenan
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Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business
Wyvern Consulting has added specific scheduling and dispatch capabilities to its aviation safety consulting business.
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Eclipse 500 VLJ Fractional Set To Fly
Scottsdale Ariz.-based fractional operator JetsAmerica is scheduled to take delivery of its first Eclipse 500 by the second week of March, according to com
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Raytheon Stands by Its Flight Options Fractional
Net sales for Flight Options increased in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2005, but the fractional provider recorded an op
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Air-taxi Hopeful Pogo Co-founder Burr Quits
Donald Burr recently left air-taxi hopeful Pogo to "pursue other opportunities," according to a company statement.
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FBO chain abd charter provider team up
Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation have joined to provide added travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.
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Flight options chief leaves
Flight Options insists that it’s business as usual despite last month’s unexpected departure of the company’s chairman and CEO, John Nahill.
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Is less more at Flight Options?
Taking a quasi-Southwest Airlines approach, Cleveland-based fractional provider Flight Options last month announced a “go-forward” plan to rationalize its
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Bombardier expands its Europen charter service
The Transatlantic Express fixed-price charter service Bombardier introduced this summer has taken off, with round-trip flights booked between Europe and th
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Bombardier’s Skyjet program goes global
Bombardier has launched Skyjet International as a global network of fixed-rate executive charter services spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East a
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Business Aviation in Latin America
Latin America’s vast, varied geography cries out for business aviation, with key areas of economic activity separated by jungle, mountains and prairies.
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Charter firm ABC Táxi Aéreo considers fleet expansion
While last year was a positive turning point for many of Brazil’s business aviation firms, some companies have been mostly unaffected by the rolling econom
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Argentinean airline builds executive charter fleet
With two straight years of 8-percent economic growth, Argentina appears to be on the road to recovery, as does the country’s flag carrier airline, Aerolíne
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NetJets Europe boosts sales
NetJets Europe (NJE) sold shares in 18 complete aircraft last year, representing an 80-percent increase in sales over 2003.
