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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Spain’s second-largest charter firm expanding
Executive Airlines, Spain’s second-ranking executive charter operator, has increased its fleet from four aircraft to seven and expects to add five more in
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CharterX Adds Russian to Its Database
CharterX has added Russian to the available languages in its online “trip-builder” executive charter capacity database that already offers English, French,
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Ferrari, Skyjet floor sales accelerator
Owners of Ferrari F430 sports cars will be educated about the advantages of business jet travel and the specific benefits of the Bombardier Skyjet Internat
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NetJets Europe seeks pilots for growing fleet
NetJets Europe’s plan to take delivery of 30 new aircraft this year requires the addition of 130 to 140 pilots, said William Kelly, who just last month too
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Executive charter operator boosts Premier IA sales at EBACE 2006
Raytheon yesterday sold five Premier IA jets in two separate deals announced here at the EBACE show.
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A Charter Broker with an Exklusiv Offer
Zurich based Exklusiv Aviation Services also has offices in Moscow and Istanbul.
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Paygasus Guarantees Charter Payments
Tired of having to pay charter fees in full in cash up front when booking short-notice charter flights? Well, Austrian EBACE 2006 exhibitor Paygasus Busine
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Eurofly using A319 as ‘club car’
Giving “club class” a new meaning, Italian carrier Eurofly is about to begin charter operations with an Airbus A319LR “business liner” on static display he
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Executive Airlines Offering New Services
Barcelona, Spain-based charter operator Executive Airlines is offering new services such as third-party handling, U.S.
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Germany’s Cirrus Continues Growing
German charter operator Cirrus Aviation is joining forces with Luxair of Luxembourg.
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Aviaxess launches block charter helicopter card
Paris-based fixed-wing and helicopter executive charter and fractional operator Aviaxess is launching its Corporate Helicard, a block charter card providin
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Flying Group views France as key to its growth strategy
Flying Group, the Antwerp-based aircraft charter, fractional ownership, management and handling company, views France as the main outlet for its growth str
Regulations and Government
Flying Group Appeals Court Ruling
After a lower court rejected its lawsuit against Euralair S.A.
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Jet Aviation is launching new charter group
Jet Aviation yesterday announced the introduction of its Skylliance charter program that it hopes will eventually expand into a wide network of charter ope
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Beech 1900 Supports NetJets Euro Ops
NetJets Europe has bought a pre-owned Raytheon Beech 1900D twin turboprop to ensure timely positioning of flight crews, aircraft technicians and spare part
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Air Partner’s JetCard to challenge NetJets Europe
Charter broker Air Partner will this summer relaunch its Jet Membership block charter program under the new name JetCard.
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Zurich start-up is just Phenom(enal)
Embraer’s European unveiling of its Phenom 100 very light and 300 light jet full-scale cabin mockups here yesterday provided a platform for the Phenom’s fl
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Airbus Corporate Jet makes a JetAlliance
Austrian charter operator Jet-Alliance (Booth No.
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PrivatAir eyes larger planes
PrivatAir, the Geneva-based specialist for large executive aircraft charter, announced that it was at an advanced stage of evaluation of additional large a
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ExecuJet and Pilatus: Why They Split
When ExecuJet and Pilatus simultaneously announced on February 8 that they were progressively phasing out their sales agreements for the PC-12, the two com
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Sovereign on display here toils for Bookajet
Still factory fresh from Cessna is the new Citation Sovereign being shown in the EBACE static aircraft park by UK business aircraft charter and management
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Fractional regs remain contentious
The leadership of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) believes it has now reached a workable consensus on the complex and contentious issue o
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EBAA Struggles To Get Consensus on Fractional Rules
As the debate within EBAA has raged over the past 12 months, opponents of the IWG-BAO’s recommendations for a European version of the Part 91K rules for fr
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Las Vegas Operator Orders More EC 130 B4s
Maverick Helicopters of Las Vegas, Nevada, has placed an order for nine Eurocopter EC 130 B4 helicopters.
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Club328 To Base a New 328Jet in Germany
Club328, the executive charter company operating out of Southampton, UK, plans to base a new 328Jet in Germany starting this summer.
