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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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August 18, 2011

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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August 16, 2011

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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August 4, 2011

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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August 2, 2011

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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July 30, 2011

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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July 29, 2011

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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July 29, 2011

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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July 29, 2011

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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July 28, 2011

French legal moves against NetJets Europe gathering pace

More than four years after some <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/n

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July 28, 2011

CitationAir Adds Hawaii to U.S. Service Area

CitationAir by Cessna added Hawaii to its U.S.

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July 28, 2011

Flight Options Secures $167M in Financing for Phenoms

Flight Options announced yesterday that it entered into a three-year, $167 million financing agreement with Brazil’s Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econ

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July 14, 2011

German Charter Firm Triple Alpha Declares Insolvency

German executive charter firm Triple Alpha Luftfahrt filed for insolvency on Friday and is now under the control of a court-appointed administrator.

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July 12, 2011

Flight Options Investigates Ground Incident at Aspen

Flight Options has launched an internal review of a July 1 incident involving one of its Citation Xs that damaged about 30 parked cars at Aspen Pitkin Coun

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July 12, 2011

CitationAir Pilots Vote in Union

Yesterday CitationAir became the third of the four major jet fractional providers to have a unionized pilot workforce, with 52 percent of the more then 350

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July 7, 2011

Aircraft Charter Market Awaits Summer Liftoff

The northern hemisphere’s busy summer period for private charter flights has yet to take off, but demand levels are already ahead of 2010 figures, accordin

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July 5, 2011