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Telemetry Data Could Reveal Why Gulfstream G650 Crashed

16:00 4-21-2011 As the investigation continues into the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/gulfstream-g650-test-airplane-crash

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April 21, 2011

Lawsuit Seeks Sokol Remedy from Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway shareholder Mason Kirby filed a lawsuit on Monday against Berkshire Hathaway, company executives Warren Buffett and Charles Munger and o

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April 21, 2011

Fractional Share Sales Take Off at Flight Options

Cleveland-based Flight Options said it saw renewed interest in fractional share and jet card (JetPass) sales during the first quarter, noting that net shar

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April 14, 2011

Fractional Share Sales Take Off at Flight Options

Cleveland-based Flight Options today announced 467-percent and 46-percent year-over-year growth in fractional share and jet card (JetPass) sales, respectiv

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April 12, 2011

ACSF Seeks Support for Single Audit Safety Standard

ACSF Seeks Support for Single Audit Safety Standard The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) is trying to encourage charter and fractional operators

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April 12, 2011

Jet Connections Helps Business Aircraft Owners Share

Business aircraft owners struggling to cover their costs now have an alternative to traditional aircraft management through the new Non-Equity Sharers (NES

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April 12, 2011

Charter Demand Climbs but Prices Fluctuate

Despite charter flight demand continuing to rise over the past month, flight-hour rates have softened.

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April 7, 2011

NetJets Places First-ever Bombardier Order

by Matt Thurber NetJets, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned fractional-share operator, completed a purchase agreement early last month for up to 1

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April 1, 2011

JetDirect Estate Seeks Chapter 7 Clawback

The bankruptcy trustee for debtors associated with JetDirect Aviation filed a complaint on February 20 that could force FBOs, charter operators, mai

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March 31, 2011

Sources Say NetJets To Thrive After Surprise Sokol Exit

Yesterday’s announcement that NetJets chairman and CEO David Sokol resigned from

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March 31, 2011

Lufthansa Confirms NetJets Deal

Lufthansa Private Jets confirmed the relaunch of its partnership with NetJets Europe, following the closure of its Swiss Private Aviation subsidiary.

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March 30, 2011

NetJets Now ‘Solidly Profitable’

Revenues at Berkshire Hathaway’s “other services” segment–which includes fractional jet provider NetJets and flight-training company FlightSafety Internati

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March 30, 2011

Fractional Pilot Furlough Ranks Descending

As they start to see growing demand, fractional aircraft providers are beginning to recall furloughed pilots to fill cockpit vacancies.

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March 30, 2011

Sokol Resigns as NetJets Leader

David Sokol has resigned from his job as chairman of several Berkshire Hathaway-owned companies, including fractional-share provider NetJets.

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March 30, 2011

Avinode sees strengthening market for charter

by Charles Alcock Light jets are losing market share in Europe, falling from 32 percent of the continent’s charter market in 2008 to 26 perce

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March 28, 2011

UK Pushes for Tax on Bizjet Flights

The UK government signaled its intention yesterday to start taxing business-jet passengers in a process that would mirror the country’s existing airline pa

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March 24, 2011