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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Piston charter model aims to get people off the road

The Cirrus SR22 has been the world’s best selling single-engine aircraft for five years, with more than 3,000 sold to date.

June 3, 2008

'Total solution' charter options abound on Web

The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and  Virgin Charter introduced a new element to the charter industry: the ability to book

Charter & Fractional

June 3, 2008

ExcelAire Builds Its Legacy Fleet

Charter provider ExcelAire has added another Embraer Legacy 600, bringing to three the Long Island, N.Y.-based company’s fleet of the Brazilian-built jets

Charter & Fractional

June 3, 2008

NATA Takes FAA To Task over Emergency Revocations

On Friday, National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James Coyne criticized the FAA for issuing another emergency suspension order for a Par

Charter & Fractional

June 3, 2008

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Skyjet International gets new owner

Bombardier’s Skyjet International executive aircraft charter program will be in safe hands with proposed new Swiss owner VistaJet<

Charter & Fractional

June 2, 2008

On heels of Super Bowl success, charter firm looks to expand

Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintena

Charter & Fractional

June 2, 2008

Hex’Air finds opportunity in ERJ-135 charter operations

Since mid-September, a French operator  has been flying the first Embraer ERJ-135 dedicated to charter in Europe.

Charter & Fractional

May 29, 2008

Charter firms riding out economic turbulence

Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with re

Charter & Fractional

May 29, 2008

More 'personalized' service is goal of new frax operation

JetLimited, the new fractional aircraft ownership program from Rifton Aviation, believes it sets itself apart from other regional and national frax program

Charter & Fractional

May 28, 2008

Avolar’s big bizjet buy boosts its fractional bet

Avolar, the budding stand-alone fractional business jet division of UAL Corp., stepped up its launch effort last month with a pair of new aircraft orders–d

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

Flight Options, Travel Air combine

Flight Options and Raytheon Aircraft are combining their fractional-ownership programs into a new company in which the “new” Flight Options will hold 50.1

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

Flexjet Globals will base use on days or hours

 With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

BA and Virgin Airlines get cold feet on bizav

British Airways (BA) ditched its business jet charter service just six months after launching it with charter broker Air Partner, the result of cost-cuttin

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

Aspen entrepreneur launches bizjet service

Jonas Weil, 65, moved to ski resort haven Aspen, Colo., seven years ago and has since become totally disenchanted with flying to and from home on the airli

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

Flight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots

Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots

Charter & Fractional

May 27, 2008

Travel Air pilots move closer to unionizing

Last month the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) for an election to allow the pilots at fractional

Charter & Fractional

May 22, 2008

Air Canada latest airline to offer bizjet charter

Montreal-based Air Canada will convert up to four of its Boeing 737s into 48-seat business jets and place them into the airline’s new on-demand and contrac

Charter & Fractional

May 22, 2008

Fractional pilot hiring down 30 percent

The 843 pilots hired by six major fractional aircraft ownership companies in the first nine months of this year were about 30 percent fewer than the 1,210

Charter & Fractional

May 22, 2008

New executive terminal built at Paris Le Bourget

France’s prime business aviation gateway is set to pass the next stage in its ongoing redevelopment when a new executive terminal opens at Paris Le Bourget

Charter & Fractional

May 21, 2008

Avinode’s growth spurts

In keeping with its name, online charter tracker Avinode (Booth No.

Charter & Fractional

May 21, 2008

Charter & Fractional

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Latest

Piston charter model aims to get people off the road

The Cirrus SR22 has been the world’s best selling single-engine aircraft for five years, with more than 3,000 sold to date.

'Total solution' charter options abound on Web

The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and&nbsp; Virgin Charter introduced a new element to the charter industry: the ability to book

ExcelAire Builds Its Legacy Fleet

Charter provider ExcelAire has added another Embraer Legacy 600, bringing to three the Long Island, N.Y.-based company’s fleet of the Brazilian-built jets

NATA Takes FAA To Task over Emergency Revocations

On Friday, National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James Coyne criticized the FAA for issuing another emergency suspension order for a Par

Videos

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Skyjet International gets new owner

Bombardier’s Skyjet International executive aircraft charter program will be in safe hands with proposed new Swiss owner VistaJet<

On heels of Super Bowl success, charter firm looks to expand

Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintena

Hex’Air finds opportunity in ERJ-135 charter operations

Since mid-September, a French operator&nbsp; has been flying the first Embraer ERJ-135 dedicated to charter in Europe.

Charter firms riding out economic turbulence

Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with re

More 'personalized' service is goal of new frax operation

JetLimited, the new fractional aircraft ownership program from Rifton Aviation, believes it sets itself apart from other regional and national frax program

Avolar’s big bizjet buy boosts its fractional bet

Avolar, the budding stand-alone fractional business jet division of UAL Corp., stepped up its launch effort last month with a pair of new aircraft orders–d

Flight Options, Travel Air combine

Flight Options and Raytheon Aircraft are combining their fractional-ownership programs into a new company in which the “new” Flight Options will hold 50.1

Flexjet Globals will base use on days or hours

&nbsp;With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h

BA and Virgin Airlines get cold feet on bizav

British Airways (BA) ditched its business jet charter service just six months after launching it with charter broker Air Partner, the result of cost-cuttin

Aspen entrepreneur launches bizjet service

Jonas Weil, 65, moved to ski resort haven Aspen, Colo., seven years ago and has since become totally disenchanted with flying to and from home on the airli

Flight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots

Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots

Travel Air pilots move closer to unionizing

Last month the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) for an election to allow the pilots at fractional

Air Canada latest airline to offer bizjet charter

Montreal-based Air Canada will convert up to four of its Boeing 737s into 48-seat business jets and place them into the airline’s new on-demand and contrac

Fractional pilot hiring down 30 percent

The 843 pilots hired by six major fractional aircraft ownership companies in the first nine months of this year were about 30 percent fewer than the 1,210

New executive terminal built at Paris Le Bourget

France’s prime business aviation gateway is set to pass the next stage in its ongoing redevelopment when a new executive terminal opens at Paris Le Bourget

Avinode’s growth spurts

In keeping with its name, online charter tracker Avinode (Booth No.

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The recent launch of Sentient Flight Group’s Privatejets.com and Virgin Charter introduced a new element to the charter industry: the ability to book

Since mid-September, a French operator has been flying the first Embraer ERJ-135 dedicated to charter in Europe.

With the coming introduction of the Global Express into the Bombardier Flexjet fractional-ownership fleet, allocated usage will be based on days or h