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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FBO, charter companies team up

Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation disclosed a joint initiative to provide travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.

December 14, 2007

Proposed contract stirs hornets’ nest at NetJets

Mount Saint Helens wasn’t the only imminent eruption last month.

Charter & Fractional

December 14, 2007

Part 135 Fatal Leads to Call for Emergency Briefings

The NTSB wants the FAA to emphasize the need for pilots, particularly those in single-pilot Part 135 operations, to provide “timely emergency briefings.” T

Charter & Fractional

December 14, 2007

NetJets Pilots OK Contract Amendment

On Friday, NetJets pilots overwhelmingly supported a major amendment and extension to their collective-bargaining agreement between NetJets Aviation and Te

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2007

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DayJet Widens Network, Shifts Strategy

Two months after it began its per-seat, on-demand air service, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet yesterday expanded its very light jet air-taxi network to 28 n

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2007

Lufthansa-NetJets Europe Split Gets Messy

Germany-based airline Lufthansa and NetJets Europe (NJE) are embroiled in a disagreement over the recently announced termination of their partnership of Lu

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2007

Newly Acquired Flight Options Buying Phenom 300s

Flight Options late Friday simultaneously announced its finalized acquisition by Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G.

Charter & Fractional

December 4, 2007

JetBird Gets Enough Funding To Fly

JetBird, Europe’s planned new low-cost charter service, has raised €21 million ($31 million) in fresh capital through an oversubscribed private placement o

Charter & Fractional

December 4, 2007

Rifton Aviation Launches Air-taxi Business

Rifton Aviation Services, an FBO at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., has received FAR Part 135 authority to conduct U.S.

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

Criticism of NBAA eases over fractional NPRM

With the beginning of this month marking the halfway point in the 90-day public comment period on the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to regulat

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

Frax Hiring Rate Slightly below Last Year

The pilot hiring rate this year by fractional ownership operators is slightly lower than last year’s rates, according to figures compiled by AIR Inc.

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

Is NetJets Moving to Orlando?

According to the Orlando Sentinel, state and local officials are drafting an incentive package to lure fractional provider NetJets to Orlando, Fla.

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

Fired Pilot Loses Suit against Travel Air

A Kansas District Court judge has dismissed a complaint by a pilot against fractional ownership operator Raytheon Travel Air.

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

NetJets Pilots Raising the Bar Yet Again

The NetJets Aviation (NJA) pilots, represented by IBT Local 1108, are currently voting on an “interest-based bargaining” proposal that was struck between m

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

AIN Interview: TAG Group president addresses AMI certificate action

Mansour Ojjeh and his brother Aziz are principals of Luxembourg-based TAG Group Holdings, which they inherited from their father, Akram Ojjeh, upon his dea

Charter & Fractional

November 27, 2007

$10 million civil penalty ends TAG, FAA dispute

The FAA and TAG Aviation USA have settled “all matters” between them in an agreement that calls for TAG Aviation USA and its Swiss parent, TAG Aviation Hol

Charter & Fractional

November 26, 2007

First Fractional Eclipse 500 Delivered

Light aircraft fractional provider OurPlane last month took delivery of the first Eclipse 500 that will be operated under Part 91K fractional aircraft owne

Charter & Fractional

November 26, 2007

Avantair Posts Wider Loss Despite Higher Revenues

In its first-quarter FY2008 report issued late last week, Clearwater, Fla.-based fractional provider Avantair said revenues increased by 52.9 percent, to $

Charter & Fractional

November 20, 2007

Charter companies feast on bizav bounty

The impressive growth of business aviation in the Middle East hasn’t excluded the region’s executive charter companies, some of which have been enjoying th

Charter & Fractional

November 8, 2007

NATA Chief Blasts FAA Brass at Aircraft Charter Meeting

At a closed-to-the-press meeting between FAA officials and attendees of the NATA Aviation Business Roundtable on Monday, NATA president James Coyne accused

Charter & Fractional

November 8, 2007

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

FBO, charter companies team up

Mercury Air Centers and TAG Aviation disclosed a joint initiative to provide travel services through Mercury’s FBO network.

Proposed contract stirs hornets’ nest at NetJets

Mount Saint Helens wasn’t the only imminent eruption last month.

Part 135 Fatal Leads to Call for Emergency Briefings

The NTSB wants the FAA to emphasize the need for pilots, particularly those in single-pilot Part 135 operations, to provide “timely emergency briefings.” T

NetJets Pilots OK Contract Amendment

On Friday, NetJets pilots overwhelmingly supported a major amendment and extension to their collective-bargaining agreement between NetJets Aviation and Te

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DayJet Widens Network, Shifts Strategy

Two months after it began its per-seat, on-demand air service, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet yesterday expanded its very light jet air-taxi network to 28 n

Lufthansa-NetJets Europe Split Gets Messy

Germany-based airline Lufthansa and NetJets Europe (NJE) are embroiled in a disagreement over the recently announced termination of their partnership of Lu

Newly Acquired Flight Options Buying Phenom 300s

Flight Options late Friday simultaneously announced its finalized acquisition by Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G.

JetBird Gets Enough Funding To Fly

JetBird, Europe’s planned new low-cost charter service, has raised €21 million ($31 million) in fresh capital through an oversubscribed private placement o

Rifton Aviation Launches Air-taxi Business

Rifton Aviation Services, an FBO at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y., has received FAR Part 135 authority to conduct U.S.

Criticism of NBAA eases over fractional NPRM

With the beginning of this month marking the halfway point in the 90-day public comment period on the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to regulat

Frax Hiring Rate Slightly below Last Year

The pilot hiring rate this year by fractional ownership operators is slightly lower than last year’s rates, according to figures compiled by AIR Inc.

Is NetJets Moving to Orlando?

According to the Orlando Sentinel, state and local officials are drafting an incentive package to lure fractional provider NetJets to Orlando, Fla.

Fired Pilot Loses Suit against Travel Air

A Kansas District Court judge has dismissed a complaint by a pilot against fractional ownership operator Raytheon Travel Air.

NetJets Pilots Raising the Bar Yet Again

The NetJets Aviation (NJA) pilots, represented by IBT Local 1108, are currently voting on an “interest-based bargaining” proposal that was struck between m

AIN Interview: TAG Group president addresses AMI certificate action

Mansour Ojjeh and his brother Aziz are principals of Luxembourg-based TAG Group Holdings, which they inherited from their father, Akram Ojjeh, upon his dea

$10 million civil penalty ends TAG, FAA dispute

The FAA and TAG Aviation USA have settled “all matters” between them in an agreement that calls for TAG Aviation USA and its Swiss parent, TAG Aviation Hol

First Fractional Eclipse 500 Delivered

Light aircraft fractional provider OurPlane last month took delivery of the first Eclipse 500 that will be operated under Part 91K fractional aircraft owne

Avantair Posts Wider Loss Despite Higher Revenues

In its first-quarter FY2008 report issued late last week, Clearwater, Fla.-based fractional provider Avantair said revenues increased by 52.9 percent, to $

Charter companies feast on bizav bounty

The impressive growth of business aviation in the Middle East hasn’t excluded the region’s executive charter companies, some of which have been enjoying th

NATA Chief Blasts FAA Brass at Aircraft Charter Meeting

At a closed-to-the-press meeting between FAA officials and attendees of the NATA Aviation Business Roundtable on Monday, NATA president James Coyne accused

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