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NATA Takes FAA To Task over Emergency Revocations
June 03, 2008
On Friday, National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James Coyne criticized the FAA for issuing another emergency suspension order for a Part 135 operator, this time grounding Punta Gorda, Fla.-based aeromed transport company Air Trek. According to NATA, the FAA’s use of emergency suspensions calls into question fairness in regulatory...
moreSkyjet International gets new owner
June 01, 2008
Bombardier’s Skyjet International executive aircraft charter program will be in safe hands with proposed new Swiss owner VistaJet, according to the Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Bob Horner, Bombardier’s senior v-p for sales, told AIN that the proposed sale would provide a solid base for VistaJet and for operators of the aircraft involved. Having confirmed...
moreOn heels of Super Bowl success, charter firm looks to expand
June 01, 2008
Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintenance provider had become the launch customer for the Legacy. Since then, the company remained largely out of the spotlight until this past January, when Swift’s private air terminal at Sky Harbor...
morePiston charter model aims to get people off the road
June 01, 2008
The Cirrus SR22 has been the world’s best selling single-engine aircraft for five years, with more than 3,000 sold to date. But the thought of using the SR22 for charter services is still relatively new. “It’s really the most cost-effective airplane we could offer,” said James Cooper, co-owner of Open Air. An average trip costs between $400 and $500 per...
more'Total solution' charter options abound on Web
June 01, 2008
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 flights online using a process that mirrors that of airline and travel Web sites, such as Expedia and Travelocity. Scott Duffy, founder and CEO of Virgin Charter, said one customer completed an entire...
moreExcelAire Builds Its Legacy Fleet
June 01, 2008
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 in service. Not included in that total is N600XL, the Legacy that survived the September 2006 midair that destroyed a Gol Airlines 737 over the Brazilian jungle. According to ExcelAire, that...
moreBombardier Flexjet Adds Challenger 605
June 01, 2008
Dallas-based Bombardier Flexjet announced at the end of April that it had added the new Challenger 605 to its fractional fleet. Five Challenger 605s are among 24 new aircraft scheduled to enter service with Flexjet this year. Other new arrivals will include the super-midsize Challenger 300 and midsize Learjet 60XR. Meanwhile, Bombardier Aerospace announced...
moreFlight Options Pilots Seek Mediation
June 01, 2008
Accusing the Flight Options management team of being “out of touch with its pilots’ legitimate career aspirations,” the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1108, which represents the pilots at the fractional, last month filed for mediation with the National Mediation Board. Local 1108 president Greg Rountree said contract negotiations between the...
moreAvantair Moves Closer to Profitability
June 01, 2008
Piaggio Avanti fractional provider Avantair is narrowing its losses and on course to reach profitability in the near future, company CEO Steven Santo said May 14 during a quarterly investor conference. In the first three months of this year, the Clearwater, Fla.-based operator increased its year-over-year revenues by 51 percent, to $29.9 million, and...
moreSATSair Marks Growth in the Southeast U.S.
June 01, 2008
SATSair, the largest Cirrus SR22 on-demand charter operator in the U.S., reported a 60-percent increase in the number of flights last year and booked an average of three flights per day into all the major economic centers in South Carolina, including Greenville, Charleston, Hilton Head, Columbia and Myrtle Beach. Nearly 90 percent of the company’s business...
more‘Total solution’ charter options abound on Web
June 01, 2008
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 flights online using a process that mirrors that of airline and travel Web sites, such as Expedia and Travelocity. Scott Duffy, founder and CEO of Virgin Charter, said one customer completed an entire...
moreFlight Options Downsizes, Terminates Pilots
May 27, 2008
Ohio-based Flight Options on Friday closed its maintenance facility at Cleveland Cuyahoga Airport and dismissed about 200 employees, 68 of whom were pilots, according to IBT Local 1108, which represents the fractional provider’s pilots. A pilot union spokesman told AIN that the flight crew eliminations were done regardless of seniority and were based on...
moreAvinode’s growth spurts
May 22, 2008
In keeping with its name, online charter tracker Avinode (Booth No. 723) is gathering momentum as a connection point for the aviation charter industry after barely four years in business. According to marketing director Nina Bertilsdotter, Avinode has nearly 900 members worldwide and has been adding more at the rate of about 20 per month. “Actually,” she...
moreRussian Operator Takes PT6 Support
May 22, 2008
Russian charter operator Dexter Air Taxi has signed a fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada covering eight PT6A-67P engines on its fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. “The agreement with Dexter represents our first-ever fleet management program with a P&WC engine operator in Russia and underscores its growing popularity worldwide,” said Geoffrey...
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