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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Hunt & Palmer moves into Asia
Charter broker Hunt & Palmer has opened a new office in Hong Kong.
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Air Partner strikes gold with Gold Air
Global charter broker Air Partner International has acquired UK executive charter operator Gold Air for around $8.1 million.
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The Charter Market
Demand for aircraft charter is rising worldwide, with more businesses and private individuals willing and able to start taking this increasingly attractive
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NetJets’ labor practices challenged in Europe
Scara, a French association of leisure and executive air charter operators, is urging CRPN, the French crew retirement fund that collects contributions fro
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Europeans frustrated by DOT access restrictions
European charter operators are expressing increasing frustration about what they have come to regard as anti-competitive restrictions on their ability to f
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Broker Air Partner buys UK charter operator
Global charter broker Air Partner International has acquired UK executive charter operator Gold Air for £4.4 million ($8.1 million).
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Axis Jet forms charter unit with a trio of King Airs
On October 3, corporate aircraft sales and management company Axis Jet announced the opening of a new Part 135 air charter division based at Sacramento Exe
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Fractional Aims for ‘Predictable’ Costs
CitationShares launched a program–Citelines–that it says offers “payment predictability, customized program options and cost savings never before seen in t
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News Clips: Raytheon Charter Division Adds Six Bizjets
Raytheon Aircraft Charter and Management has added six aircraft to its charter fleet, including a Beechjet 400A in Nashville, a Hawker 800A in Dallas, a Ch
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MEC Election for NetJets Pilots
After the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) voided the late October MEC elections due to balloting concerns, the NetJets pilots finally were sch
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NetJets Europe expects 2005 profit
Assuming the next six months or so do not see a deterioration in trading conditions, the NetJets Europe fractional-ownership program should finally achieve
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European agency studies changes to frax regulation
On behalf of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), two separate task forces are tackling the vexed issue of regulating fractional ownership operat
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Charter Operator Reports Strong Growth
Executive Jet Management reported revenue from its charter business rose by more than 35 percent last year over its 2003 figures.
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Sentient Jet Acquires Charter Operator
Corporate jet-card services company Sentient Jet has acquired charter operator Atlantic Aviation Flight Services of Teterboro, N.J., from Voyager Group, a
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Netjets Pilots Countdown
Last month, the Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (ASAP)–the union representing NetJets pilots– began its “informational picketing,” a campaign that in
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FAA Scrutinizing Charter Brokers
What is the role of an aircraft charter broker, do current regulations support this role and who has operational control on brokered flights? The FAA and D
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Out-of-limit cg might have led to TEB crash
Although the NTSB has not yet determined a probable cause for the February 2 Challenger 600 accident at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport, it has released a n
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Air ambulance operations
A call comes in to operations: a young American woman vacationing on a dive boat in the Caribbean is suffering from serious burns after a fire broke out
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German Air Rescue-A Nonprofit Model
Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht e.V.–German Air Rescue (DRF), headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, has been specializing in airborne emergency care and medical
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Euro charter firms offer ‘light’ options
Increasing demand from wealthy individuals for the Bombardier Skyjet International fixed-rate block charter program has prompted the company to experiment
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Air-taxi Hopeful Pogo Co-founder Quits
Donald Burr recently left air-taxi hopeful Pogo to “pursue other opportunities,” according to a company statement.
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…and Charter Broker, DOT Reach Settlement
New York charter broker Blue Star Jets and the DOT reached a compromise settlement regarding alleged regulatory violations in connection with the same cras
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Platinum Jet, FAA Postpone Meeting…
An “informal” meeting between Platinum Jet Management and the FAA was postponed from November 1.
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Flexjet Frax Claims Small Profit
Bombardier’s fractional operation, Flexjet, said last month that after a decade it has turned the corner and is making money.
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NetJets pilots ratify contract
The unionized NetJets pilots, represented by IBT Local 1108, on November 21 overwhelmingly ratified the tentative labor agreement signed on October 8, near
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TAG Aviation Introduces Jet Card
Charter sales firm TAG Aviation USA launched its JetCard at the NBAA Convention last month.
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New Owner and New Home for Avantair
Piaggio Avanti frax operator Avantair has a new owner–Alfred Rapetti–and in the middle of next year will relocate its headquarters from Caldwell, N.J.
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Platinum Jet, FAA reschedule meeting
An “informal” meeting between Platinum Jet Management and the FAA was rescheduled from November 1 to December 15 at the agency’s northeast regional office.
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Europe inches closer to interim frax rule
At the EBACE gathering in Geneva earlier this year, the joint industry working group on business aircraft operations (IWG-BAO), which includes NBAA, the Eu
