Charter & Fractional
Laid-off airline pilots start successful Euro charter firm
Scores of professional pilots found themselves unemployed after the fallout from 9/11.

Scores of professional pilots found themselves unemployed after the fallout from 9/11. Some of these pilots have responded by creating their own aviation business–not an easy task amid the current economic climate, especially in Europe.

Yet the group of displaced pilots who founded French charter operator Blue Line have managed to post positive results during the company’s first year. The charter firm now employs 55 people and plans to hire more when it adds two MD-83s to its current fleet of two Fokker 100s.

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