Bombardier has started offering its Skyjet ad hoc executive charter service alongside its Flexjet Europe’s existing Jet Membership block-charter program. Skyjet Europe offers fixed occupied hour rates in four Bombardier types–the Learjet 31A, 45 and 60 and the Challenger 604–operated by the same nine operators who provide the Jet Membership services. It is claimed to be the first charter service in Europe offering rates based purely on occupied hours, and without separate charges for positioning flights.
Flexjet Europe has also expanded the borders of the “fixed-price area” in which both Jet Membership and Skyjet services are offered. In addition to western Europe, the area now includes the following eastern European states: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Albania. The services also cover southern Norway and Sweden.