Charter & Fractional
BJets makes bizav’s A-list with $600m, 40-ship order
New business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management services at the air show yesterday with a $600 million order

New business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management services at the air show yesterday with a $600 million order for 20 Cessna Citation CJ2+s and 20 Hawker 850XPs and 900XPs, scheduled for delivery over the next five years. It holds options for another 10 Hawkers. Majority owned by the Briley Group and a significant holding of India’s Tata Group, BJets will operate in India and Southeast Asia.

The new company plans to start its operations in the second quarter of this year. It will fly out of Singapore’s Seletar Airport and Mumbai, and maintain its flight operations center in Hyderabad, India. According to CEO Mark Baier–a former NetJets executive in Europe–BJets will base 60 to 70 percent of its fleet in India. The rest of it will reside in Southeast Asia.

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