Charter & Fractional
Long and healthy life forecast for fractionals
The demise of Avolar before it really got started is not an omen for the fractional aircraft provider industry.

The demise of Avolar before it really got started is not an omen for the fractional aircraft provider industry. Introduced with much fanfare a year ago, Avolar was barely off the ground when its parent, UAL Corp., pulled back the power and shut off the fuel. Avolar failed for the most part because it wasn’t able to muster the significant upfront investment needed to launch a fractional operation, not because the fractional market is waning.

In fact, the fractional market is booming, according to ARG/US. The Cincinnati-based aviation research company, which just published its latest five-year fractional industry forecast, believes the fractional market “is much larger than previously thought and that only a small portion of the overall market has been developed.”

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