Charter & Fractional
Avolar’s big bizjet buy boosts its fractional bet
Avolar, the budding stand-alone fractional business jet division of UAL Corp., stepped up its launch effort last month with a pair of new aircraft orders–d

Avolar, the budding stand-alone fractional business jet division of UAL Corp., stepped up its launch effort last month with a pair of new aircraft orders–despite a current economy that has other fractional providers turning to new marketing tactics. To boot, the Avolar business plan is ahead of schedule. Avolar president Stuart Oran said at the NBAA Convention in New Orleans last month, “We are now operational. We can put you in an airplane in an hour.”

The airplanes he referred to were interim aircraft, two of which were a pair of Falcon 50EXs on view at the NBAA static-display area. A Hawker 800 is also available as interim lift for Avolar customers. At press time no customers had signed up, but the company had distributed more than 100 proposals and had contracts out for signature, said Oran.