Editors' Choice: Oran heads UAL bizjet operations
It was a challenge.

It was a challenge. A big one, admittedly, but as Stuart Oran discovered, much bigger than originally envisioned.

Oran is the president and CEO of Avolar, the business aviation subsidiary formed by UAL Corp. this past spring. In May, UAL committed $250 million to the company’s first venture into the business aviation industry, and by the end of the summer Oran announced total orders for 40 Gulfstream and 100 Falcon business jets for the fractional program. The plan was to begin providing lift for its first shareholders last November, using an interim fleet of two Falcon 50EXs and a Hawker 800XP.