Charter & Fractional
Jet Aviation has own charter op with purchase of K Services
Jet Aviation has launched its own charter company after purchasing sole-proprietor charter operator K Services and naming the new charter division Jet Avia

Jet Aviation has launched its own charter company after purchasing sole-proprietor charter operator K Services and naming the new charter division Jet Aviation Flight Services.

Jet Aviation has long planned to open its own charter division, but the FAA rebuffed earlier efforts for unexplained reasons. Jet Aviation met all Department of Transportation rules governing the percentage of an air carrier that can be owned and managed by a foreign company. “We had initially made an attempt to build a certificate from the ground up with a partner and with us being the minority shareholder,” said Robert Seidel, general manager of Jet Aviation Business Jets. “We ran into a buzz saw of convergence of a lot of problems with the FAA.” This included fresh scrutiny of charter operational control following the
Platinum Jet accident at Teterboro and the FAA’s
shutdown of AMI Jet Charter over alleged foreign control issues. “We folded the tent on that initial project,” he said.

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