VistaJet is set to embark on a 17-city tour of Africa this month as part of the operator’s “Think Global” sales campaign to expand its block charter offerings to emerging markets. Last month, the Switzerland-based company took one of its Bombardier Global 6000s on a 12-city tour of Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East, just days after announcing a contract with the Canadian airframer for 56 new Globals and options on 86 more.
Late last year VistaJet said it was on course to carry 25,000 passengers on more than 10,000 flights during the course of 2012, flying to approximately 1,080 destinations. Thomas Flohr, the company’s founder and chairman, reported that the company has achieved flight volume growth of approximately 25 percent over the past 12 months and that this has been fairly consistent, with growth logged even in the economically weak years of 2009, 2010 and 2011. He said that all new aircraft purchases are funded purely from cash flow; the privately owned company has published no other financial data.
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