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XOJet Flexes With Pandemic's Effects, Avoids Layoffs

Part 135 operator XOJet Aviation avoids layoffs and furloughs despite Covid-19 crisis by refocusing priorities.

XOJet Aviation kept its fleet of Challenger 300s and Citation Xs flying during the height of the pandemic's impact on business aviation by scrapping for any available flights on the market, including freight. (Photo: XOJet Aviation)

By Jerry Siebenmark • Senior Editor

June 24, 2020

While the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on business aviation are still being felt, XOJet Aviation executives decided from the onset of the virus in the U.S. that the charter operator would not idle hundreds of workers. Many of them were new to the company, which right before the pandemic was adding new jobs and completing a cross-country headquarters relocation. Instead, the privately held on-demand charter provider opted to hang onto its 600 employees, diversify its flight operations, and fight for as many charter bookings as it could.

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