Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Airshare is expanding its fractional aircraft and jet card programs to all customers throughout the continental U.S. This move complements its aircraft management and charter solutions, which the company has already been providing nationally. Airshare operates a fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s and Bombardier Challenger 350/3500s.
The expansion completes the company’s strategic plan launched five years ago, with recent entry into new regions such as the U.S. Upper Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast. According to Airshare, it recently experienced a significant increase in flights traveling to the West Coast, prompting the company to re-examine future expansion plan timing. With this change, Airshare will no longer charge repositioning costs for any flights that begin or end within any of the Lower 48 states.
“We are extremely excited to be offering the Airshare fractional program to all potential customers coast-to-coast,” said Airshare CEO John Owen. “Over the last few years, we have been carefully analyzing the right time to make our fractional ownership and jet cards available nationwide…This change will only increase the flexibility our customers benefit from while flying with us, while enhancing operational efficiencies across our entire fractional fleet.”
The company doubled in size to 600 employees and 150 aircraft after its acquisition of the Wheels Up aircraft management business last September. Private equity group <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2024-07-16/kompass-kapital-sets-new-course-airshare-investment">Kompass Kapital also made a strategic investment</a> in Airshare two months ago.

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