Charter & Fractional

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

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PlaneSense Delivers Precious Holiday Cargo

The fractional aircraft operator helped the hungry in its own community.

Charter & Fractional

December 17, 2014

FAA Letter Implies CVR Required for Twin T-prop 135 Ops

GAMA, NATA and NBAA are meeting with FAA legal counsel to discuss CVR issue raised by letter of interpretation request.

Charter & Fractional

December 16, 2014

Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

Aircraft

December 16, 2014

Union Drive Under Way for Pilots at TMC

Teamsters Local 1108 is facilitating a union representation vote by pilots at Travel Management Company later this month.

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2014

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Teamsters Local 1108 Elects New Leaders

IBT 1108 president and principal officer Mat Slinghoff will be replaced on Jan. 1 by newly elected president Efrem Vojta.

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2014

Empire Aviation Adds Global Express XRS to its Fleet

Formed in 2007, EAG offers various aircraft management services, depending on the needs of the owner, including acquisition and charter.

Aircraft

December 10, 2014

Seawings Launches Luxury Tour Packages

Seawings Lifestyle will offer a range of luxury tours including seaplane flights over the UAE

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Marshall Aviation Makes Its MEBA Debut

Marshall’s engineering expertise helped it become a major MRO organization for the Cessna Citation and Bombardier Global Express.

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

NetJets Bringing Its Aircraft Management Services to Middle East

As a high-volume purchaser, NetJets can offer managed-aircraft owners savings on crew training, insurance, fuel, handling, and other services.

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Gama Drives Charter Consolidation With Hangar8 Deal

Combined Gama/Hangar8 fleet will be one of the world’s largest.

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Mixed Year for Bizav Across Middle East and North Africa

Research has found that the Middle East and North Africa region enjoyed a mixed year for bizav in 2014

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Now Closed, CitationAir Surrenders Certificate to FAA

The Part 135 certificate for CitationShares Management LLC dba CitationAir has been removed from the FAA's National Vital Information Subsystem database.

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Dassault Sells a Falcon 5X to Wallan Aviation

Here at MEBA, Dassault has sold a Falcon 5X to Wallan Aviation of Saudi Arabia, for delivery in 2018.

Aircraft

December 9, 2014

NetJets Pilots Sue Company, Alleging Interference

Lawsuit alleges that “NetJets Aviation used Twitter to impersonate union members and unlawfully obtained confidential communications."

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

ACSF Industry Audit Standard-registered Operators Post Strong Safety Record

IAS operators logged an accident rate of 0.162 per 100,000 flights hours versus 0.54 for Part 135 and fractional operators combined, says ACSF.

Charter & Fractional

December 9, 2014

Royal Jet Steps Up Its Expansion Plans

Royal Jet Steps Up Its Expansion Plans

Aircraft

December 9, 2014

Vertis, K5 launch 28 East

A new brokerage service has been launched at MEBA 2014 by Vertis Aviation of Switzerland and Germany’s K5 Aviation.

Charter & Fractional

December 8, 2014

TAG Aviation Enhances Engineering, FBOs

TAG Aviation has focused on Asia and its European business while dealing with many Middle East customers, even if it does not have a huge presence here.

Charter & Fractional

December 8, 2014

Safety Specialist Wyvern Expands Horizons For Nexus

Flight support group Nexus is now established in Middle East, Africa, India and Europe.

Charter & Fractional

December 8, 2014

Arab Wings Launches Charter Venture in Iraq

IWG’s Royal Jordanian Air Academy continues to be an important source of new pilots for the Middle East region

Charter & Fractional

December 8, 2014