The first embraer Legacy 450 midsize jet on Part-135 certificate in the US, is based at MCO Orlando International Airport and operated by Solairus Aviation. The 2015 Legacy 450 with WiFi internet and coast to coast range is currently available for charter, and one of only two 450's available for charter worldwide - the other based in Brussels, Belgium by operator ASL.
Solairus Aviation is an ARG/US Platinum, Wyvern Wingman rated operator, also ISBAO-registered. The Legacy 450 joins a very diverse Solairus charter fleet of 27 aircraft based nationwide, ranging from the King Air B200 executive turboprop to the Global Express XRS and Gulfstream G650 ultra long range jets.
Cabin of the Orlando-based Legacy 450 operated by Solairus Aviation
Delta Private Jets is calling 2015 a record year for revenue and jet card and charter sales.
It also reported 34% growth in its managed aircraft fleet last year.
“We started the year with 53 aircraft on our certificate, which grew to 72 by year’s end,” said David Sneed, Delta Private Jets executive vice president and chief operating officer. “This allowed DPJ to become the third largest Part 135 operator in the country in terms of fleet size.”
New jet card sales rose 31% in 2015 when compared to 2014. In addition, “our charter sales were extremely strong as well, with revenue up 56% over the previous year,” Sneed said.
Last year, the company upgraded its private jet travel program, which allowed Medallion status passengers traveling on select Delta Air Lines commercial flights the opportunity to upgrade their tickets to travel on a private jet operated by Delta Private Jets. The change gave potential customers the ability to experience private jet travel, it said.
In addition, Delta Private Jets Tech Service Center, a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, and its Delta Jet Center, the only fixed base operation at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, each experienced growth.
“I am proud of what we accomplished in 2015, and we are poised for more growth and innovation in 2016,” Sneed said. “We will continue to look for ways to better serve our customers with unique programs and travel solutions. This includes a focus on an enhanced inflight experience that goes beyond just Wi-Fi. We are committed to being the best at everything we do and the best in the industry.”
Delta Private Jets is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, and provides aircraft charter, aircraft management and the Delta Private Jets Card. It operates Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream and Hawker business jets.
Source: AviationWeek
Super Bowl 50 will take place on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Game time will be at 3:30 p.m. (PST). Due to the increased air traffic expected at area airports, and at Las Vegas Mc Carran International Airport (LAS), operators are encourgeed to review the following resources.
Note that there will not be an FAA slot-based Special Traffic Management Program (E-STMP) implemented for Super Bowl 50, However, ramp reservations will be required for both IFR/VFR arrivals and departures from Thursday, Feb. 4 through Monday, Feb. 8 at all San Francisco Bay, Napa Valley and Monterey Peninsula-area airports. Please note, reservations will also be required for "drop and go" operations. Ramp reservations can be obtained through your FBO.
The following airports will have requirements for ramp arrival and departure reservations.
Airport
Location
Identifier
San Francisco International
San Francisco, CA
SFO
Oakland International
Oakland, CA
OAK
Hayward Executive
Hayward, CA
HWD
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
San Jose, CA
SJC
Livermore Municipal
Livermore, CA
LVK
Buchanan Field
Concord, CA
CCR
Napa County
Napa, CA
APC
Charles M. Schultz – Sonoma County
Santa Rosa, CA
STS
Monterey Regional
Monterey, CA
MRY
Watsonville Municipal
Watsonville, CA
WVI
Salinas Municipal
Salinas, CA
SNS
Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County
San Jose, CA
RHV
Moffett Federal Airfield
Mountain View, CA
NUQ
San Carlos Airport
San Carlos, CA
SQL
Hollister Municipal
Hollister, CA
CVH
Ramp Reservations Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS)
Ramp reservations will be required through your FBO of choice at LAS. It is highly recommended that you obtain your ramp reservation as soon as possible as parking is limited. When contacting your LAS FBO, provide them with your scheduled arrival and departure time.
In addition, FAA ATC traffic management initiatives might be needed if air traffic demand exceeds the airport capacity. LAS capacity has been decreased due to a runway construction project. If a ground delay program is needed at LAS, an expected departure clearance time (EDCT) will be given to the flight operator by ATC. An ATC issued EDCT will take precedence over a ramp reservation. Please note, however, your ramp reservation will still be honored. Additional traffic management initiatives are possible for the Las Vegas area airports such as miles in trail, flow metering times and/or ground stops.
Ramp reservations are not required at Henderson Executive (HND) and North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), however, it is highly recommended that flight operators contact the FBO at HND or VGT in advance to provide operational details.
Route Requirements
Arrival Route Requirements
Dates and times differ based on destination airport.
Departure Route Requirements
Sunday, Feb. 7, 5 p.m. (PST) (0100z) through Monday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. (PST) (09/0400z)
Due to the expected heavy volume of departures, users must file specific routes from Feb. 7, 5 p.m. (PST) through Feb. 8, 8 p.m. (PST) (08/0100z to 09/0400z). These routes will be specific to airport of origin and direction of flight and/or destination. These routes can be found in the FAA special traffic management procedures NOTAMs.
Airport Specific NOTAMs
Review the traffic management procedures, including arrival and departure route requirements, for the airports below:
FDC NOTAM 6/6446 has been released for the San Jose, CA area in relation to Super Bowl 50 on February 07, 2016.
A 10 nautical mile TFR ring centered on Levi’s Stadium (or the SJC306003.0) prohibits GA operations at the following airports from 1400 local (2200z) until 2359 local (08/0759z) on Feb. 7, 2016.
Norman Mineta San Jose International (SJC)
Moffett Federal Airport (NUQ)
Palo Alto Airport (PAO)
Reid-Hillview Airport San Jose (RHV)
A 32 nautical mile TFR ring centered on SJC306003.0 has additional restrictions between the 10 nautical mile and 32 nautical mile areas from 1400 local (2200z) until 2359 local (08/0759z) on Feb. 7, 2016.
Flight operations on an active IFR flight plan, squawking a discrete transponder code and talking to ATC will be allowed to operate between the 10nm and 32nm rings.
FAA ATC Air Traffic Management Initiatives can be expected throughout the week and may include the following:
Ground Delay Programs
Airspace Flow Programs
Collaborative Trajectory Options Program
Time Based Metering
Miles in Trail
Airborne Holding
Ground Stops
Filing Flight Plans Early
Operators flying to San Francisco-area airports through Feb. 8 should make sure their flight plans have been submitted through a CDM-participating flight plan service provider or flight planning tool ??the night before operation. These providers include Fltplan.com?, Rockwell Collins/ARINC Direct, Universal, Jeppesen and others?. ?Doing so will ensure that flight plan information is known to FAA before potential ground delay programs are implemented. This is especially the case for operators flying to SFO, OAK and SJC due to the possibility of programs into those airports. If flight plans are filed after a ground delay program has been implemented, it is likely operators will see excessive delays.
Airfiles and Destination Changes
Traffic management initiatives for this event are designed to provide equitable airspace access. To maintain program integrity and minimize delays, no airborne IFR filing or airborne changes of destination will be allowed within 200nm of Northern California TRACON Terminal airspace, except in emergency situations. Duplicate flight plans (same time/call sign) to multiple airport destinations are subject to removal from the system.
Source: NBAA National Businesss Aviation Associaion
Grandview Aviation has added a new 2015 Embraer Phenom 300 light jet to its charter fleet based at KMTN Martin State Airport in Baltimore, MD. The aircraft carries up to 9 passengers 500 mph and has a range of up to 2,000 miles. Grandview has two Phenom 300's now and plans to continue growing its fleet with new aircraft. The Phenom 300's are operated by fellow Baltimore company Executive Flight Solutions, Inc.
The 2015 Phenom 300 is available for charter only in FlightList PRO.GrandView Aviation's new 2015 Embraer Phenom 300 for charter
Avid Air is now operating from KPBI West Palm Beach Airport under Part 135 certificate STZA018I by FS Air Service Inc. Avid manages and operates - new to charter - three Gulfstream III large cabin jets. The G-III aircraft offer ample room for up to 12 passengers, with a spacious interior and berthing/sleeping arrangements for 4. Amenities such as power outlets and an in-flight phone allow for global connectivity while in flight. This brings the number of Gulfstream III aircraft based in South Florida for charter to 7, according to prominent charter consultant and brokerage New Flight Charters, between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach airports. Avid Air also offers aircraft management and other aviation services.
Avid Air and full fleet information is available in FlightList PRO.Avid Air Gulfstream III fleet for charter based KPBI West Palm Beach, Florida
Courtesy AIN Online, 1/7/16
San Francisco-based capital equity firm TPG Growth confirmed today that it signed a definitive agreement on December 30 to acquire Travel Management Co. (TMC Jets), an on-demand aircraft charter firm in Elkhart, Ind.TPG Growth, which also owns a stake in private jet membership firm XOJet, is acquiring TMC Jets for an undisclosed amount from founder Pete Liegl, who formed the company in 2006. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter.
In February 2013, XOJet and TMC Jets announced a commercial partnership, though they have remained—and under the new ownership structure will continue to remain—separate entities, according to TMC president Scott Wise. In fact, he stressed TMC will continue to be “neutral” and work with leading broker distribution partners such as Apollo Jets, Sentient Jet, EJM/NetJets and XOJet.
Accordng to TPG Growth, the investment in TMC Jets as “an opportunity to further broaden its presence in private aviation, an industry that has seen multiple years of growth and improving sector dynamics.” TPGindicated that it plans to provide more capital for further investment in TMC, which could further expand its aircraft fleet.
TMC currently operates 68 wholly owned aircraft, including 36 Hawker 400XPs, 29 Hawker 800XPs, two Challenger 604s and a King Air 200. It also has an outstanding order with Nextant Aerospace to convert its Hawker 400XPs to 400XTis. These conversions are currently on hold, Wise told AIN, but could move forward “at a later date.” He said there is a solid business case to add more Challenger 604s to the fleet.
“TPG is thrilled to partner with Scott Wise, Scott Henely and the entire TMC Jet team,” commented TPG Growth managing partner Bill McGlashan. “TMC Jets has established its reputation and industry-leading position as the light and mid jet operator of choice to its brokering partners. We are excited to support and enable TMC's growth and development going forward.”
Capital equity firm TPG Growth is acquiring Travel Management Co. (TMC Jets), an Elkhart, Ind.-based on-demand aircraft charter firm that has 65 wholly owned Hawker 400XPs and 800XPs. Its fleet also includes two Challenger 604s and a King Air 200. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter. (Photo: Travel Management Company)
Charter operator FlightWorks, Inc., based in Kennesaw, Georgia outside Atlanta, and the Southeast’s largest on-demand private air charter operator, has experienced records growth of its charter fleet in 2015. The recent additions of a Hawker 800XP, Gulfstream 200, Challenger 601 and Falcon top off a great fourth quarter of fleet growth.
The new additions are based in strategic locations that will help to broaden our charter services, including the greater Boston area, Atlanta, Washington DC, and Miami. Selective charter clientele demand modern amenities such as Gogo High Speed Internet and connected cabin entertainment systems, and these aircraft deliver on those needs.
“Our message is resonating with aircraft owners” said Dan Lucey, President of FlightWorks. Lucey went on to add “transparency, managing the aircraft to preserve long-term value, and delivering on the individual goals of each aircraft owner is the core of our value statement, and the ability to execute on that promise has led to this outstanding growth of our fleet”.
FlightWorks' full fleet of 16 passenger charter jets are listed only in FlightList PRO, at least 4 jets more than any other service.
The aircraft will be available for on demand charter and as part of FlightPASS®, FlightWorks innovative family of jet card programs. Business today demands efficiency and private air charter can eliminate long check-in lines, security wait times, mechanical delays and more. As a result, FlightWorks is seeing increased use of private charter as a way to streamline time-consuming commercial travel.
Etihad Airways has announced a new partnership with private jet charter broker Victor, to complement and promote its exclusive The Residence and First Apartment cabins, both available on the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet. The partnership also allows customers the ultimate convenience of chartering a seamless private aircraft connection to or from their international A380 flights.
Read full article with information and comments from Victor as well as Etihad Airways, online Albawaba Business.Etihad Airways
The idea of creating a technology enabled marketplace is one of the biggest trends among startups today. However, how does that work for something like the highly fragmented, negotiation heavy business of charter jets? Los Angeles-based VolJet (www.voljet.com) is looking to solve that puzzle, with its online system for booking charter jets, just as you would a commercial flight. We caught up with CEO Susan Sloan to learn more.
Story by Benjamin F. Kuo, from Socaltech.com, 12/7/15
What is VolJet?
Susan Sloan: It's very similar to a commercial, online booking system, like Expedia.com. It's very user friendly, and will be a familiar experience to users. You go on to the site, put your city paris in, and you get back several results. You can also get commercial results for commercial bookings. We're the only system for private jets, which also offers up commercial airline operations as well. Once you go in, you have several options, from taking a commercial airline, to chartering your own jet, joining another charter, and even opening up your own charter to share with others, if you don't mind sharing with one or two other people.
Who are your customers?
Susan Sloan: The market segment that we are going after, is the market that pays full fare first class, but has never chartered a jet before. If you have ever tried to charter a jet, it's a real hassle, and it's very negotiation intensive. You never get a “buy now” price. All of our pricing is buy now, and the price you see is the price you pay, versus many of the extras you have to pay for when you charter your own jet normally. There's no negotiation, no haggling, no back and forth. The current system is very labor intensive, in that you'll call someone for a quote, and they call you back maybe 24 hours later, and you have to go back and forth several times. With our service, it's very simple, you don't have to self identify until you book a flight. You can go onto our site, cruise around the site, and only when you decide to book a trip do you have to put in your credit card information and name. It's also non-membership, so you don't have to pay thousands of dollars to get access to information on the site or to book a flight.
What's your background?
Susan Sloan: I'm a mechanical engineer, and have been in aerospace for 35 years as an executive. I'm also a private pilot. My other founder also is a private pilot. I had been flying private jets, and I realized they were going one leg of the flight back empty. That's not good for the environment, it's not goo for the jet, and it's not good for the customer, or the industry. There are three of us, and my co-founder, Rabe, and I decide there has to be a business here. Plus, we thought it shouldn't be so hard to charter a jet. That's how we created this thing.
What areas can people book flights to?
Susan Sloan: It's all of the U.S. We have our own database we've created of 921 airports, and we have created algorithms to make sure the right aircraft is being used for the right city pair and distance. Also, each of the airports have different runway lengths, and offer different services at those airports. Right now, we're in the U.S. Only, but we're looking at Europe for our next launch, probably by the end of next year.
The market for charter flights is very fragmented, and there are a lot of charter operators – how have they reacted to your service?
Susan Sloan: It's been a great benefit to charter operators. Our idea is to be a win-win-win for all around. It's got to be a win for the customer in terms of ease of booking and saving time, and we want to be a win for operators, by bringing them more revenue and filling more planes. It's also a win for the industry. The aviation industry is a great industry, and we want to make sure it has a good growth trajectory. On our site, operators have their own portal. There's both a customer portal, and an operator portal, where they can sign up. They don't have to pay a membership. Those operators can see all of the groups requesting flights, and where they want to go, what their revenue will be with taxes and everything split out, and they can select a group and assign a plane. That approach is 180 degrees from everyone else. It's on our tagline, we are bringing people to planes, rather than planes to people. We're trying to get those empty legs filled. We have a patent pending on our system and methodology, which is definitely unique.
What's the hardest part of making this business work?
Susan Sloan: It takes time. It takes time to actually get the system perfect and right, with all of that programming. We have several programmers on board who are working on that. It takes a lot of tenacity, you can't give up. Obviously, we love this business, we love aviation, we love traveling, and we love flying. If we didn't have that, we would have given up. It's been a long road, but it's pretty exciting as we've launched and are now getting good feedback.
Finally, what are the next steps for you?
Susan Sloan: Our next step, is to really ramp up the number of flights, and get the word out about VolJet.
Full article and interview in SoCalTech.com here.
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The first embraer Legacy 450 midsize jet on Part-135 certificate in the US, is based at MCO Orlando International Airport and operated by Solairus Aviation. The 2015 Legacy 450 with WiFi internet and coast to coast range is currently available for charter, and one of only two 450's available for charter worldwide - the other based in Brussels, Belgium by operator ASL.
Delta Private Jets is calling 2015 a record year for revenue and jet card and charter sales.
It also reported 34% growth in its managed aircraft fleet last year.
“We started the year with 53 aircraft on our certificate, which grew to 72 by year’s end,” said David Sneed, Delta Private Jets executive vice president and chief operating officer. “This allowed DPJ to become the third largest Part 135 operator in the country in terms of fleet size.”
Grandview Aviation has added a new 2015 Embraer Phenom 300 light jet to its charter fleet based at KMTN Martin State Airport in Baltimore, MD. The aircraft carries up to 9 passengers 500 mph and has a range of up to 2,000 miles. Grandview has two Phenom 300's now and plans to continue growing its fleet with new aircraft. The Phenom 300's are operated by fellow Baltimore company Executive Flight Solutions, Inc.
The 2015 Phenom 300 is available for charter only in FlightList PRO.
Avid Air is now operating from KPBI West Palm Beach Airport under Part 135 certificate STZA018I by FS Air Service Inc. Avid manages and operates - new to charter - three Gulfstream III large cabin jets. The G-III aircraft offer ample room for up to 12 passengers, with a spacious interior and berthing/sleeping arrangements for 4. Amenities such as power outlets and an in-flight phone allow for global connectivity while in flight. This brings the number of Gulfstream III aircraft based in South Florida for charter to 7, according to prominent charter consultant and brokerage New Flight Charters, between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach airports. Avid Air also offers aircraft management and other aviation services.
Avid Air and full fleet information is available in FlightList PRO.
Avid Air Gulfstream III fleet for charter based KPBI West Palm Beach, Florida
Charter operator FlightWorks, Inc., based in Kennesaw, Georgia outside Atlanta, and the Southeast’s largest on-demand private air charter operator, has experienced records growth of its charter fleet in 2015. The recent additions of a Hawker 800XP, Gulfstream 200, Challenger 601 and Falcon top off a great fourth quarter of fleet growth.
The new additions are based in strategic locations that will help to broaden our charter services, including the greater Boston area, Atlanta, Washington DC, and Miami. Selective charter clientele demand modern amenities such as Gogo High Speed Internet and connected cabin entertainment systems, and these aircraft deliver on those needs.
“Our message is resonating with aircraft owners” said Dan Lucey, President of FlightWorks. Lucey went on to add “transparency, managing the aircraft to preserve long-term value, and delivering on the individual goals of each aircraft owner is the core of our value statement, and the ability to execute on that promise has led to this outstanding growth of our fleet”.
Etihad Airways has announced a new partnership with private jet charter broker Victor, to complement and promote its exclusive The Residence and First Apartment cabins, both available on the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet. The partnership also allows customers the ultimate convenience of chartering a seamless private aircraft connection to or from their international A380 flights.
Read full article with information and comments from Victor as well as Etihad Airways, online Albawaba Business.
The idea of creating a technology enabled marketplace is one of the biggest trends among startups today. However, how does that work for something like the highly fragmented, negotiation heavy business of charter jets? Los Angeles-based VolJet (www.voljet.com) is looking to solve that puzzle, with its online system for booking charter jets, just as you would a commercial flight. We caught up with CEO Susan Sloan to learn more.
Susan Sloan: It's very similar to a commercial, online booking system, like Expedia.com. It's very user friendly, and will be a familiar experience to users. You go on to the site, put your city paris in, and you get back several results. You can also get commercial results for commercial bookings. We're the only system for private jets, which also offers up commercial airline operations as well. Once you go in, you have several options, from taking a commercial airline, to chartering your own jet, joining another charter, and even opening up your own charter to share with others, if you don't mind sharing with one or two other people.
Who are your customers?
Susan Sloan: The market segment that we are going after, is the market that pays full fare first class, but has never chartered a jet before. If you have ever tried to charter a jet, it's a real hassle, and it's very negotiation intensive. You never get a “buy now” price. All of our pricing is buy now, and the price you see is the price you pay, versus many of the extras you have to pay for when you charter your own jet normally. There's no negotiation, no haggling, no back and forth. The current system is very labor intensive, in that you'll call someone for a quote, and they call you back maybe 24 hours later, and you have to go back and forth several times. With our service, it's very simple, you don't have to self identify until you book a flight. You can go onto our site, cruise around the site, and only when you decide to book a trip do you have to put in your credit card information and name. It's also non-membership, so you don't have to pay thousands of dollars to get access to information on the site or to book a flight.
What's your background?
Susan Sloan: I'm a mechanical engineer, and have been in aerospace for 35 years as an executive. I'm also a private pilot. My other founder also is a private pilot. I had been flying private jets, and I realized they were going one leg of the flight back empty. That's not good for the environment, it's not goo for the jet, and it's not good for the customer, or the industry. There are three of us, and my co-founder, Rabe, and I decide there has to be a business here. Plus, we thought it shouldn't be so hard to charter a jet. That's how we created this thing.
What areas can people book flights to?
Susan Sloan: It's all of the U.S. We have our own database we've created of 921 airports, and we have created algorithms to make sure the right aircraft is being used for the right city pair and distance. Also, each of the airports have different runway lengths, and offer different services at those airports. Right now, we're in the U.S. Only, but we're looking at Europe for our next launch, probably by the end of next year.
The market for charter flights is very fragmented, and there are a lot of charter operators – how have they reacted to your service?
Susan Sloan: It's been a great benefit to charter operators. Our idea is to be a win-win-win for all around. It's got to be a win for the customer in terms of ease of booking and saving time, and we want to be a win for operators, by bringing them more revenue and filling more planes. It's also a win for the industry. The aviation industry is a great industry, and we want to make sure it has a good growth trajectory. On our site, operators have their own portal. There's both a customer portal, and an operator portal, where they can sign up. They don't have to pay a membership. Those operators can see all of the groups requesting flights, and where they want to go, what their revenue will be with taxes and everything split out, and they can select a group and assign a plane. That approach is 180 degrees from everyone else. It's on our tagline, we are bringing people to planes, rather than planes to people. We're trying to get those empty legs filled. We have a patent pending on our system and methodology, which is definitely unique.
What's the hardest part of making this business work?
Susan Sloan: It takes time. It takes time to actually get the system perfect and right, with all of that programming. We have several programmers on board who are working on that. It takes a lot of tenacity, you can't give up. Obviously, we love this business, we love aviation, we love traveling, and we love flying. If we didn't have that, we would have given up. It's been a long road, but it's pretty exciting as we've launched and are now getting good feedback.
Finally, what are the next steps for you?
Susan Sloan: Our next step, is to really ramp up the number of flights, and get the word out about VolJet.
Full article and interview in SoCalTech.com here.