Charter Broker Acquired by Operator Altius Aviation

Altius Aviation charter operatorEmreAir Charter Solutions (EA Jet Charters), an air charter broker based in Teterboro, NJ, has agreed to an acquisition by charter operator Altius Aviation.

Headquartered in Syracuse, NY and operating throughout the Northeast with locations at the Portland Jetport, ME, the Manchester Airport, NH and the Essex County Airport, NJ, Altius Aviation operates 7 aircraft for charter including turborops, light and midsize jets.

Henry Laughlin, President & CEO of Altius commented: “We are delighted to
welcome the team from EmreAir Charter Solutions to the Altius family.
Throughout the negotiations it became very apparent that the EmreAir assets
and personnel would create significant synergy throughout our activities.  The
net effect to Altius is accelerated growth and a better experience for both our
retail charter customers and the broker community”.

Speaking from Teterboro, NJ, Omar Diaz, Director of EmreAir stated:  “Merging
our experience and passion with Altius Aviation is a logical next step for the
EmreAir team.  Altius has proved to be a highly capable operator with significant
nationwide growth potential.  We look forward to the future as we achieve our
goals with both Altius and the Laughlin Group companies”.  The acquisition will
see the founders of EmreAir become equity stake holders in the larger company.

Altius Aviation LLC is part of the Laughlin Group family
owned aviation company.  Founded in 1949, group activities span FBO
operations, maintenance, special missions design and install, avionics STC
development, airline handling, de-icing, aircraft charter and aircraft sales.

Altius operates seven aircraft for charter based throughout the Northeast US; two Learjet 60, a Learjet 31, King Air B200 and three Pilatus PC-12.

The full Alitus charter fleet is ONLY available in FlightList PRO.

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About Rick Colson

Rick Colson is a Business Aviation Entrepreneur | Founder & CEO New Flight Charters, Co-Founder FlightList PRO, Founder FlightCast Media. Rick channeled a love of private aviation into pilot ratings, aircraft ownership, and a trio of industry-leading aviation businesses serving private jet fliers, air charter operators and jet charter brokers. Rick is a "Practitioner-CEO" applying his 25-years in aviation; managing private jet charters for a select handful of clients with New Flight Charters, developing and using air charter sourcing platform FlightList PRO, and creating private jet content for "interest media" with FlightCast digital & social media marketing. Rick Colson resides in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with his wife Lora of 30 years. They have four grown children and two grandchildren thus far.

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