The marketplace for app-based private-jet charter is becoming increasingly crowded, yet Jonny Nicol, founder of Stratajet, feels he has found a way for his company to stand out. “There is a chasm of difference between us and anybody else,” he argues.
In the business aviation sector, some of the entities that have been pursuing fresh approaches to the market have been around long enough to feel properly established.
Rheinland Air Service is growing its business aircraft handling and FBO activities at Munich’s alternate executive airport in Oberpfaffenhofen. Now, with the airport under new owners, it plans a dramatic expansion.
Like a number of disruptive companies in the business aviation sector, VistaJet is enjoying fast rates of growth. In the 2017 financial year, the Malta-based global aviation outfit saw its flight revenues grow 22%, while flight hours in the U.S. increased by 39%.
Business aircraft broker Boutsen Aviation is showing an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet at this year’s EBACE, “the largest aircraft to be displayed by the company to date.”
Designing a US$72 million business jet that can fly 7,700 nm and includes a four-zone cabin layout requires special attention to every detail, Bombardier officials note.
Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.
German completions center Lufthansa Technik has become an approved outfitter for VVIP ACJ350 XWB aircraft following extensive evaluation by Airbus Corporate Jets.
The $5.25 million HondaJet Elite has achieved a 17% range increase to 1,437 nm and is equipped with a newly developed attenuating inlet structure that lines each engine to reduce high-frequency noise and increase cabin quietness.
Bombardier has changed the name of the Global 7000 ultra-long range aircraft to the Global 7500 thanks to performance improvements that continue to surpass expectations.
Yves Rossy may not at first glance seem to have a lot in common with the business-aviation world, but the Swiss aviator is certainly an innovator when it comes to bespoke flying experiences.
The whole point of a business jet is that you go when you want go, but those heading toward London this summer face an almost blanket ban on overnight arrivals and departures.
EBACE saw its first Gulfstream G500 in 2017, but with the similar, yet longer-fuselage G600 now also well established in the flight-testing phase, the manufacturer has decided to stage a double act for Europe’s benefit.
In 2017, Clive Jackson, founder of private jet charter marketplace Victor, realized he needed to build a supporting structure around his fast-growing company.
An ban on overnight flights at London’s Luton Airport and their almost total elimination at Stansted Airport this summer will severely hamper access to the UK’s capital city.
