AB Jets Enters Super-Midsize Bizjet Market With Challenger 3500 Order
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From left to right: Jean-Christophe Gallagher, Executive Vice President, Aircraft Sales & Bombardier Defense, Éric Martel, President and CEO at Bombardier, Andrew Bettis, founder and co-owner of AB Jets, David Turner, Co-owned and Director of Operations at AB Jets, Mark H. George, Chairman at IMC, and Frank Vento, Vice President, Sales-U,S. at Bombardier.
LAS VEGAS—AB Jets and Bombardier on Tuesday announced an order by AB Jets for three Challenger 3500s, plus a contractual option to order a fourth by the end of 2023, at a champagne celebration at the NBAA BACE static display in Henderson Executive Airport. Adding to its fleet of nine Learjet 60s, the new Challengers expand the Memphis-based, Argus Platinum-rated private charter company into the super-midsize business jet market.
In addition to its primary operations as a charter operator, AB Jets also offers supplemental lift services to brokers, flight departments, and operators