NOT long ago I talked with Phil Mathews, the president of a worldwide private aircraft charter company called Air Partner, who was on vacation in Wales. Aware that there has been increased use of long-haul private jets for international travel in the last year, I asked him, “How’d you get to Wales? Private jet?” “If [...]
Bombardier Inc.’s (BBD.B.T) aerospace division has received orders worth about $155 million for seven business jets to be operated by German airline Jet Air Flug. The firm orders are for five midsize Learjet 85 and two large-cabin Challenger 605 jets. “This order further emphasizes the strength of our business aircraft product portfolio,” the Canadian maker [...]
JetSuite, the private jet operator, has now expanded to Houston and three other Texas metropolitans. The California-based private jet charter company says that it will conduct flights within the state, including rural and national areas. The expanded fleet includes a new four-passenger Embraer Phenom 100 with state-of-the-art interiors. Other new JetSuite service areas include Austin, [...]
