General Business Aviation News

Victor, the UK-based charter service, says they have attained an additional $5 million in funds. They additionally finalized the acquisition of US-based charter company Young Jets. So, with all this happening, Young Jets originator and CEO David Young is expected to stay on but as Victor’s senior vice president for the US. Under his new role, Young will be responsible for building the Victor brand in the US as well as overseeing the company’s operations.

GainJet announced that it is adding an extra fuel tank to its VIP 737 (Registration: SX-ATF). By doing this, the aircraft’s range is increased by 3.5 hours to around 9 hours nonstop thereby making Dubai to London or Paris to New York a reality.

SaxonAir announces the addition of a new business jet to their fleet of aircraft. It is a Hawker 750 and since it is in the midsize category will complement SaxonAir's other Hawker executive jets, Hawker 900XP and 400XP fleet. The new addition is expected to be based in London Luton.

Toronto-based charter company Chartright announce that they have added a Dassault Falcon 900EX businessjet to their portfolio. The Dassault Falcon 900EX is the classic example of three-engine versatility, offering unmatched short-field performance and huge ramp presence. Typical seating allows 12 passengers to travel in exquisite comfort on flights up to 3,400 miles long. With a load of seven passengers a full range of 4,200 miles is possible.

Vertis Aviation is proud to announce the acquisition of a Bombardier Challenger 604 -under management-. The Challenger is registered A7-MHA, will be operated under the AOC of a leading Middle East operator from Doha International Airport. The executive jet was built in 2001

Aaron Kreissler, sales director at St. Louis facility said: “Jet Aviation St. Louis is the first and only independent service centre for Lineages in North America. We received the designation from Embraer in 2013 and have performed a variety of inspections and maintenance services on Lineages since then.” It's a first for the St. Louis service center. “We’re proud to have three Lineages here at the same time. It demonstrates the depth of our capabilities on narrow-body business jets,” added Kreissler.Jet Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.

Vertis Aviation has added another luxury business jet to their growing fleet. The company has added a Bombardier Global business jet to its Johannesburg charter fleet. Overall, the latest addition makes for the fifteenth aircraft added to the Vertis global line-up.

Meridian takes delivery of Bombardier Challenger 605, adds to fleet. More on this.

JFI Jets acquires two executive jets and they are immediately available for charter use. Both are Gulfstream jets, one being a G200 and the other a G-IVSP. Both planes are based out of Wilmington, Delaware.

Mark Abbott has joined the Vertis Aviation team and will be based out of their South African depot in Johannesburg. They are expanding there because remember Vertis Aviation formally only formally started operations at the Fireblade FBO facility at the OR Tambo International Airport in March of this year. Mark will be tasked with bringing new aircraft options to this particular market for Vertis. He has 17 years under his belt in the business aviation industry.

Rather sweet looking Boeing Business Jet...

DC Aviation is proud to have acquired another Challenger Series Bombardier aircraft recently. The aircraft is a Challenger 300 and that addition now brings their Bombardier fleet to nine aircraft. Michael Kuhn, CEO of DC Aviation said: “We are very happy to be able to expand our fleet by the Challenger 300. This addition indicates the continuously growing interest of our customers in our multi-year experience in managing their private and commercial aircraft. We also perceive an acknowledgement of our expertise and capability to provide our VIP customers with maximum safety and with services of unsurpassed quality.”

Pilatus Aircraft had this special livery PC-12NG turboprop at the recently concluded Jet Expo in Russia. The aircraft features art work on it by Swiss artist Hans Erni. The aircraft was actually on display by Nesterov, the exclusive sales agent for Pilatus in Russia. The livery is quite eye-catching!

Vertis Aviation adds another Bombardier business jet to their fleet. They added a Qatar-based Bombardier Challenger 604 to its managed fleet of aircraft. "The Challenger 604 is a new model for the company and complements the larger Boeing Business Jet managed by Vertis out of Dubai", a company spokesperson said.

RAI Jets expands into the Chicago area providing charter services. To make this happen, they have partnered with Chicagoland Aviation. Basically they are providing a luxurious alternative to commercial airtravel between the Kalamazoo and Chicago route. The demand is there so RAI Jets are making a move on it.

The British General Aviation Day was the venue for the unveiling of Zenith Aviation's newest acquisition, a Cessna Citation XLS. While the aircraft is not brand new -as it was built in 2008- it is new for the charter company. Below is a photo of the aircraft with registration G-ZENT. Of course they are awaiting their new Piaggio Aero Avanti EVO Pusher-prop in December.

Gama Aviation has added a brand new Learjet 75 since it was delivered to them recently. The new model joins the Learjet 45, 45XR and 60 aircraft, as well as executive jets from Bombardier’s Challenger and Global series. Gama Aviation fly clients across the US, Europe and China to to date and this only adds to their capability. Their fleet now comprises more than 30 different aircraft types.

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Guernsey has registered a 1993-built Bombardier Challenger 601. It was built as msn 5125 and now bears the registration 2-SEXY. No we are not kidding, this is really the new registration. It was registered before in the Cayman Islands with VP-CEI. The aircraft is managed by Hangar8 on behalf of private owners, and is based at Oxford Kidlington Airport. “A unique 2-REG registration allows private business aircraft owners to create their own tailored registration while enjoying all off-shore benefits” said Jasper van den Boogaard, sales and marketing for 2-Reg.

Greenpoint technologies is having a decent period at the moment. They have some widebody work which at the moment will keep them busy though to 2017. A Boeing Dreamliner BBJ and a Boeing 777-200LR BBJ are presently in the works. In the last couple of months they have re-delivered four 600 Challenger series executive jets to their owners/operators. The 787 Dreamliner BBJ is the company's second Dreamliner project and is expected to be an 18-month project.