Four flights were delayed at Akron-Canton Airport last Tuesday due to an airport accident involving a private Learjet plane. The private jet was landing from Canada, but was unable to come to a normal stop and its nose went into a snow pile at the end of the runway. There were no injuries during the plane crash, said Kristie Van Auken, a spokeswoman for the airport.
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Akron Canton Airport experiences flight delay due to private jet landing accident
Affluent British families are booking private jet flights to secure holiday plans. They are doing so to make sure that their plans are not disrupted by British Airways (BA) strikes. The Air Charter Service (ACS) says that its private jet flight booking have doubled since details of a possible strike were revealed last Monday. “Within 24 hours of the announcement we had already received our first bookings from disgruntled passengers vowing that the strike would not ruin Christmas for them,” explained Joel Fenn, Executive Jet Sales Director for ACS.
Spectrum Air announced today its schedule of private jet executive flights to the Sundance Film Festival taking place in Park City, Utah from January 21st to January 31st, 2010. The flights will be scheduled on a round-trip basis from Los Angeles as well as from New York City. Unique to other private jet providers, the luxury airline is offering per-seat reservations allowing entertainment industry executives and supporters of the renowned Sundance Festival to fly individually or as a group. By doing so, Spectrum Air is removing for their clients the obstacle of having to charter an entire plane.
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Spectrum Air Announces Per-Seat Private Jet Flights To Sundance Film Festival
Euro Yacht Share is a fast growing alternative to chartering and timesharing. Simple packages offer 1 week per year for 5 years with no management or maintenance fees. All you pay for is your fuel and your flights.
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Euro Yacht Share
Noble Jets (http://www.noblejets.com), the world renowned private jet charter service, is announcing their 2009 Holiday Private Jet discount. The company is discounting its already cost-effective jet charter service by 5% for all flights from November 23 through January 1, 2010! Alex Volis, CEO of Noble Jets (http://www.noblejets.com), said “We know that the holidays are an intense time for all travelers, and we wanted to provide a way for our clientele to get the flights they need at a lower rate
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Noble Jets Announces New Holiday Private Jet Deals
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com NetJets gives in, lays off pilots Columbus Dispatch NetJets pioneered the fractional-ownership model in the private – jet industry, allowing customers to buy a share in a jet rather than taking on the cost of … NetJets to layoff pilots Private Jet Daily Berkshire's NetJets Fires 495 Pilots Amid Slowdown in Flights Bloomberg netjets Inc
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NetJets gives in, lays off pilots – Columbus Dispatch
Got an email yesterday from a blog reader asking “why so angry??” On second thought, we are really misunderstood - it’s not all about bashing Sentient, Marquis, NetJets, and others. In the spirit of goodwill, here are some of the flights that we have recently helped our competitors “win” Port Angeles, WA to Boise, ID (one-way) on a premium heavy jet (G-IV) with less than 14 hours’ notice Scottsbluff, NE to Casper, WY (one-way) on a super-mid (Citation Sovereign) with 12 hours’ notice Grand Forks, ND to Billings, MT (one-way) on a Challenger 604 Rochester, MN to Green Bay, WI (week-long round trip) on a Citation X Philadelphia, PA to Burlington, VT (one-way) on a Citation Ultra Much love
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Let’s Hug It Out, Bitch
Sentient Member upgraded from a boring midsize (Lear 60, Citation Excel or a Hawker) to this beautiful Challenger 604 for one of his flights and still saved 30% on the whole package Longstanding Sentient member recently flew with Regent Jet from Morristown, NJ to West Palm Beach for a four-day weekend. Sentient “Preferred Mid” rate for both legs: $36,446 including taxes and fees Regent Jet sourced a 2002 Challenger 604 (10 passenger heavy jet) for the outbound flight, and a 2001 Lear Jet 60 for the return, for $24,810. Net savings: $11,636 (over 30%!!!) for an upgraded flight (from a likely Citation Excel or Lear to a Challenger 604) and a comparable flight (on the Lear 60).
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Hedge of the Week – Sentient Jet
Exotic Flights is an on-demand, ultra private jet service, and eliminating fraction owner-ship and membership fees. Even if you are wealthy and you can buy anything in the world you desire, who says you need to buy a jet, when all you want to do is fly somewhere. Our flights can be arranged quickly wheels up within two hours, with no airport lines, hassles, security profiling.