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Pop quiz: Did you know ...
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With a private jet your passengers could practically travel zip code to zip code. If their destination is
not a major commercial hub or if they do not live near one, they will most likely be within a
few miles of one of the 18,000 general aviation airports. Out of these general aviation airports
more than 3,600 are equipped to operate in bad weather. So when your passengers have several places to go but
very little time to get there, charter is the most reasonable answer.
- There are approximately 2,600 Air-Taxi
operators in the US who hold FAA Part 135 certificates. As of April 30th
2005, only 788 of these operate turbine and/or jet aircraft. Out of the
788, 268 are rated Gold and 38 Platinum by ARG/US
. From these, we have
selected 123 operators to display on BusinessJet Class.
Passengers beware ...
A story that ran in the Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) newspaper reported, "A review of FAA records found that at least 14 companies and owners advertising in South Florida's Yellow Pages are flying without a commercial license. Aviation workers at several area airports said the actual number is much higher because most illegal pilots work quietly out of small hangars and don't advertise, making them difficult to track."
They may work quietly out of hangars or other operations, but their presence is something I'm faced with every day, said one large legal charter operator. "Hardly a day doesn't go by where I am asked to meet charter quotes that are well below our operating costs. I can only believe that the majority of these requests are the result of unfair competition from illegal charter operators who do not have to meet the high costs of complying with the regulations."
(This is an excerpt from an article By Dale Smith Senior Contributing Editor - Aviation Business Journal / Winter 2004 - To read the full article send a request to info@businessjetclass.com
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BusinessJet Class Newsletter - 16 May 2005