US seizes private aircraft used by Nicolás Maduronews Yves Le Marquand 3 Sep 24 0A Dassault Falcon 900EX used by sanctioned Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro Moros has been seized in the Dominican Republic. Originally purchased for the $13m through… Read more
FlyUSA launches new membership programmenews Mike Stones 10 Jul 24 0FlyUSA launches a new membership programme, Read more
Embraer expands SAF agreement with Avfuelnews Fayaz Hussain 23 May 24 0Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation Embraer announced that it will increase its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake at the Melbourne Orlando International Airport (KMLB), Florida. Embraer… Read more
JetLoan Capital funds $125 million for jets and yachts in 2023news Rob Hodgetts 11 Jan 24 0JetLoan Capital says it arranged loan funding for 59 aircraft and yachts totalling $125 million in 2023. The Florida-based company assisted clients in a “wide… Read more
PIA helps new jet co-owners ‘skip two-year wait and halve costs’news Mike Stones 8 Jan 24 0Partners in Aviation (PIA) has helped new co-owners of a Bombardier Challenger 3500 and an Embraer Praetor 600 skip the current two-year wait to receive… Read more
F/LIST opens fourth North American facilitynews Yves Le Marquand 10 Nov 23 0F/LIST has opened its fourth North American operation in Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to service a growing customer base in the south of the state.… Read more
Skyservice to purchase interests in two Fontainebleau FBOsnews Yves Le Marquand 18 Oct 23 0Skyservice has agreed to invest in Fontainebleau Aviation’s Miami and Fort Lauderdale FBO’s. The two firms announced the agreement in the week of NBAA-BACE 2023,… Read more
Flapper reaches 30,000th client milestonenews Yves Le Marquand 21 Jul 23 0Flapper has celebrated flying its 30,000th client, building on more than 320% growth over the past two years. To mark the milestone, Flapper co-founder and… Read more
Corporate aircraft leasing firm Jet Bank secures $250m initial equity raisenews CJI Expert 29 Jun 23 0Jet Bank, a new corporate aircraft leasing firm, has secured $250m in its initial equity raise. The investment now allows the firm to acquire aircraft… Read more
Banyan Air Service joins SmartSky Networksnews Terry Spruce 28 Jun 23 0SmartSky Networks, the air-to-ground inflight connectivity provider has identified Banyan Air Service as a new sales and installation partner. The Florida-based full-service Maintenance, Repair, and… Read more
FlyUSA acquires 3B Aviationnews CJI Expert 28 Jun 23 0FlyUSA has acquired 3B Aviation, expanding the brokerage’s privately managed fleet to 15 aircraft. As part of the acquisition, Nick Barrows, founder, 3B Aviation joins… Read more
Flexjet to open three private terminals in USnews CJI Expert 16 Jan 23 0Fractional jet company Flexjet is set to expand its private terminal network in the US by opening three new terminals in Miami, Montana and Arizona.… Read more
Wheels Up becomes official partner of the World Equestrian Centernews CJI Expert 9 Jan 23 0Wheels Up is now the official private aviation and hospitality partner for the World Equestrian Center (WEC) based in Ocala, Florida. The company will be… Read more
Bombardier quadruples Florida hangar space with new Miami facilitynews Yves Le Marquand 1 Nov 22 0Bombardier has inaugurated its new 300,000sqft service centre at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) quadrupling the OEM’s hangar space in the sunshine state. Located… Read more
JSSI Parts & Leasing to open warehouse in Fort Lauderdalenews Yves Le Marquand 24 Oct 22 0JSSI Parts & Leasing is opening an aircraft parts warehouse in Fort Lauderdale. Opening in response to heightened demand in South Florida, JSSI’s latest warehouse… Read more
‘Girls in Aviation Day’ aimed to attract new recruitsnews CJI Expert 29 Sep 22 0Recruiting new generations of girls and young women to aviation and aerospace was the aim of the latest Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) staged last… Read more
US private jet market ‘to continue record growth’: Airbusnews CJI Expert 5 Sep 22 0The US private jet market, currently numbering 14,632 aircraft or 62.5% of the world’s fleet, will continue record growth building on pre-Covid flight activity, according… Read more
Citation Encore N832R ditches in sea off Floridanews CJI Expert 28 May 19 0A 2001-build Cessna Citation Encore, MSN 560-0585 / N832R, crashed into the sea off the Florida coast on May 24, after losing all forms of… Read more
Privacy at 40,000 feet: business aviation’s finest attributenews Alasdair Whyte 23 Apr 18 0Monarch Air Group, April 23rd: There are few places where a person can remain completely private from check-in to check-out. It’s called private aviation for… Read more
Private jets: Business or pleasure?news Terry Spruce 13 Jun 17 0Monarch Air Group based in Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida has spoken about the business aviation market. Are private jets for business or pleasure?… Read more
