Stratos Jets says franchising offers operators independence versus private equitynews Yves Le Marquand 12 Aug 25 0With private equity’s growing interest in charter operations increasing the level of industry consolidation, Darren Engle, chief operating officer, Stratos Jets, said franchising offers a… Read more
Flexjet closes $800m investmentopinion Alasdair Whyte 21 Jul 25 0Kenn Ricci, chairman of Flexjet, referred to private equity as one of the “assassins killing business aviation” at our CJI Miami conference last November. To… Read more
Flexjet closes $800m investment with L Catterton, KSL and J Safranews Alasdair Whyte 21 Jul 25 0Flexjet has received $800m in equity from L Catterton, KSL and J Safra. L Catterton, the venture fund of LVMH, led the investment in the… Read more
Vista raises $600m in equity led by RRJ Capitalnews Alasdair Whyte 17 Mar 25 0RRJ Capital an Asian private equity firm is leading a $600m investment in Vista. The cash will be used to pay down debt. “RRJ… Read more
313 Equity Partners buys Toledo Jet Centernews Alasdair Whyte 3 Jan 25 0Investment firm 313 Equity Partners has bought Toledo Jet Center. Toledo Jet Center offers aircraft maintenance at Fort Lauderdale in Florida and Toledo, Ohio. Greg… Read more
FLyHouse: “I would be disappointed if this wasn’t worth $2-3bn in five years”news Alasdair Whyte 6 Dec 24 0“My belief is that if they do what I think they can do in the years to come on a global scale, I will be… Read more
FlyHouse scores Benevolent Capitalopinion Alasdair Whyte 15 Oct 24 0Ipswich Town Football Club is not one of England’s best-known teams. It should be. The so-called Tractor Boys have a better story than Ryan Reynolds’… Read more
JETNET BUYS WINGXnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Jun 23 0WINGX, the data and insight company, was born out of frustration. Christoph Kohler and Richard Koe (pictured) its founders had both worked at business jet… Read more
JSSI shows private equity still likes private aviationopinion Alasdair Whyte 14 Nov 22 0Two years ago, JSSI got its first private equity investor: GTCR. Last Friday it announced a second: Genstar. Genstar, with $35bn under management, has bought… Read more
CJI Americas 2020: The view from Wall Streetnews CJI Expert 17 Nov 20 0Investor sentiment for commercial aviation has been extremely bullish for the past seven to eight years, says Nick Fazioli, MD, Jefferies LLC, Aerospace & Defense… Read more
New Heritage Capital invests in Flying Coloursnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 18 0Private equity firm New Heritage Capital has invested in Flying Colours, the Canadian privately owned aircraft maintenance and modification company. Flying Colours will use the… Read more
Opinion: Bad parents – Hawker Beechcraft is a bad advert for private equityopinion Alasdair Whyte 5 Apr 12 0Onex and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have let Hawker Beechcraft down. Read more
Opinion: Bad parents – Hawker Beechcraft is a bad advert for private equitynews Alasdair Whyte 5 Apr 12 0Onex and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have let Hawker Beechcraft down. Read more
