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Sanctions against Russia could extend more broadly to private aviation users than you contemplated. Impacts reach buying jets and possibly current fractional shareowners and even chartering private jets.
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed civil penalties totaling $1,228,671 against five private aviation companies for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights, according to a release from the agency.
Five companies were tagged: PottCo Airlease, PottCo Tactical Air, Wikert Air, Oracle Aviation, and East Shore Aviation.
Illegal charter can be deadly. Last year’s death of European soccer star Emiliano Sala came on an aircraft not authorized for commercial charters in Europe. It was flown by a pilot who wasn’t qualified. A 2018 Falcon 50 crash that killed both pilots in South Carolina found that maintenance records weren’t up to date. The pilots were not qualified to fly Part 135 charter flights.
After years of claims about Uber for private jets instant booking technology, it’s finally arriving. But should you use it?
Many of the broker websites and apps promising online bookings were nothing more than electronic request forms.
But that’s changing, and increasingly, you may find yourself able to rent a private jet or turboprop digitally from a broker or platform, and without much human oversight, or at least human oversight looking after your interests.