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The charter market for private jets is changing – Here’s how

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021by Doug Gollan

Charter brokers are navigating new rules of engagement for sourcing your private charter flights. It impacts what you pay and how you fly

Brokers who sell on-demand private jet charter flights say it’s not just availability and price that’s an issue. Record demand has changed the ways jet owners and the operators who manage their aircraft and sell charter flights are working.

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JSX adds Dallas/Austin flights; doubles Houston schedule

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021by Doug Gollan

By-the-seat private jet operator JSX is expanding its Texas presence with flights between Dallas and Austin while increasing the schedule on its Houston route

After building its by-the-seat network on the West Coast, JSX is apparently focused on its home state of Texas. On Sept. 27 it will start twice-daily flights between Dallas Love Field and Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

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Surf Air buys online private aviation marketplace BlackBird Air; Creates Surf Air Mobility Corporation

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020by Doug Gollan

The new entity wants to ‘transform’ the 50-to-400-mile mobility market

50% of all flights are under 500 miles, it says

BlackBird was recently under FAA scrutiny

Surf Air has been trying to fly past liquidation of its European arm, a lawsuit with a former operator and IRS tax lien

Plans call for phasing out the BlackBird Air name

Los Angeles-based Surf Air said it has acquired BlackBird Air, an online aviation marketplace that has been under scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Authority.

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