Tag: New York

Jet Token Secures $40mm Commitment for Post IPO Funding

Jet Token Inc. has announced that it has entered into a $40 million investment commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS ("GEM"), the $3.4 Billion, Luxembourg based, private alternative investment group with offices in Paris, Nassau (Bahamas), New York, and Los Angeles. Under the share subscriptio...

Dassault announces new Northeast U.S. Falcon service location

Dassault Aviation has announced the opening of a new company-owned service center at New York’s Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip. The facility will initially accommodate up to five or six aircraft and provide scheduled maintenance, AOG support and pre-purchase evaluations. The service ...

Modern Aviation agrees to acquire Sheltair Aviation’s five New York locations

Modern Aviation, a New York based company, today announced it has a definitive agreement with Sheltair Aviation, the nation’s largest privately owned aviation network, to acquire the operations and facilities underlying Sheltair’s five New York FBOs following the review and approval of appropri...

NBAA Urges New York to Protect Aviation Jobs

NBAA has joined local business and transportation leaders in urging New York policymakers to reject any efforts that would threaten thousands of jobs across the state. The coalition is urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to continue his strong support of the Aviation Jobs Act (AJA), which has incr...

Silver Air Adds Newly Signed Challenger 300 to Los Angeles Fleet

Silver Air, the private jet management and charter company with operations in Los Angeles, The Bay Area, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, New York and Florida, has signed a Challenger 300 to its Los Angeles-based fleet. Available for immediate charter, the Challenger 300 is based at Van Nuys Airport (...

JetHQ Adds VP of Sales to Head Up East Coast Operations

JetHQ has turned to an aviation veteran to continue the company’s growth in the New York area and East Coast of the United States. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company announces the addition of John Daut as Vice President of Sales. John Daut Daut comes to JetHQ with extensive sale...

Silver Air Brings G200 S/N 75 to VNY

Silver Air, the private jet management and charter company with operations in Los Angeles, The Bay Area, Seattle, Dallas, Houston and New York, is adding another supermid jet to its managed charter fleet. Based in Los Angeles, the Gulfstream G200 S/N 75 now under PURE Jet Management will fly out of...

Modern Aviation Partners with Carbonfund.org Foundation to Offset Aviation Fuel Carbon Emissions

New York, NY.  Modern Aviation, a leading operator, acquirer and developer of Fixed Base Operations (“FBOs”) announced a partnership with Carbonfund.org Foundation to offer customers an opportunity to offset their carbon emissions as part of their fuel purchases.  As part of its c...

Aircraft parts supplier operator sentenced to prison in New York

Aircraft parts supplier Star Aero’s operator, William Vanmanen, was sentenced earlier this month to 30 months in prison, two years supervised release, and a $300 special court assessment after he pled guilty to several criminal acts. According to the USDOT’s Office of the Inspector General, ...

Jet Linx opens new private terminal at Teterboro Airport

Jet Linx has announced it is opening a New York-area private terminal at Teterboro Airport—the 18th such facility in its network. Developed in partnership with private investment firm The Radcliff Companies, the 3,000-sq-ft terminal and its staff will operate under standards based on those es...

Pilot killed as Agusta A109E helicopter crashes into New York City skyscraper

One person died when a privately owned twin-engine Agusta A109E helicopter collided with a New York skyscraper on Monday, in wet and foggy conditions. The pilot, identified by law enforcement as Tim McCormack, was the only person on board the aircraft at the time of the crash, said the Federal A...

Bombardier breaks more records with formidable Global 7500

Bombardier is on a record-breaking roll with its Global 7500, setting a new transatlantic record on 27 March, just three days after it completed the fastest ever business jet flight between Los Angeles and New York. For the latest flight, the aircraft departed Westchester County Airport in White ...

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