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Avantair Introduces New Edge 25 Hour Jet Card

Avantair has joined the ranks of Fractional Jet Ownership and/or Jet Charter companies offering a Jet Card program. The program which features a 25 hour card good for 12 months comes at a cost of $120,000 ($129,000 including a Federal Excise Tax of $9,000).
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Superbowl to feature Aerial Display!

And no, we’re not talking about the passing prowess of Eli Manning and Tom Brady — we’re talking about the onslaught of private jets about to descend upon Phoenix.
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15 Biz Travel Predictions for ‘08 from USA Today

A few weeks back, USA Today ran an interesting piece from their business travel columnist David Grossman. He presents a compelling case for why ‘08 isn’t likely to be a good, or even a decent, year for conventional business travel.


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Get Superbowl tickets from Sentient.

Who doesn’t dream of going to the Superbowl in grand style? Well, if that’s your dream — and if you’re oh-so-close to investing in a fractional jet and you think a Sentient jet card may be your best option — it may be time to buy. That’s because Sentient is offering its members a deluxe, four-day package to Superbowl XLII.


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This is your captain speaking.

Regardless of how you feel about the rest of the content (there’s a considerable amount of political news and commentary), there’s a really cool column on the website Salon that anyone interested in private or commercial flight should check out.
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Barefoot Ad Analysis: Avantair

Everybody’s “going green” these days, especially corporations of all sorts. And, boy, do they like to talk about it in their advertising. From GE’s “eco-imagination” campaign to Wal-Mart’s effort to sell ever-more numbers of compact fluorescent lights, there’s no escaping it. Even fractional jet provider Avantair has jumped on the green bandwagon, and proudly touts so in an ad.


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Note to airlines: it’s about smiles, not miles.

“I hate you, and I tell everybody I hate you.” That’s what one frequent flyer had to say to his airline, certainly voicing the frustration of far too many. This quote appeared this past weekend in an interesting little article in The New York Times.
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Barefoot Ad Analysis: Hawker 4000

An important means of evaluating fractional jet providers is by reviewing the types of aircraft in their fleets. As such, among the ads we study here at Fractional Jets Focus are those from manufacturers. An ad for the Hawker 4000 recently caught our attention.
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