Originally published in the Bedford Minuteman on Thu Dec 6, 2007 By Patrick Ball, Staff writer Flying 400 miles per hour at an elevation of 41,000 feet in a Very Light Jet no bigger than a bass boat may sound more scary than chic, but Bill Herp, founder and CEO of Linear Air, a Concord-based …
Linear Air, an air taxi and charter service operating from Hanscom Field in Bedford, has started selling flights on the newest class of aircraft to hit the market – an Eclipse 500 very light jet that CEO William Herp believes could “democratize” private air transportation. The $1.7 million Eclipse, which seats three to four passengers and …
Originally published by the Business Innovation Factory on October 11th, 2007 William Herp is a serial entrepreneur flying high with his latest venture, Linear Air, an air taxi service for business travel based in Lexington, Mass. For the past several years, Herp has been touting his car service with wings by flying a fleet of …
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Originally published in The Hartford Business Journal on October 8th, 2007 By Stephanie Reitz A growing number of pilots, daytrippers and business travelers with a few extra dollars on hand are finding a new way to join the jet set. A new type of small private planes known as “very light jets,” or VLJs, are …
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Two companies launching light-jet service this month between smaller U.S. airports should have an easy time getting customers amid persistent record-breaking travel delays. Major carriers and some experts argue, however, that the success of Linear Air and DayJet Corp. may worsen congestion in the air and on the tarmac, which the “air taxi” firms promise …
CONCORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Linear Air, the premier air-taxi service that is revolutionizing personal air transportation, has announced the anticipated first flight of their Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet (VLJ) for mid-September. This flight will mark the first customer trip for a VLJ in the Northeast by the Concord, MA based air-taxi service, headed by President and …
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Originally published in The Wall Street Journal on July 30, 2007 By Simona Covel William Herp needed several million dollars last year to expand his jet-taxi company. He wanted to buy a fleet of a new kind of small jet — one that would transport businesspeople visiting clients, like a car service with wings. With airports overflowing with …
Originally published in The Boston Globe on July 10, 2007 By Chris Reidy, Globe staff Linear Air, a Concord-based air taxi service, said today it has taken delivery of its first Eclipse 500, a so-called “very light jet” that’s designed to reduce the costs of personal air travel. Linear Air said that the Eclipse 500 …
Originally published in The Boston Globe on July 10, 2007 By Chris Reidy, Globe staff Linear Air, a Concord-based air taxi service, said today it has taken delivery of its first Eclipse 500, a so-called “very light jet” that’s designed to reduce the costs of personal air travel. Linear Air said that the Eclipse 500 will be ferried later …
