Originally published by CharterX on March 31st, 2007 By Karen Di Piazza Linear Air, based at Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED), located in Bedford, Mass., is a successful player in the air-taxi charter marketplace. The company provides point-to- point air travel with a fleet of four luxury Cessna Grand Caravans to more than 500 cities. …
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Originally posted on Air-taxi.com in March, 2007 Air-Taxi.com: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us today, Bill. What is wrong with today’s system? Can you paint us a picture of either driving or flying in today’s system and what we can do to change it? Bill Herp: Thanks, Curtis. I think that the rationale for …
Linear Air, an air-taxi company based at Hanscom Field, just outside Boston, Mass., is expanding into the Caribbean, and moving forward with its plans to be among the leaders in the very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi market…although so far, it has been operating without any VLJs. While waiting for its first Eclipse jet, now expected …
Originally published in The Boston Globe on February 12, 2007 by Chris Reidy Air-taxi operator Linear Air is expanding service in the Caribbean and it closed a 2.5 million funding round. Linear Air of Lexington provides regional private air travel to executives and families. The company said that it has gotten certification from the French government to …
Lexington, Mass., February 12, 2007- Linear Air, the leading very light jet air-taxi operator, today announced certification from the French government to offer charter service in the Caribbean to the French West Indies, including the island of St. Bart’s. The company welcomes this latest certification with a group of new investors, including European private equity …
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Originally published by AINonline on January 19, 2007 By Harry Weisberger After an extended gestation period and months of uncertainty about first delivery, Eclipse Aviation delivered its first production very light jet (VLJ). When the FAA awarded an airworthiness certificate for the first production Eclipse 500 in the closing hours of last year the Albuquerque, N.M.-based tyro …
Originally published in The Boston Globe on November 17, 2006 By Chris Reidy Linear Air, a Lexington operator of air taxis, said today it has formally launched seasonal passenger air-taxi service from San Juan International Airport in Puerto Rico. Through March 31, the company will offer charter service to such Caribbean islands as the Dominican …
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Originally published in The National Post on October 21, 2006 By Sean Silcoff ORLANDO, Fla. – At the U.S. National Business Aviation Association trade show, the world’s largest showcase for corporate-aircraft sellers, hundreds of wealthy Americans are checking out a cabin mock-up of a shiny new six-passenger jet rotating on a raised, underlit platform. The onlookers, including some …
Originally published in Flight International on October 10, 2006 By Murdo Morrison After much hype, the air-taxi era in the USA is finally dawning. Can these on-demand services truly transform the dynamics of regional business travel? Air taxis have changed Jimmy Durham’s life. The Greenville, South Carolina-based ice-rink developer has been using SATSair’s Cirrus SR22 …
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