Originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on April 27, 2006 By Peter A. Sutters Jr. Two new services available on Nantucket both hope to make airline traveler’s time in skies more enjoyable. Linear Air and Luggage Forward both offer services that are already provided on Nantucket, included in regular air travel or at lesser cost, …
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Originally published in the Chicago Tribune on April 17, 2006 By Robert Channick Palwaukee Municipal Airport officials plan to build a $15 million terminal and retail center to put a new face on the 81-year-old airport and perhaps the aviation industry itself. The proposed 8-acre development at Milwaukee Avenue and Palatine Road in Wheeling, where …
Originally published by Aero-News.net in The Journal News on April 13, 2006 Linear Air — the first air-taxi service to offer per-seat, on-demand service — announced Tuesday the achievement of significant milestones in the first quarter of 2006. Linear Air — headquartered in Lexington, MA — announced it has acquired a fourth luxury Cessna Caravan …
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Becomes largest operator of luxury Cessna Caravan propjets in the United States; Announces 450% revenue growth, expansion of New York operations base and Eclipse very light jet (VLJ) financing program Lexington, MA, April 10, 2006 – Linear Air, a premier air-taxi service that is transforming the private air travel industry as the first per-seat, on-demand …
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Originally published in The Record on April 5, 2006 By Tom Davis Linear Air will resume its seasonal service from Teterboro to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket this year. The airline will fly from Teterboro to Nantucket on the weekend of April 29, when the Annual Daffodil Festival is held. From Memorial Day weekend until Columbus …
Originally publsihed in The Wall Street Journal on March 28, 2006 By Scott McCartney Thousands of new small jets about to hit U.S. skies will likely add hundreds of additional flights each day in big cities like Las Vegas, Chicago and Dallas, leading to airport congestion and flight delays. Recent research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration …
Originally published in The Boston Globe on March 26, 2006 Steven M. Hankin is chief executive of Sentient Jet, a private jet membership program that requires a $100,000 or higher deposit. Members pay each time they fly, at prices typically starting at $2,500 per hour. The privately held Weymouth company does not release revenue figures but projects business …
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Originally published in Newsweek on February 19, 2006 Business travel in the air only seems glamorous to folks who don’t do it. Upstart “boutique” airlines are working to change that: Eos and Maxjet recently began luxury service between New York to London, and Maxjet plans D.C.- to-London flights next month. But the newest trend is …
Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on January 30, 2006 By Elisa Crouch They weigh as much as a minivan and can fly at jet speed using suburban airstrips, including ones in Creve Coeur and Bethalto. A new breed of relatively inexpensive aircraft – “very light jets,” or VLJs for short – is expected …
