Originally published on Aviation International News Online on August 12, 2010 by Chad Trautvetter Despite the littered road of failed very light jet air-taxi firms, Linear Air said it has been able to make the model work and has even eked out a profit during one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression. The …
Concord, Mass., Aug 11, 2010 – Linear Air, the premier jet-taxi service that is transforming the private air travel industry as the first VLJ jet-taxi charter service in operation, today announced the achievement of significant milestones in the first half of 2010. Linear Air, headquartered in Concord, Mass., today announced it has acquired a fifth …
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Originally published in The Weekly of Business Aviation on May 3, 2010 By Benet J. Wilson Concord, Mass.-based air taxi provider Linear Air has relaunched its point-to-point service from the New York City region, President and CEO William Herp tells BA. “I’m glad to be back on the growth path after all our history with Eclipse Aviation,” says Herp. Linear …
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White Plains, NY, April 19, 2010 – Linear Air, a provider of point-to-point air taxi service, announced today the re-launch of its Eclipse E500 flight service in the greater New York City area. The expansion of its fleet back to the New York region reaffirms the company’s commitment to offering business and leisure travelers unprecedented …
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CONCORD, MA, March 8, 2010 – Leading Eclipse 500 operator Linear Air announced today that it has been awarded a three-year contract by the Federal Aviation Administration approval to provide Eclipse 500 FAA pilots with initial and recurrent training in the Eclipse 500 jet. After an extensive review of potential training providers, the FAA chose Linear …
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CONCORD, MA, January 26, 2010 – Linear Air, the leading Eclipse 500 air-taxi and pilot training provider, today introduced into service the industry’s first Eclipse 500 upgraded for Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) and Avio NG version 1.5, which includes GPS WAAS navigation and advanced autopilot functionality. Linear Air will operate the upgraded Eclipse 500 in …
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Originally published in Aviation International News Online on January 12, 2010 By Chad Trautvetter Eclipse 500 air-taxi operator Linear Air and High Performance Aircraft Training (HPAT) yesterday announced that they have partnered to provide Eclipse 500 pilot training under Linear Air’s FAA-approved Eclipse training program. Linear Air will continue to offer pilot training at its facility at Hanscom …
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CONCORD, MA and CLEARWATER, FL, January 11, 2010 – Linear Air, the leading Eclipse 500 air-taxi and training provider, and High Performance Aircraft Training, the leading provider of unusual attitude training and jet transition instruction, announced today that the two companies have teamed up to provide Eclipse 500 pilot training under Linear Air’s FAA-approved Eclipse training …
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Originally published in The New York Times on October 3, 2009 By Mary Tripsas GLANCE through a photo album of early automobiles and you’ll find an eclectic assortment of vehicles, including three-wheeled machines and bicycle-like contraptions. You’d be hard-pressed to identify many as cars. Early consumers were confused, too, until innovators finally converged on a carriage-like design …
