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 ...USINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC & JUSTIN WASTNAGE / LONDON
Avolar in Airbus Corporate
Jet marketing agreement
The deal will have sales benefits for Airbus and financial benefits for Avolar parent United
United Airlines' fractional-owner
ship subsidiary Av...
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 ...USINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC
UAL shelves Avolar funding quest
Manufacturers confirm struggling carrier has yet to delay or cancel business jet orders despite financial woes
Business-jet manufacturers are
braced for order deferrals or canc...
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COMMENT
No staying power
Don't read too much into Avolar's collapse when assessing prospects
for fractional ownership programmes. UAL simply lacked commitment
The decision last week by United Airlines to
pull the plug on its embryonic fractional o...
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 ...USINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC
New venture undeterred by Avolar
ShairForce seeks shared ownership success as United Airlines business jet subsidiary closes after three months
The demise of United Airlines'
ambitious venture into business jet
fractional ...
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 ...USINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
MARKETING GRAHAM WARWICK / NEW YORK
Airbus tries direct marketing in USA
The demise of US distributor Avolar has forced manufacturer to deal direct with potential customers for A319CJ
parent UAL announced in late ownership, air taxi, aircraft man-
March that it was closing agement and corporate shutt...
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 ...USINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
FLEET EXPANSION GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC
Avolar announces Gulfstream deal
United Airlines subsidiary also signs letters of intent with Bombardier and Raytheon to complete fleet by 2009
United Airlines' fractional owner
ship subsidiary Avo...
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 ...BUSINESS & GENERAL AVIATION GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC
United sues Gulfstream for $50m
Carrier accuses manufacturer of reneging on deal to refund advance payments after demise of fractional arm'Avolar
United Airlines is suing Gulfstream
Aerospace for more than $50 mil
lion in deposits paid for business
jets. The orders were placed by its
now defunct Avolar fractional own
ership subsidi...
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 ...s to cut Citation business
jet production to 250 aircraft in
2003, from 300 this year, despite a
slight market recovery. Gulfstream,
meanwhile, is holding on to $51
million in downpayments from
Avolar until it can find new buyers
for aircraft ordered by the defunct
fractional-ownership company.
Cessna parent company Textron
says the 33 net business-jet orders
booked in the first quarter...
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 ...other satellite in
Asia. DeCrane expects installation
to begin within 30-45 days.
BRANDING
UAL renames business jet arm
United Airlines' parent UAL has branded its business aviation sub
sidiary Avolar and is seeking private investment for the next stage of
development for the "standalone" company. UAL injected around
$250 million to kick-start the venture, launched as United Bizjet.
The a...
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 ...-8 April 2002 www.flightinternational.com £2.40 / USA$5.75
INTERNATIONAL
After the lay-offs, is industry
heading for a pilot shortage?
The Egyptair 990 riddte
US Marines fight cuts
Why Avolar failed
sand site...
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Gulfstream Aerospace has filed a
motion with a Chicago court to dis
miss a United Airlines lawsuit on the
grounds it has no legal merits.
Earlier this year, United, on behalf
of its now-defunct Avolar fractional-
ownership subsidiary, filed a lawsuit to
regain over $50 million in deposits paid
to Gulfstream for a firm order for 36
GIV-SPs and GVs and options for 63
more (Flight Internati...
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 ...are more cautious, and there
has been a lot of activity in the industry
since the last convention." He explains: "A
few previously large exhibitors are no
longer in existence. [United Airlines']
Avolar fractional ownership programme
and Fairchild Dornier collapsed and
Galaxy Aerospace is now part of
Gulfstream. But most companies are
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 ...ap.
Japan's majors face big losses
21 Ansett restart plan on course.
Asian airlines in insurance fund study
22 Bombardier deliveries to stay flat.
Go flourishes as BA flounders
Business &GA
23 Avolar to market the Airbus
Corporate Jet in North America.
Eclipse 500 assembly begins
24 UK airlines withdraw from corporate
jet ventures.
Gippsland to triple GA-8 production
Spaceflight
25 E...
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 ...lator manufacturer CAE
focuses on training centres.
Airbus seeks cost-cutting measures.
Business & GA
16 First European sale for Boeing's
BBJ2 derivative.
Engine failure link to Piper crash
17 Avolar confirms $2 billion-plus order
for Gulfstream 200s.
Service firms set up global network
1-7 January 2002 E2.40/USAS5.75
Spaceflight
18 ILS and Sea Launch selected for
Intelsat 10 series. ...
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 ... admits many carriers
view the introduction of business
aircraft services with caution
because of the failure of high-pro
file ventures such as United
Airlines' fractional ownership sub
sidiary Avolar. "Airline's also have a
morbid fear that business aviation
will steal their first-class passen
gers," he adds.
PROCUREMENT
Macedonia seeks VIP aircraft
The Macedonia government has
issue...
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 ...ns off aeronautical arm
24 Smiths plans further acquisitions.
Delta/KAL seek antitrust immunity
26 JAT to restructure before sell off.
Chautauqua reveals IPO plans
Business &GA
27 UAL calls off Avolar funding quest.
Australia ponders Beriev amphibian
for bush firefighting missions
28 SJ30-2 fabrication begins.
Grant paves way for Balkan network
Spaceflight
29 Columbia returns after Hub...
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 ... and BA said the Doj filing
move into second place ahead of
Bombardier Flexjet, which operates
110 aircraft, he says.
Waiting in the wings to become
a major player is United Airlines
subsidiary Avolar, which plans to
operate 205-210 aircraft by the end
of 2006.
The merger will also allow finan
cially troubled Raytheon Aircraft to
focus on its core aircraft manufac
turing and support bu...
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 ... the
charter management operation,
but the carrier has "no intention"
of launching fractional owner
ship or corporate shuttle
programmes similar to those
planned by United Airlines sub
sidiary Avolar.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Delta
AirElite operates a fleet of 10
Bombardier Challenger and
Learjet, Cessna Citation and
Gulfstream business jets, four
of which are owned and the rest
manage...
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 ...s and the now-merged Flight
Options and Raytheon Travel Air.
This represents a quarter more air
craft than last year, and a third
more owners.
Despite the demise of United Air
lines' subsidiary Avolar, ARG/US ex
pects US fractional providers to add
around 170 aircraft this year. Del
iveries are projected to reach 220-
plus aircraft a year by 2006 as new
fractional schemes enter the marke...
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 ...Champion, pre
viously known as MGM, before
he sold it in 1997.
As part of the deal, Page
agreed not to form another char
ter carrier for three years. He
instead served as a vice-presi
dent for Avolar, negotiating a
deal for 15 ACJs that fell through
when the United Airlines sub
sidiary folded before launching.
DEFENCE
JSF work on offer in bid
to keep Norway on board
Strong challenge ...
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