Private Jet Transportation Transformation Predicted by UltraJet
CEO
UltraJet,
LLC, announced that it has entered into an agreement with
Avocet Aircraft LLC to purchase 100 Avocet ProJet airplanes.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 2006.
The Avocet ProJet is a new 6 to 8-place, twin-engine turbojet
that is being created specifically for the air taxi and charter
business. “This airplane is a perfect complement to our
longterm business goals,” stated John DePalma, Chairman and
founder of UltraJet. “It is the one airplane that is being
purposebuild for the demands of operators like UltraJet. We were
specifically impressed with the flexibility of the cabin
configurations and the operator-friendly progressive maintenance
program that’s been designed right into the plane.”
“We are, of course, delighted to have UltraJet as one of
our first fleet customers,” noted Avocet’s CEO, David
M. Tait OBE. “UltraJet is precisely the type of operation we
envisioned in the early development of the ProJet. They have built
their business by consistently exceeding the high expectations of
their customers. For UltraJet to have selected the ProJet is truly
a gratifying endorsement.”
UltraJet is a premier
provider of membership-based air charter transportation
specializing in operating today's most sophisticated private jet
aircraft. UltraJet is recognized for the variety of custom programs
that delivers ultimate flexibility to their customers. Their
clientele include Fortune 500 executives, professional athletes,
entertainers, musicians, US Government officials and a former
President of the United States.
UltraJet currently employs a domestic fleet of G200s, Citation
III, V and VII and Lear 31, 35, 45 and 55 jets operated by Avbase
Flight Services. Their global fleet access includes a wide range of
aircraft, from a King Air to the Boeing BBJ. DePalma adds:
“The way people travel is going to change in the coming
years. Small, safe, efficient jet travel is clearly the next step
in transportation — and is the antidote to today’s
airline woes.” Citing the deterioration of the hub-and-spoke
system, DePalma notes: “Private jets will no longer be the
realm of just the wealthy. They will soon be a very real and
economic alternative to anyone for whom time is
critical.”
Jet Partners, LLC, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is the
parent company of Avbase Aviation and Avbase Flight Services,
growing corporate aircraft management and Part 135 charter
companies offering services to a client base throughout the United
States. Avbase was the first domestic operator to place the
Gulfstream 200 into charter service and to offer worldwide
transportation with this aircraft type. The company offers its
UltraJet membership and on-demand charter programs as well as an
affiliate charter program for Mercury Air Centers.
Avocet Aircraft LLC, a Westport, CT-based company, was founded
by a group of aerospace industry investment bankers and a team of
leading aviation industry executives to develop the Avocet ProJet
with Israel Aircraft Industries. Avocet's first deliveries are
expected to begin in early 2007.
The Avocet ProJet will be certified by Israel Aircraft
Industries LTD (IAI), makers of the G100, G200 and, soon, the G150.
IAI is globally recognized as a leader in commercial and
military aerospace. For fifty years IAI has been successfully
designing engineering, manufacturing and certifying aircraft for
customers throughout the world. IAI designed, certified and
currently manufactures a family of super-mid-size business jets for
Gulfstream Aerospace, including the G100 and G200, and is currently
developing the G150 with Gulfstream. IAI also has broad-based
capabilities in the design, manufacturing, modification and
upgrading of fighter aircraft, helicopters, unmanned air vehicles
and electronic and communication systems.
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