Business Jet Traveler » August 2009

Phenom 100 operation launches in California
September 1, 2009
JetSuite is acting as a broker for Phenom 100 flights operated by Solana Beach, Calif.-based Air by Jet. Air by Jet is the second operator to begin using Embraer's Phenom 100 for charter; Kansas City-based Executive AirShare made the first Phenom 100 charter flight in April. JetSuite has ordered 50 Phenom 100s and has options on 50 more. It plans to take delivery of seven this year.
Aston Martin DBS
September 1, 2009
With 50 percent more instruments in the bandstand, the Aston’s noise is as di
Your smileage may differ, but in the eyes and ears of this beholder, no car packs quite the visual and sonic punch of the Aston Martin DBS. From its wide crouch, broad haunches and wraparound tail lights to the subtle flares, flows, channels and curves downwind from its hallmark pinched-corner grille, the DBS is a riveting spectacle from any angle.
Editor's Desk: An experiment in online social networking
September 1, 2009
I decided to post news updates from this year's Paris Air Show using the microblogging site Twitter, just as an experiment in online social networking.
XOJet debuts fixed-fare charter
September 1, 2009
XOJet has announced what it claims is a first-of-its-kind national network of simply priced, fixed-rate charter flights on more than 15,000 dedicated routes. The rates, which start at $12,000, cover travel on an XOJet Citation X, which seats up to eight passengers; ground transportation in the departure and arrival cities; standard catering; and unlimited in-flight worldwide phone calls.

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“When you get into the larger aircraft it becomes like a hotel, with dozens of staff supporting the plane based in a galley area down below. You have very comprehensive cooking facilities, and on larger aircraft we have looked at theatres, with spiral staircases and a Steinway grand piano. The limitations for what you can put inside a plane are pretty much the limits of physics, and even money cannot always overcome that. Even so, people are still always trying to push [the limits]. ”

-Howard Guy of Design Q, a UK-based consultancy