Originally published in The Rutland Herald on September 22, 2008 By Bruce Edwards Rutland air travelers have another option from getting here to there — though it’s not for everyone. Linear Air operates an air taxi service providing pre-arranged flights to and from airports around the Northeast and Canada. Based in Concord, Mass., Linear Air …
Originally published in The Nashua Telegraph on September 21, 2008 By Ashley Smith Private jets have a certain, well, champagne and caviar image. They’re for corporate high rollers and celebrities, right? Passengers lounge in plush leather seats, with cucumbers over their eyes, while a personal concierge pours their drinks and serves snacks on . . …
Originally published in the Hartford Business Journal on August 18, 2008 By Jason Millman For Charles Santoro, a co-founder and managing partner of Sterling Investment Partners in Westport, it was an easy decision to start using Linear Air’s new air charter service. Santoro said he takes at least four round-trip flights a month to destinations as far …
Orginally published on FlightGlobal.com on September 9, 2008 By Murdo Morrison Investor wobbles and a dearth of new aircraft have stalled the air taxi revolution in North America. However, those developing the sector insist the hiatus is temporary and that the business community is slowly being won over to the concept of the flying cab. …
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Originally published on Bloomberg.com on August 21, 2008 By Bryan Keogh When the safety cord around his team’s sailboat snapped at the start of the fifth annual hedge-fund regatta, Ned Glenn, a corporate compliance lawyer for Merrill Lynch, plunged overboard into the New York harbor with 16 bows bearing down on him. About an hour …
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Concord, Mass., August 14, 2008 – Linear Air will be a key sponsor and exhibitor at several events over the next few weeks in the key travel regions of New York and New England. A provider of point-to-point air taxi service for the mid-Atlantic region to eastern Canada, Linear Air is sponsoring the 5th Annual …
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The massive cutbacks in service now taking place in the U.S. airline industry mean that some customers whose needs are not being met by scheduled airlines might opt to fly privately instead. Whether it’s a company aircraft, owned outright or through a fractional jet arrangement with a third-party; an air charter; or the newly emerging, …
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Originally published on Flight Global Blog on July 15, 2008 We haven’t discussed air taxi operators of very light jets (VLJs) here on Runway Girl, but perhaps it’s about time we did so. Because while a small fleet of Eclipse 500s might not make much of a dent in the world of commercial travel, a fleet of …
Originally published in the Fairfield County Business Journal on July 9, 2008 By John Golden A 4-year-old Massachusetts company with ambitious plans to expand its share of the nation’s $500-million private air-taxi market with a fleet of very light jets last week launched service with two of those aircraft at Westchester County Airport. Based in …
