Originally published in Airport Business Magazineon June 30, 2006 By Jodi Richards LEXINGTON, MA — At the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting in Orlando last year, Linear Air, a charter company with its corporate office here, made the announcement that it had reached an agreement with Eclipse Aviation to purchase 30 Eclipse 500 …
Originally published in The New York Times on July 25, 2006 CHICAGO, Il— Jam-packed planes. Endless delays. Long security lines. Sprints through an airport to make a connecting flight. It is enough to make someone, particularly a business traveler, yearn for another option. Enter the air taxi, an idea whose time has come. At least …
Originally published in Business 2.0 Magazine on April 27, 2006 By Chris Taylor SAN FRANCISCO – Care to hail a jet? Two years ago, Business 2.0 predicted the advent of air taxis – small jet planes which will transport business travelers from airport to airport on demand. Now the business is cleared for takeoff. On Monday, DayJet, a Delray Beach, …
Originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on April 27, 2006 By Peter A. Sutters Jr. Two new services available on Nantucket both hope to make airline traveler’s time in skies more enjoyable. Linear Air and Luggage Forward both offer services that are already provided on Nantucket, included in regular air travel or at lesser cost, …
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Originally published in the Chicago Tribune on April 17, 2006 By Robert Channick Palwaukee Municipal Airport officials plan to build a $15 million terminal and retail center to put a new face on the 81-year-old airport and perhaps the aviation industry itself. The proposed 8-acre development at Milwaukee Avenue and Palatine Road in Wheeling, where …
Originally published by Aero-News.net in The Journal News on April 13, 2006 Linear Air — the first air-taxi service to offer per-seat, on-demand service — announced Tuesday the achievement of significant milestones in the first quarter of 2006. Linear Air — headquartered in Lexington, MA — announced it has acquired a fourth luxury Cessna Caravan …
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Becomes largest operator of luxury Cessna Caravan propjets in the United States; Announces 450% revenue growth, expansion of New York operations base and Eclipse very light jet (VLJ) financing program Lexington, MA, April 10, 2006 – Linear Air, a premier air-taxi service that is transforming the private air travel industry as the first per-seat, on-demand …
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Originally published in The Record on April 5, 2006 By Tom Davis Linear Air will resume its seasonal service from Teterboro to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket this year. The airline will fly from Teterboro to Nantucket on the weekend of April 29, when the Annual Daffodil Festival is held. From Memorial Day weekend until Columbus …
Originally publsihed in The Wall Street Journal on March 28, 2006 By Scott McCartney Thousands of new small jets about to hit U.S. skies will likely add hundreds of additional flights each day in big cities like Las Vegas, Chicago and Dallas, leading to airport congestion and flight delays. Recent research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration …
