Private Jet Operators

We' ve also added a number of major Asia operators and executives, some of whom are not Avinode members. Private ownership is the most visible acquisition and over 70% of the 50 biggest private ownership charters are made. Individual ownership can be divided into two loose types: airlines and persons with significant investment outside air travel.

Operators such as Clay Lacy, the founding father of California's Clay Lacy Aviation, have often been pilot aircraft that have chosen to establish an operation. Most private enterprises are like this. But there are also a considerable number of people who have earned well in other sectors and - with the exeption of Thomas Fohr of VisataJet - are less actively owner.

While there are airplane operators that are subsidiary airlines of publicly traded corporations, the UK carrier Hangar 8 is the only publicly traded jet management company among the 50 most operating operators. Another example of an airline company that decided to buy a pilot's licence instead of going to college is Dryden, who set up hangar 8 with debit-card.

Perfect Aviation, which was quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange in 2009, is the only other publicly traded aviation management company of which we are not a member. The Delta Private Jets and Brazil's TAM are the best known airlines in the industry. But DeerJet ( also known as Beijing Capital Airlines), held by the HNA Group, a China diversified company that also holds Hainan Airlines, is experiencing the strongest growth.

Two further airlines are NetJets (Berkshire Hathaway) and Jet Aviation (General Dynamics). Some of the bigger operators are also considering the possibility of acquiring smaller operators, but many prospective vendors are awaiting a strengthening of the market. For 2012 and 2013 in particular, private equity firms are expecting more transactions. USRizvi Traverse Management, LLC, Starwood Capital Group Global, LP, Privatair USOperatorUSGama Holdings (33 percent dans Besitz von Growth Gate and Crescent Investments, Pegasus Elite AviationOperatorUSMerrill Lynch, Pegasus Blue Star Fund), et Keystone Aviation Services, USA

Considerable number of unsuccessful transactions where investor have chosen to support operators of very lightweight jets.