Some highlights: Cabin 29′long,6′1″height and 7′3″width. Range about 3400miles.
Challenger started being delivered in 2004 and has beein high demand ever since with a long waiting list.

IAS Comments: This Best of Breed would make a fine aircraft to own and enjoy flying. Due to current market conditions there are also some opportunities to acquire an aircraft to trade for a gain.

By: Ivan Klugman IAS

In the early part of this decade, the triple whammy of the 9/11 tragedy, the bursting of the Internet bubble and the stock market plunge threw the industry for a loop. As the stock market recovered and the commercial air travel experience continued to deteriorate, fractional flying again began to flourish, however since then new private flying program models like fractional jet cards, block charter programs and the like, have become more popular over the years. These new private flying programs give customers much more flexibility without tying up large sums of money into a fractional jet program. Prive International was following this trend during the early stages and has since then implemented these strategies into our private jet chartering program.

In the past two years, however, the recession has hit the fractional jet industry hard. Fractional companies have seen many share redemptions and few share sales. The decline in the pre-owned jet market has hit fractional owners particularly hard, revealing the Achilles heel of the fractional flying model–the purchase price owners receive for their shares at the end of their contracts.

While recent headlines suggest that private aviation as a whole is rebounding, the future of the fractional industry is uncertain. Every fractional owner and potential fractional owner has the same basic question: Does it make sense for me to invest/stay invested in fractional or should I consider other private air travel options like charter or jet cards? While the fractional industry has both floundered and flourished in recent years, the answer to this question always is the same–it depends on your individual circumstances including your investment time horizon, your travel profile and budget, etc.

Prive International’s private jet charter program is a much wiser solution than fractional ownership. Our members prefer this approach and we are seeing an increase in new members joining who in the past were tied up in a fractional ownership program.

When considering private jet transportation, your goal should be to purchase maximum flight time on aircraft that best fit your needs from reliable and financially stable companies at a minimum cost. Making the wrong choice can cost you hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. Making the right choice can free you from the horrible service offered by the airlines in a way that does nothing less than change your life for the better.

For more information on membership and our private jet charter program contact us: Privé International

Some Global Express XRS specifications: Cabin 6′3′” height, 8′3″ wide and 48′ long. Range an amazing 6325 NM with 12 passengers aboard comfortably.

Link to Technical specs.from Bombardier

IAS comments: The Global Express has the largest volume cabin of the business jets and excellent range. We consider the Global Express the Rolls Royce of business jet it’s roomy comfortable and excellent performer in all areas.

Choosing between Gulfstream and Global is like choosing between a Bentley and Rolls. They are both excellent aircraft aircraft. We recommend you try it out for size once you ride in a Global you never want to ride in anything else except perhaps a BBJ(Boeing Business Jet or ACJ(Airbus Corporate Jet), we’ll speak about those at a later date.

Click here to view: Global Express XRS Factsheet

Posted by: Ivan Klugman

For more information on private jet acquisitions contact: IAS (Integral Aviation Solutions)

Following the record-breaking show in 2007, the Dubai Airshow continues to grow. New for 2009 is an additional exhibition hall ‘Emirates Hall’; named after its host and sponsor Emirates Airline the new hall provides an additional 5,000sqm of exhibition space, an increased Press Centre and an extra registration building to accommodate trade visitor traffic.

This years exhibitors include:
Bombardier
Gulfstream
Hawker
Cessna
Lockheed
Aero Toy Store
Bell Helicopter
Al Jaber Aviation
French Air Force
Sikorsky
Dassault

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum affirmed that the Dubai International Air Show, which is one of the top three air shows in the world continues to establish its position through the steady growth in the number of participants, the volume of participation, the number of visitors and the quality of the exhibits that represent the finest produced by the human mind in the aviation industry.

In his statement to Dira’a Al Watan, on the occasion of the 11th Dubai International Air Show 2009, Sheikh Mohammed said: “The success of the exhibition concurs with enhancing the status of our nation in air traffic across the world, and its goal of becoming an international station and a bridge linking East and West and the region with the world.”

This year the private jet industry has a large presence, despite the economic downturn. The Dubai Air show is expected do drum up a lot of business in the private jet sector “wheeling and dealing” cutting deals and writing up new contracts. Privé International will be staying informed on all the latest news and products being announced during the course of the show. Look for updates on our Twitter account.

It is the first Learjet to feature an all composite body which makes it more fuel efficient and gives it its large range. The jet seats up to eight passengers and two pilots, first customer deliveries are expected 2013.

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