Posts Tagged ‘CitationAir’
British Airways to offer intra-US business jet connections
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
British Airways is opening an exclusive business-jet service in North America to give premium customers onward access to destinations within the USA and other parts of the continent.
The airline is establishing the service, designated PrivateConnect, in partnership with Cessna division CitationAir.
BA says the service will operate on an instantaneous pay-per-trip basis, taking advantage of a fleet of business aircraft.
Director of strategy Robert Boyle says the scheme illustrates the carrier's "dedication… Continue reading
Cessna Takes Full Ownership of CitationAir
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Cessna Aircraft yesterday completed its acquisition of business aviation flight services provider CitationAir. With the move, CitationAir becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Cessna but maintains its separate operation.
The original company–called CitationShares until the name was changed this past October–was started in 2000 as a 50-50 joint venture between Cessna and TAG Aviation Holding. Cessna had gradually acquired a greater share over the years and yesterday acquired the remaining 8… Continue reading
Citationair: Phoenix of the fractional?
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
CitationShares, formerly the fractional arm of Cessna Aircraft, has rebranded itself as Citationair by Cessna, a retooling the company says will reinvigorate a fractional, jet management and jet card industry besieged by economic hardship.
“We operated for nine years under a traditional fractional aircraft model, copying what everyone else did at first” said Steve O’Neill, Citationair CEO, at a press conference in New York City this morning to launch the new… Continue reading
‘CitationAir by Cessna’ is new name of CitationShares
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares this morning in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the company change its name to CitationAir by Cessna and promote the scope of its offerings beyond the fractional operation it has been since its founding in 2000 as a joint venture between Cessna and Geneva-based Tag Aviation when the two companies bought Wayfarer Starshares (founded in 1998… Continue reading