Cash-strapped JetBird puts staff on protective notice

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:17:54 +0000

Air taxi start-up Jetbird has put about 40 staff on protective notice as it battles to secure funding for the commercial launch of its low-cost, pan-European, no-frills operation.

The cash-strapped company, owned by Irish investment group Claret Capital and a number of private investors, has delayed service launch three times this year – April, June and September – blaming delays to Embraer’s Phenom 100 certification and delivery schedule for the setback.

via Cash-strapped JetBird puts staff on protective notice.

JetBird’s Start-up Grounded by Delays at Embraer

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:41:37 +0000

Production delays at Embraer’s factory and an associated bottleneck in the pilot training process for its new Phenom 100 light jet have delayed the service launch of air-taxi firm JetBird. The company expected to begin revenue flights last month from its initial operating base at Cologne, Germany, but CEO Stefan Vilner said this will now happen “before the end of this year.

via JetBird’s Start-up Grounded by Delays at Embraer: AIN Online.

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