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1. Save Time and Money, Charter Online With SkySearch
Already four months since its launch, SkySearch is quickly making a name for itself as the premier online aviation charter services provider.
Developed and powered by Air Charter International, SkySearch provides individuals, corporate, private and governmental organizations with the ability to obtain instant charter prices online.
With a simple registration and log in process, SkySearch online web portal gives clients immediate pricing, images, empty legs, news, promotions and latest availabilities on aircraft. This service is available free of charge to clients all year round, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Considering the steep increase in enquiries and business, SkySearch is looking to expand its horizons by revamping their current website and developing their very own mobile application.
"We are so pleased by how well SkySearch has been received by the general public since its inception and launch," stated Charter Sales broker Colin Darmanin. "We hope this will continue with the introduction of these two new ventures."
The SkySearch application for mobile devices is now at its final stage of development, and promises a user friendly way of accessing the online aircraft charter service from anywhere in the world.
"We wanted to create a way that people could book an aircraft online whilst having their morning coffee or even when waiting at the airport business lounge for their flight. This innovative new mobile application will make that all possible."
The SkySearch mobile application will be released within the next month and is set to completely revolutionize the world of aviation online charter.
"We designed these two new initiatives with our clients' needs in mind. The team at SkySearch expect that the new website and mobile application will enhance our clients online charter experience greatly."
Air Charter International (ACI) a leading aircraft charter and leasing company based in Dubai, UAE, has been in operation since 1994 and covers 4-A region, namely: Arabia, Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific and services long and short term aircraft requirements. ACI has also made a strategic move into Aircraft Management through its 100% owned subsidiary: Jet Ops which operates and manages three Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplanes for a commercial tourism operation named Seawings. Seawings provides seaplane operations within the United Arab Emirates and is the only seaplane sightseeing service in the region, considered a must-do for visitors to Dubai. The resource pool of ACI includes professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds & nationalities with a strong focus on aviation related industry and experience.
2. Former charter company execs sentenced in Teterboro jet crash
Two Florida men who ran a luxury charter jet service that catered to the rich and famous were sentenced Tuesday to 1½ and 2½ years in prison by a judge who said he did not believe regulatory violations caused a plane to barrel off a runway at Teterboro Airport in 2005.
The jet plowed through a steel perimeter fence and struck two cars as it crossed six lanes of Route 46 before crashing into a clothing warehouse and bursting into flames in February 2005.
“I’m just not satisfied from the evidence I heard that the conduct alleged caused the plane to crash,” U.S. District Judge Dennis M Cavanaugh told a packed courtroom in Newark as he sentenced Guyana-born brothers Michael and Paul Brassington, executives and co-founders of the now-defunct Platinum Jet Management LLC of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ruling that the applicable sentencing guidelines overstated the seriousness of their offenses, the judge rejected a range of about 12½ to nearly 16 years for Michael Brassington, 37, and instead imposed a 2½-year term.
Similarly, Cavanaugh said the eight- to 10-year range for Paul Brassington, 32, was inappropriate and sentenced him to 1½ years.
The judge also waived fines, citing the Brassingtons’ inability to pay, and declined to order them to pay restitution of $4.4 million, the sum their company made in the years leading up to the crash. Defense lawyers argued that passengers got the services they paid for.
Unable to lift off, the Bombardier Challenger 600 jet plowed through a steel perimeter fence and struck two cars as it crossed six lanes of Route 46 before crashing into a clothing warehouse in the Feb. 2, 2005, incident. Both pilots and two passengers in a car were seriously injured.
The Brassingtons, both of whom live in Fort Lauderdale, apologized to the victims of the crash, which injured more than a dozen people in all, and said they never intended to put anyone in harm’s way.
The brothers were convicted after a monthlong trial last November by a jury that found they put profits ahead of safety in a scheme to overload jets with cheap fuel.
Prosecutors portrayed Michael Brassington, Platinum Jet’s president, chief operating officer and chief pilot, as the architect of a scheme to defraud passengers, charter brokers, the Federal Aviation Administration and others by misrepresenting his company’s compliance with safety regulations.
He was found guilty on the most serious charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight. He was also convicted of lying in a National Transportation Safety Board accident report and six counts of making false statements in FAA paperwork to conceal the fact that unqualified and under-rested pilots were flying charter flights.
He and his younger brother, a vice president in charge of sales and marketing, were also found guilty of the overarching conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to defraud the FAA.
The Brassingtons founded Platinum Jet in 2002 and built a celebrity-studded clientele that included Luciano Pavarotti, Joe Montana, Burt Reynolds, Duran Duran, Keith Richards, Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O’Neal, Jon Bon Jovi, and Jay-Z. among others. Some paid as much as $85,000 per flight.
The charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft related to Michael Brassington’s concealment of dangerous over-fueling and weight distribution practices that caused the jet’s center of gravity to exceed its forward weight limit for takeoff, contributing to the Feb. 2, 2005, Teterboro crash, according to NTSB investigators.
Cavanaugh, however, rejected that finding, saying he agreed with the conclusion of a defense expert who testified that the crash was more likely caused by a mechanical failure.
“I recognize the issue was serious, but I don’t find evidence that what they did caused this tragic crash,” the judge said.
The brothers maintained they were unfairly targeted in a criminal prosecution when, at most, the case should have been handled administratively by the FAA.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott McBride countered that the violations were potentially deadly.
Among the letters sent to the judge was one from Julian Geiger, chairman of Aéropostale, Inc. the apparel retailer, who was a passenger on many of the illegally piloted and over-fueled flights and testified at trial.
“Knowing the sad fate of N370V, a plane on which every member of my family flew many times, underscores that only luck prevented us from being part of a disaster,” Geiger wrote. “I am outraged that we were unknowingly subjected to potentially deadly risks caused by the reckless greed of a company that clearly violated its proprietary and fiduciary duty to its customers.”
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
1. Save Time and Money, Charter Online With SkySearch
Already four months since its launch, SkySearch is quickly making a name for itself as the premier online aviation charter services provider.
Developed and powered by Air Charter International, SkySearch provides individuals, corporate, private and governmental organizations with the ability to obtain instant charter prices online.
With a simple registration and log in process, SkySearch online web portal gives clients immediate pricing, images, empty legs, news, promotions and latest availabilities on aircraft. This service is available free of charge to clients all year round, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Considering the steep increase in enquiries and business, SkySearch is looking to expand its horizons by revamping their current website and developing their very own mobile application.
"We are so pleased by how well SkySearch has been received by the general public since its inception and launch," stated Charter Sales broker Colin Darmanin. "We hope this will continue with the introduction of these two new ventures."
The SkySearch application for mobile devices is now at its final stage of development, and promises a user friendly way of accessing the online aircraft charter service from anywhere in the world.
"We wanted to create a way that people could book an aircraft online whilst having their morning coffee or even when waiting at the airport business lounge for their flight. This innovative new mobile application will make that all possible."
The SkySearch mobile application will be released within the next month and is set to completely revolutionize the world of aviation online charter.
"We designed these two new initiatives with our clients' needs in mind. The team at SkySearch expect that the new website and mobile application will enhance our clients online charter experience greatly."
Air Charter International (ACI) a leading aircraft charter and leasing company based in Dubai, UAE, has been in operation since 1994 and covers 4-A region, namely: Arabia, Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific and services long and short term aircraft requirements. ACI has also made a strategic move into Aircraft Management through its 100% owned subsidiary: Jet Ops which operates and manages three Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplanes for a commercial tourism operation named Seawings. Seawings provides seaplane operations within the United Arab Emirates and is the only seaplane sightseeing service in the region, considered a must-do for visitors to Dubai. The resource pool of ACI includes professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds & nationalities with a strong focus on aviation related industry and experience.
2. Former charter company execs sentenced in Teterboro jet crash
Two Florida men who ran a luxury charter jet service that catered to the rich and famous were sentenced Tuesday to 1½ and 2½ years in prison by a judge who said he did not believe regulatory violations caused a plane to barrel off a runway at Teterboro Airport in 2005.
The jet plowed through a steel perimeter fence and struck two cars as it crossed six lanes of Route 46 before crashing into a clothing warehouse and bursting into flames in February 2005.
“I’m just not satisfied from the evidence I heard that the conduct alleged caused the plane to crash,” U.S. District Judge Dennis M Cavanaugh told a packed courtroom in Newark as he sentenced Guyana-born brothers Michael and Paul Brassington, executives and co-founders of the now-defunct Platinum Jet Management LLC of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ruling that the applicable sentencing guidelines overstated the seriousness of their offenses, the judge rejected a range of about 12½ to nearly 16 years for Michael Brassington, 37, and instead imposed a 2½-year term.
Similarly, Cavanaugh said the eight- to 10-year range for Paul Brassington, 32, was inappropriate and sentenced him to 1½ years.
The judge also waived fines, citing the Brassingtons’ inability to pay, and declined to order them to pay restitution of $4.4 million, the sum their company made in the years leading up to the crash. Defense lawyers argued that passengers got the services they paid for.
Unable to lift off, the Bombardier Challenger 600 jet plowed through a steel perimeter fence and struck two cars as it crossed six lanes of Route 46 before crashing into a clothing warehouse in the Feb. 2, 2005, incident. Both pilots and two passengers in a car were seriously injured.
The Brassingtons, both of whom live in Fort Lauderdale, apologized to the victims of the crash, which injured more than a dozen people in all, and said they never intended to put anyone in harm’s way.
The brothers were convicted after a monthlong trial last November by a jury that found they put profits ahead of safety in a scheme to overload jets with cheap fuel.
Prosecutors portrayed Michael Brassington, Platinum Jet’s president, chief operating officer and chief pilot, as the architect of a scheme to defraud passengers, charter brokers, the Federal Aviation Administration and others by misrepresenting his company’s compliance with safety regulations.
He was found guilty on the most serious charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight. He was also convicted of lying in a National Transportation Safety Board accident report and six counts of making false statements in FAA paperwork to conceal the fact that unqualified and under-rested pilots were flying charter flights.
He and his younger brother, a vice president in charge of sales and marketing, were also found guilty of the overarching conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to defraud the FAA.
The Brassingtons founded Platinum Jet in 2002 and built a celebrity-studded clientele that included Luciano Pavarotti, Joe Montana, Burt Reynolds, Duran Duran, Keith Richards, Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O’Neal, Jon Bon Jovi, and Jay-Z. among others. Some paid as much as $85,000 per flight.
The charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft related to Michael Brassington’s concealment of dangerous over-fueling and weight distribution practices that caused the jet’s center of gravity to exceed its forward weight limit for takeoff, contributing to the Feb. 2, 2005, Teterboro crash, according to NTSB investigators.
Cavanaugh, however, rejected that finding, saying he agreed with the conclusion of a defense expert who testified that the crash was more likely caused by a mechanical failure.
“I recognize the issue was serious, but I don’t find evidence that what they did caused this tragic crash,” the judge said.
The brothers maintained they were unfairly targeted in a criminal prosecution when, at most, the case should have been handled administratively by the FAA.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott McBride countered that the violations were potentially deadly.
Among the letters sent to the judge was one from Julian Geiger, chairman of Aéropostale, Inc. the apparel retailer, who was a passenger on many of the illegally piloted and over-fueled flights and testified at trial.
“Knowing the sad fate of N370V, a plane on which every member of my family flew many times, underscores that only luck prevented us from being part of a disaster,” Geiger wrote. “I am outraged that we were unknowingly subjected to potentially deadly risks caused by the reckless greed of a company that clearly violated its proprietary and fiduciary duty to its customers.”
Australian Aviation NEWS
Aviation NEWS ByNeha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
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