Business Jet Traveler » December 2008

State and local taxes
December 1, 2008
When evaluating a state’s aircraft taxes, don’t stop with the usual suspects.
Aircraft owners often take pleasure in contemplating federal aviation taxes. That's because much federal tax planning in this area focuses on deductions and thus on taxes the aircraft owner might save. Comparable deductions are frequently available for state tax purposes, but when the spotlight shines on state tax it usually illuminates how much the owner must pay.
Virgin Charter partners with travel agencies
December 1, 2008
Online booking agent Virgin Charter has become the exclusive air charter solution for global travel-management specialist Radius. Radius has 90 travel agencies worldwide specializing in both business and leisure bookings and will now use the Virgin Charter marketplace to find and book flights.
Embraer's Lineage 1000
December 1, 2008
The Lineage 1000 will be able to operate from airports where some of the othe
Airframer Embraer entered the business aviation market in 2000 when it announced the Legacy 600, which it had derived from the ERJ-135 regional airliner. Taking a similar approach with the larger E-190/195, the Brazilian manufacturer has created the Lineage 1000.
Flexjet launches carbon-offset program
December 1, 2008
Flexjet, Bombardier's fractional ownership subsidiary, has announced a program that offers its shareowners the opportunity to offset carbon emissions each time they fly. Climate Care, an offset provider and a division of J.P. Morgan's environment markets group, has been selected as Flexjet's partner in the initiative.
Carpenter & Co.'s Richard Friedman
December 1, 2008
“The Liberty Hotel is about transformation, and how to make a jail into a joy
Real estate developer Richard Friedman has been winning plaudits for his unusual latest project: the transformation of the historic Charles Street Jail in Boston's Beacon Hill district into the luxurious, award-winning Liberty Hotel.
Hawker 450XP and Super King Air 350i unveiled
December 1, 2008
The wraps are off on Hawker Beechcraft's Hawker 450XP and Super King Air 350i, revealing extensive cabin makeovers.
Beating the holiday rush
December 1, 2008
Planning a holiday ski trip? Your fractional provider may need more advance n
One of the joys of the holiday season is getting together with friends and family from around the country-particularly when you can avoid the hassles of commercial air travel and fly privately. This is the time of year when many of our fractional-share clients get the most out of their private jet ownership.
Holiday gifts for business jet travelers
December 1, 2008
Want to give something really unique? How about a 2,500-mph space flight?
Running short on time to find just the right gift for a fellow business jet traveler? Need an extraordinary present for a hard-to-please friend or loved one? Here are some suggestions to simplify your treasure hunt, at prices from about $20 to $200,000.
European firm to offer fractional shares and jet cards
December 1, 2008
Jet Republic plans to buy up 110 Bombardier Learjet 60XRs, with deliveries of
Against a backdrop of tumbling stock markets and a huge banking crisis, Jet Republic has launched what it hopes will become a successful fractional andjet card operation in Europe. The company has plans to buy up to 110 Bombardier Learjet 60XR aircraft. The first 25 of these midsize jets are under firm orders, with deliveries due to begin in October 2009.
Gozzer Ranch
December 1, 2008
Hole No. 17
Gozzer Ranch's setting is impressive enough-looking out onto the 60-square-mile Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho. More stunning is how the property's developers, Discovery Land Co., have kept the whole place rustic and in low profile. The 700-acre land plan includes a Tom Fazio-designed golf course that snuggles easily into the native contours.

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“When you get into the larger aircraft it becomes like a hotel, with dozens of staff supporting the plane based in a galley area down below. You have very comprehensive cooking facilities, and on larger aircraft we have looked at theatres, with spiral staircases and a Steinway grand piano. The limitations for what you can put inside a plane are pretty much the limits of physics, and even money cannot always overcome that. Even so, people are still always trying to push [the limits]. ”

-Howard Guy of Design Q, a UK-based consultancy