Fractional jet provider Flight Options ordered nearly $1 billion worth of Phenom 300 light jets from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. With this order Flight Options, which currently has a fleet of 140 planes, will add 100 jets to its stables beginning at the end of 2009 and has options to ... Read Full Article »

Last week, we posted part 1 and part 2 of our interview with Flight Options CEO Michael Scheeringa. Today, we wrap up the series with a closer look at the fractional jet provider’s two main products: Fractional First and JetPASS Ultimate Travel. In a phone interview with Helium Report, Scheeringa shared ... Read Full Article »

Last week, Flight Options CEO Michael Scheeringa shared his insights into the private jet industry in a phone interview with Helium Report. In part one of this three-part series, we covered his thoughts on fractional jet programs as compared to on-demand charter. Scheeringa asserted safety is a key determinant for ... Read Full Article »

Helium Report spoke with Flight Options CEO Michael Scheeringa last week by phone. Due to the length of the interview, we’ve divided the story into three parts, which we’ll publish on subsequent days. Flight Options is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), which sold its aircraft business to Goldman Sachs ... Read Full Article »

We’ve noted previously the variety of programs offered by fractional provider Flexjet. Flight Options has also become more aggressive in reconfiguring its fractional ownership and membership program, which the company calls JetPASS Ultimate Travel. JetPASS Ultimate Travel We’ll start with the card program. Flight Option’s first stab at a fractional membership program ... Read Full Article »