AIRBUS’ SILICON VALLEY OUTPOST, A3,
Launches helicopter service in São Paulo
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New turboprop lands in Southern California The newest edition of Piaggio’s Avanti P.180 Twin Turboprop – the Evo – is officially taking off from John Wayne Airport. The P.180 is one of the Italian personal transportation behemoth’s more unique vehicles, offering a three-lifting configuration. Evo is the third gener-
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ation of the P.180 design and comes equipped with five-blade propellers, new cabin layouts that seat eight comfortably, and enhanced safety features all while cruising at up to 463 mph for more than 1,900 miles. The Evo are in John Wayne through a partnership with West Coast Aviation Services, which will use them for both charter and fractional ownership programs. On her own, Evo sells for approximately $7.7M. piaggio.com
A3 – the Silicon Valley Outpost of global aviation leader Airbus – is experimenting with an on-demand helicopter service in São Paulo, Brazil known as Voom. Voom allows users to book a helicopter flight anywhere from seven days to one hour before departure, costing roughly 80 percent less (as little as $77) than traditional helicopter service. Users are ushered from downtown to the airport in 15 minutes or less, as opposed to ground transportation which takes up to three hours. A3 did their market due diligence as São Paulo has more than 400 available helipads in the metro area and 700 helicopters, making it one of the world’s business cities for helicopter traffic. Voom plans to expand into markets globally while they eye a Mexico City launch in 2017. airbus-sv.com
JETSUITE
Launches management and ownership program JetSuite has launched their new three-tiered JetSuite Aircraft Management Program, providing jet owners with three unique partnership strategies dependent on the consistency with which they fly. The three tiers are structured to maximize fly time (fly less often, JetSuite members get priority on the plane while JetSuite covers fixed costs for example). The program – which is applicable to JetSuite’s current fleet of Phenom 100s and 300s and Embraer Legacy 600s and 650s – was built to ease the burden on private jet owners and add value to JetSuite’s SuitKey members. Regardless of the tier chosen, owners will receive a percentage of the revenue from every flight. jetsuite.com
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