Fly Advanced Explained

Iata:VNX
Icao:TKK
Callsign:TARKA
Headquarters:Wilmington, DE
Key People:Regis de Ramel, Chairman and CEO
Destinations:Point to point
Fleet Size:12
Website:flyADVANCED.com

Fly Advanced (stylized flyADVANCED) is an aircraft management, charter flight and flight training company operating three mid-Atlantic United States locations: Wilmington, Delaware (ILG); Blue Bell, Pennsylvania (LOM) and Lancaster, Pennsylvania (LNS). The company offers executive and personal aircraft management, MRO and FBO services, worldwide air charter, aircraft sales, fractional ownership and rental of private business jets and prop aircraft.

History

Investor, pilot, and philanthropist Regis de Ramel, along with his twin brother Guillaume, formed Air Newport, an air-taxi service, in Newport, Rhode Island.[1]

In 2003, he sold Air Newport and, in 2007, formed the partnership Stratus Alliance, an air charter operation for Cirrus aircraft owners focused on business travelers.[2]

In 2009, Regis de Ramel purchased the assets of Advanced Aircraft at the Lancaster Airport in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and formed Advanced Lancaster LLP, which became the core of Fly Advanced. The facility operates as a maintenance facility for prop aircraft, including Cirrus, Cessna, Diamond, Beechcraft, Piper, and others.

In 2011, de Ramel won the contract to manage all operations of Wings Field in Blue Bell, PA. Wings Field provides flight lessons, aircraft rental, charter flights, hangar space, and aircraft maintenance and management for light jets and prop aircraft.[3] [4]

Air Newport, an air taxi service in Newport, Rhode Island, returned to Fly Advanced ownership in 2013.

In April 2014, de Ramel bought Aero Ways Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware (ILG). Aero Ways, founded in 2001, grew from a one-plane management company into a full-service aircraft management and worldwide charter provider. It remains the only CAA-certified FBO on the airfield and provides services for aircraft ranging from heavy jets to props.

In 2015, all locations began the process of merging under the unified Fly Advanced brand.

Operations

Fly Advanced offers fully integrated aircraft-related services:

Charter fleet

Fly Advanced's fleet offers a mix of heavy and light jet, turboprop and prop aircraft:

Heavy Jet

Super Mid Jet

Light Jet

Turbo Prop

Prop

Rental fleet

Fly Advanced's fleet an assortment of Cirrus aircraft:

Prop

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Donnis. Ian. New candidates on the block: Dems de Ramel and Mollis emerge as the early candidates to succeed Matt Brown as Secretary of State. The Providence Phoenix : Features. 2014-04-08. 2005-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140409094924/http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/top/multi/documents/05019530.asp. 2014-04-09. dead.
  2. News: Harrington. Jennifer. The Little Airplane That Can. Business Jet Traveler. 2015-04-10. June 2008.
  3. News: Powell. David. Under New Management, Wings Field Is Changing Course. Patch. 2014-04-08. 2014-03-07.
  4. News: Riley. Emily. Advanced Aircraft Services offers Main Liners a Quicker Route to the Shore. Main Line Today. 2015-04-10. July 2012.