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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| AOC # | 9SUA667M | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dallas, Texas | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Parent company | JetSuiteX, Inc. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas | ||||||
| Key people | Alex Wilcox, Founder and CEO | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Superior Air Charter (previously JetSuite) is a private jet charter company[1] based out of Dallas, Texas. The company was founded in 2006 by Alex Wilcox. In 2008, the company was re-branded from Magnum Jet after a push from financial backers.[2][3] Wilcox is CEO of the company.[4]
On April 17, 2020, JetSuite, as it was called then, halted operations and furloughed most of its crew members due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On April 28, 2020, JetSuite's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[6] JetSuite has safely operated over 111,000 flights since 2009. In September 2020, the company closed the Chapter 11 filing and retired the name JetSuite. Flying recommenced in November 2020 as Superior Air Charter, operating 3 Phenom 100 aircraft.
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- ^ Kristina Peterson (June 29, 2011). "Republicans, Jet Industry Delicately Defend Tax Breaks". JetSuite. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Why new arrival JetSuite ditched California for Dallas to grow its private jet business". 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Evan Hoopfer (April 17, 2020). "Dallas private aviation company halts flying, furloughs 'most' crew members". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ O'Donnell, Paul (April 28, 2020). "Dallas private aviation service JetSuite's parent company files for bankruptcy". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved 28 April 2020.