He owns an aircraft charter company and the Fox Harb'r golf resort on the north shore of Nova Scotia.
"Africa's rich in gas, minerals, oil, gold, platinum, you name it, " says Ettore Poggi, managing director of South Africa for ExecuJet Aviation Group, which offers services including corporate aircraft charter, mangement and maintenance.
One, Aerolineas Argentinas, has regular flights to Cuba and has provided aircraft for charter to companies operating flights between the U.S. and Cuba.
NetJets Inc. also offers aircraft management, charter management, and on-demand charter services through its subsidiary, Executive Jet Management.
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Tented transit camps are being set up hurriedly on the Tunisian side, while frantic efforts are being made to charter aircraft and ships to repatriate the stranded.
While the number of companies that charter business aircraft rather than invest in ownership many not be known precisely, hiring a business aircraft is a common practice.
The aircraft was operated by the Edinburgh Air Charter company and was taking the Airtours staff to Aberdeen to connect with a holiday flight to Majorca.
The aircraft was operated by the Edinburgh Air Charter company and was taking staff from Lancashire-based Airtours to Aberdeen to connect with a holiday flight to Majorca.
Also keep in mind that with charter, one must pay to return the aircraft to its point of origin, so one-way trips must be priced on a round-trip basis.
Blue Star is a broker between people who want to charter a plane or helicopter and owners or managers of some 4, 000 aircraft.
Charter operators trying to enter the market can more readily do so with smaller, cheaper aircraft, he said.
One charter flight from Gatwick Airport to Moscow was cancelled on Wednesday because of a technical problem with the aircraft, leaving 224 Chelsea fans unable to travel to the match.
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