Along with Nike, Woods is sponsored by EA, NetJets, Upper Deck and Rolex.
With more than 800 aircraft, NetJets operates the largest private aviation fleet in the world.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Speculation was that they were negotiating a sale of the aircraft-leasing division (Buffett owns NetJets).
NetJets Inc. also offers aircraft management, charter management, and on-demand charter services through its subsidiary, Executive Jet Management.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Aircell's program with NetJets represents the largest order for high-speed Internet service in the history of business aviation.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Aircell High Speed Internet will dramatically transform the travel experience for NetJets owners.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
The market leader is NetJets, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holding company.
Through its NetJets program, Executive Jet pioneered "fractional" aircraft ownership, in which two or more firms share a private plane.
Speculation that Mr. Sokol would succeed Mr. Buffett intensified after the billionaire investor put Mr. Sokol in charge of struggling NetJets.
More information on NetJets and Executive Jet Management is available at www.netjets.com.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
He ran this business under three different names until 1990 and eventually sold out to Richard Santulli, who went on to create NetJets.
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NetJets allows individuals or companies to buy as little as a one-eighth interest in a business jet aircraft, depending on the flight hours needed.
This high level of readiness is perhaps more important at NetJets, which has jets in the air at any time, than at some other companies.
NetJets owners are some of the most accomplished and productive people in the world and I know they will appreciate the added option to stay connected while onboard their aircraft.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Santulli , the former Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) banker who founded NetJets , the plane leasing operation owned by Berkshire, and Olza M.
Reflecting its continued focus on innovation and continuous improvements in customer service, NetJets plans to have all future fleet aircraft, including light cabin models, delivered from the factory with high speed Internet service.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Perhaps the most intriguing element of the invitational is its bounty system: At each starting table one notable, from Buffett to NetJets CEO Jordan Hansell to NBA star Vince Carter, dons an armband.
Although he has managed to successfully turn around NetJets in recent years, the staggering loss he was forced to write off from his bad bet on U.S. Airways remains a smudge on his record.
With Aircell High Speed Internet, NetJets owners will be able to access the Internet with any Wi-Fi equipped laptop, notebook computer, or other personal electronic device at speeds that are similar to wireless mobile broadband on the ground.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
Once the IRS caved, lawyers, accountants, plane brokers and fractional ownership companies like Berkshire Hathaway 's (nyse: BRKa - news - people ) NetJets actively promoted the tax advantages of buying your own company plane--or plane share.
NetJets fractional aircraft ownership allows individuals and companies to buy a share of a private business jet at a fraction of the cost of whole aircraft ownership, and guarantees availability 365 days a year with just a few hours' notice.
ENGADGET: NetJets begins Aircell in-flight WiFi installations, won't stop anytime soon
The rate of growth of fractional ownership has slowed globally of late, along with premium travel on scheduled services, but NetJets has doubled its sales in Europe in the past year, and hopes without Concorde to double sales again this year.
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