Chartering is often cheaper than the group travel offers of regular airlines. This is also an ideal aircraft for government, royal, VIP and incentive charters.īooking a private plane to travel as a group offers a significant financial advantage. Whether you are looking to fly out your staff for an important business trip or conference, flying out a sports team or perhaps even a group of musicians for a festival or performance, AEROAFFAIRES can adapt your air charter to your needs. The Bombardier CRJ 200 is a perfect choice for group charters. A galley allows the service of snacks and hot or cold drinks. Fifty passengers can be accommodated on board, in two rows of seats on either side of a central corridor.
The CRJ 200 has a large luggage compartment as well as compartments in the cabin for storing hand luggage. Its two General Electric turbofan engines allow it to reach a level of performance comparable to that of a large airliner, with lower fuel consumption, increased cruise altitude and speed compared to previous models. No major complaints, but it’s frustrating.Introducing the Bombardier CRJ 200: a reliable, economical airliner available for hire with AEROAFFAIRESīombardier’s Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) 200 was designed to meet the performance and cost control needs of the burgeoning regional airliner market. “I think we’ve been fortunate, compared to others. “So, we’ve had to adjust and like everyone else, make the best of it,” he says. And shipping in general has been unreliable. “There’s a lot of people buying airplanes.” The goal is to stay busy and to grow, he says.Īs with others in the industry, Flying Colours has been impacted by supply chain challenges, such as with certain vendors and some raw materials. The MRO side of the business, which has been a core business, is growing.
The company employs some 400 staff across its three locations. Roughly half of its business is in aircraft conversions and completions with the other half maintenance, repair and overhaul services. It also works with Bombardier on some completion work. A conversion project may take anywhere from four to eight months or longer to complete, depending on customer requests and scope of work.īesides green conversions, interior refurbishments and modifications, the company also provides heavy maintenance services, exterior paint, special mission modifications and avionics installations on mid-to-large size business aircraft.
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“We’re basically taking that shell, gutting everything and building and installing a new interior,” he says.īesides a full VIP conversion it calls the ExecLiner, Flying Colours also offers a 29-seat corporate shuttle conversion featuring a VIP interior in the front half of the aircraft followed by an economy section in the second.įlying Colours has completed 30 or 35 conversions over the past 10 years.
Two additional conversions are in discussions, Gillespie says. It’s also coming from potential owners and operators that want to buy them.” The used market for the aircraft is drying up and inventory is tight.įlying Colours has received interest for a package of three conversions with one aircraft committed. “People are looking to charter more, so our initial interest came from charter companies. “I think that’s risen generally from the pandemic,” he says.
The increase in CRJ conversions is taking place in North America with an uptick in Europe, Gillespie says. “It’s created some new opportunities, some new partnerships, new friends and new customers as a result, so it’s been good,” Gillespie says. “We’ve seen a bit of an uptick lately on some projects coming over from Europe and we’ve seen it go through the pandemic, so it’s been good,” says Eric Gillespie, Flying Colours executive vice president.įlying Colours is based in Peterborough, Ontario, with facilities in St. Flying Colours, a Canadian-based refurbishment, completions and maintenance provider, is experiencing a “rebirth” in conversions of Bombardier CRJ 200 aircraft into corporate shuttles and VIP business aircraft.
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