- Avantair
Infobox_Airline
airline=Avantair
logo=Piaggio P180.jpg
logo_size=200
Ticker=AAIR
ICAO=VNR
callsign=Avantair
headquarters=Clearwater, FL
founded=2003
key_people=Steven F. Santo
destinations=Point to point
fleet_size=50
website= http://www.avantair.comAvantair is an American aircraft fractional-ownership company, headquartered at
Clearwater, Florida . Avantair is the exclusive fractional provider of the Piaggio Avanti.Avantair's fleet consists of 49
Piaggio Avanti 's and 1 IAI-1125 Astra. Avantair is currently accepting deliveries of new Avanti II aircraft in addition to their existing aircraft.History
Avantair was founded in July 2003 as the exclusive fractional provider of the Piaggio Avanti P.180 aircraft and in February 2006, became the only publicly traded (AAIR) stand-alone fractional operator in the industry. Under the entrepreneurial spirit and leadership of founder and CEO, Steven Santo, Avantair grew to one of the most unique fractional companies in the industry with the world’s largest fleet of P.180’s.
Environment
In response to the environmental challenge faced by all air carriers, Avantair has become the first fractional in the industry to begin offsetting carbon emissions by purchasing Flight TerraPass for all new owners.
Every time an aircraft flies, jet fuel is exhausted into the air in the form of carbon dioxide. Avantair boasts the lowest fuel burn in the fractional industry. It's carbon emissions are in turn also the lowest in the industry. Avantair is the exclusive provider of the P.180, which is the most efficient of all multi-engine fractional aircraft with a fuel burn of about 98 gallons per hour.
Pilot Gateways
External links
* [http://www.avantair.com/ Official site]
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