Originally Posted by
EESDL
It’s a Flexjet S-76 on FAA reg taking a tv presenter and hubby off to Glasto in regulation micro shorts and oversized sunglasses. Is this part of FlexJet card programme (?) and how is commercial flying permitted under FAA in UK. This is not a temporary lease - it is owned. I’m not over familiar with current regs but keen to learn how this can be so - especially when you consider how protective the Yanks are of their industry ;-)
Not sure about CAA rules but in EASA land there are ongoing subleases with Flexjet and Netjets aircraft from USA in Europe at the moment. I guess it's a short term lease deal approved by the authority. Global X also operates an N-registered Airbus A320 for Wizz Air and later this month for TUI Netherlands. These kind of peak season deals are quite normal in the Airline world for decades.
Maybe the fractional structure of Netjets and Flexjet - where users of aircraft are part owners of those aircraft - qualify for other solutions (private ops for US citizens abroad?)