ACANA Adopts CharterX Safety/Quality Program

Do air charter brokers need to adhere to higher business standards? The Air Charter Association of North America said it's dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ethics, integrity and professionalism in the air charter industry. To accomplish its goal, Boston, Mass.-based ACANA, a nonprofit organization, said its members could utilize the Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS), a cutting-edge software program developed by Trenton, N.J.-based CharterX Corp. The PASS allows all users of air charter to check the status of all charter operators in the United States.

CharterX New Features Update

This is summary of the new features added to the CharterX Wyvern system in the last six months:

Le Bas Adopts New CharterX Quoting System

TRENTON, N.J. -- Jan. 30, 2008 -- CharterX Corp. and its subsidiary, Wyvern Consulting Ltd., the world's leading technology and information services provider for the air charter industry, has announced that Le Bas International, one of the world's leading air charter brokers, has become the first to adopt the latest generation of XQuote, CharterX's online quoting and reservation technology. CharterX licenses XQuote to more than 150 companies, providing them with capabilities to quote and sell air charter via their own websites. 

OneSky Jets Launches New CharterX /Wyvern PASS

TRENTON, N.J. -- Jan. 28, 2008 -- CharterX Corp. and its subsidiary, Wyvern Consulting Ltd., the world's leading technology and information services provider for the air charter industry, announced today that OneSky Jets is the first launch partner to systematically use the new Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS) program. OneSky will be able to perform comprehensive trip safety due diligence on each trip it arranges for its clients. Each PASS report checks and verifies crucial information concerning the operator, aircraft and crew for a given trip--summarizing the findings in an easy-to-read, one-page report branded with OneSky's logo.

New Wyvern PASS & CharterX Mobile Unveiled

PASS: Not a Website Buzzword--It's Real Air Safety. The Wyvern Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS) program is based on the premise that safety shouldn't just be a required buzzword on a website--it should mean something. A Wyvern PASS report enables you to conduct safety due diligence on each trip you fly or broker. Each PASS report checks and verifies crucial information concerning the operator, aircraft and crew for a given trip. For example, each PASS report discloses the specified operator's certificate number, certificate holder name and authorized alternate business names. The pilot check verifies that each assigned pilot is fully certificated, is properly type rated, has met flight time requirements and has current medical and training records.

Air Partner Strikes Audit Deal with Wyvern Consulting

Air Partner Inc., the world's largest aircraft charter agency, and Wyvern Consulting Ltd., a worldwide air charter auditing company, announced an alliance wherein Air Partner is sponsoring several foreign-based on-site safety audits. 

"As international travel is becoming the norm for U.S.-based corporations, it's essential to ensure the integrity for reliable, safe use of private aircraft," said Phil Mathews, president of Air Partner Inc. "With more than 20 offices across four continents, linguistic capabilities in 12 languages and operations in six currencies, Air Partner is clearly the leader in international private air travel. The Wyvern Standard© is a recognized, respected standard in the U.S. business aviation community.

Business Jet Seats Partners with CharterX on Per-Seat Charter

New company, Business Jet Seats Inc. (BJSI), located in West Palm Beach, Fla., offers a new way for air travelers to fly from point A to point B--a per-seat price on FAR Part 135 chartered aircraft, rather than having to pay an hourly fee to charter a whole aircraft. BJS partnered with CharterX Corp. to market its per-seat pricing through its cutting-edge online network.

"BJS elected to use CharterX as a marketing partner because it's the largest online marketplace for both the public and the aviation industry seeking on-demand air charter options," says Dean Rotchin, CEO of Earthjet Inc. and BJS board member. "It's a benefit for BJS to display its per-seat pricing options within CharterX's technology platform, namely its Industry XChange, XQuote technology and its XChange Daily newsletter. Users of on-demand air charter, inclusive of air charter brokers, will greatly benefit from BJS' per-seat price program instead of whole-aircraft chartered prices."

Virgin Charter Partners with CharterX: Launch Online Air Charter Service

PORTLAND, Ore.- June 12, 2007-CharterX Corp., the world's principal online air charter marketplace, announced today that it will be providing data, technology and aviation safety consulting services to Virgin Charter, a new Santa Monica, Calif.-based online marketplace, which will bring convenience and efficiency to private aviation. The company has released a private invitation-only beta and plans to launch its public marketplace later this year.

CharterX will also be providing Virgin Charter with aviation safety information and consulting services through its subsidiary Wyvern Consulting Ltd. By delivering Wyvern's Safety Intelligence^TM through the Virgin Charter platform, buyers will be able to ensure that they are booking a safe and compliant flight.

CharterX & Travico Partner in Fleet Availability

PORTLAND, Ore.- May 17, 2007- CharterX Corp. and Switzerland-based Travico GmbH announced a partnership wherein Travico's BizFlight.NET data exporter aircraft management feature enables air charter operators to automatically post their fleet availability and empty leg fights to the CharterX Industry XChange^TM, the world's leading online marketplace for air charter buyers and sellers. During the seventh Annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), CharterX and Travico will unveil how this system works exhibiting together in booth #960. Both companies will be available to answer questions about the partnership. EBACE runs from May 22 - 24, located at the Geneva Palexpo, adjacent to the Geneva International Airport, in Geneva, Switzerland.

CharterX-Wyvern Launch Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS)!

The Pilot & Aircraft Safety Survey (PASS ) is here! PASS is world's first accurate data-driven pre-trip check for commercial air charter flights--ensuring up-to-the-minute, established legal and safety standards are met.

PORTLAND, Ore.- May 08, 2007 - The first major new product of last year's merger between CharterX Corp. and Wyvern Consulting Ltd. was unveiled today at the Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) in Tucson, Ariz., hosted by the Flight Safety Foundation and the National Business Aviation Association.

CharterX-Wyvern CASS May 8-10

Visit the CharterX and Wyvern team at booth #33 during the Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar from May 8-10 at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, located in Tucson, Ariz. The CASS provides a forum for discussion and review of safety matters that affect our business aviation community. 

Three hundred or more representatives of business operators attend the CASS, which features industry leaders, operators and users, government officials and university researchers. The CASS established in 1995, is co-presented by the National Business Aviation Association and the Flight Safety Foundation.

Wyvern’s New Headquarters!

On March 5, Wyvern Consulting Ltd. will be conducting business as usual, but from its new headquarters. Wyvern’s new address will be: Trenton Mercer County Airport (TTN), Trenton, NJ 08628. Wyvern’s new telephone number effective March 5, is +1 (609) 671-9300 and the fax number is +1 (609) 671-0173.

CharterX Welcomes 27 new Companies

During the last quarter of 2006, 24 FAR Part 135 operators, plus three air charter broker companies, joined the CharterX network--the largest air charter marketplace in the world. The industry continues to embrace new technologies and communications developed by CharterX, to provide both buyers and sellers of charter with the tools to disseminate aircraft information, meet and conduct transactions.

Thank You

During the NBAA 2006 convention in Orlando, Fla., which was terrific, we’re happy that you could join us at our booth and attend our conference.

Letter from CharterX President Jim Betlyon

The acquisition of Wyvern is a big step for our company. Since we separated from the Air Charter Guide two years ago, a small team of ten people have worked hard to deliver a high level of customer satisfaction based on a foundation of innovation, good technology and responsiveness. We listen to our customers; we value our shareholders,too, and we try to have fun along the way.

CharterX Acquires Wyvern: To Integrate Safety Intelligence into World's Largest Air Charter Marketplace

CharterX is pleased to announce that it has acquired Wyvern Consulting Ltd., a global leader in aviation safety auditing, consulting and information services. Together the companies will deliver Safety Intelligence, the air charter industry's first integrated information system providing in-depth safety analysis to charter buyers around the world through the CharterX Industry XChange. While working with CharterX to deliver integrated safety information services, Wyvern will continue to operate as a separate, unbiased safety evaluations entity, providing ongoing operator, aircraft and crew analysis and consulting services.

CharterX Supports Growth in Russian Air Charter Demand

CharterX has released a Russian language version of its popular online air charter quoting system, enabling air charter operators and brokers to better serve Russian-speaking website visitors and customers. The CharterX trip builder is an online itinerary building, quoting and inquiry submission system that can be customized and seamlessly integrated into any website. Russian is being added to the existing list of language options including French, German, Italian and Spanish. In addition to multi-language support the trip builder module supports price estimates in over 140 currencies.

CharterX Marks Q1 2006 with Record Number of Trip Requests and Customer Upgrades

CharterX, the world’s largest online marketplace for air charter buyers and sellers, marked the end of its Q1 2006 with a record number of processed trip requests and customer upgrades. The CharterX network is now processing well over 65,000 trip requests each month, up 20% compared to the fourth quarter of 2005.

CharterX Opens European Office; Appoints Managing Director

To support the growing number of European customers participating in the CharterX network, the largest online marketplace for air charter buyers and sellers, the company has recently opened a European office and hired Stanley Bugeja as Managing Director of CharterX Europe.

Twenty Five Companies Join the CharterX Network

CharterX will announce at the National Business Aviation Show, that twenty five additional companies have joined the single largest air charter marketplace. The industry continues to embrace the new communications medium for the dissemination of aircraft information, and where the buyers and sellers of air charter meet and transact.

CharterX and Wyvern Consulting Launch Data Exchange Partnership

CharterX and Wyvern Consulting Ltd. have agreed to provide users of the CharterX Industry XChange with information about operators that met the Wyvern standard. Over 50,000 trip requests are processed through the CharterX network each month, making it the largest and most active air charter marketplace in the world. This data exchange partnership will help charter buyers more easily identify operators who meet the Wyvern standard.

CharterX Reaches 1 Million Trip Request Milestone, Network Now Processing over 50,000 Requests per Month

CharterX is pleased to announce that the CharterX Network, the world’s largest online marketplace for air charter buyers and sellers, has recently processed its 1 millionth trip request. Since the release of Industry XChange Version 5.0 in November 2004 there has been significant growth in network traffic. The network is now processing over 50,000 trip requests each month.

BART and CharterX Announce Availability Exporter

CharterX and SeaGil Software are pleased to announce that the latest version of Seagil’s BART air charter scheduling software includes a data exporter feature which enables air charter operators to automatically update their fleet availability and empty legs to the CharterX Industry XChange.

CharterX Announces Trip Board Service

Over the past several years, the CharterX Industry XChange has grown to become the principal marketplace for the matching of air charter buyers and sellers. Each day, hundreds of operators update their fleet availability & empty legs while hundreds of air charter buyers use the Industry XChange's search and inquiry tools to find the most suitable aircraft and contact operators directly.

CTA FOS/NT Updates Non-US Date Format for Availability Exporter to the Industry XChange

Continuing the cooperative partnership between CTA FOS/NT and CharterX Corp., Computing Technologies for Aviation Inc., (CTA) has updated its availability exporter to transmit data to the CharterX Industry XChange for non-U.S. operators. This update has been installed and is working for non-U.S. operators using FOS/NT.

CharterX Corp. and Air Charter Guide Create Joint Venture

In order to best advance the opportunities for CharterX network members, and air charter on the World Wide Web, the Air Charter Guide has created a separate joint venture entity, known as CharterX Corp. CharterX licenses technology to the most significant air charter operators and brokers for their online quoting and reservations and operates the principle online industry marketplace. Jim Betlyon, President of CharterX states, “We have identified new opportunities, technologies, and business models which will significantly increase the business base of the overall air charter market. These new programs require significant financial investment and company focus, which can be more effectively pursued as a separate corporate entity. Air Charter Guide has provided a trusted platform for the development of the CharterX network. Given the strength of membership, the volume network search traffic and overall system stability, the company has all the requisite pieces to succeed and promote each and every participant."

NavPak Announces Availability Exporter to the Industry XChange!

NavPak users will soon be able to configure automatic availability updating to support their wholesale marketing. For NavPak operators, this means that you will no longer need to maintain your Industry Exchange availabilities by hand each day. For the more than 10,000 registered wholesale buyers searching the industry exchange, this will mean that you can depend upon the real-time data from NavPak operators to speed your selection and booking of charter aircraft.