Wednesday, December 14, 2005

My company... AirSprint Inc.

Well most of you know the company I work for. It's Canada's largest fractional ownership airline. We also do executive charters and things of that nature. But our main business is in selling "fractions" of an airplane to someone who can then use it like a time share. There is an initial buy in cost, then monthly costs and hourly costs depending upon your usage. We have 2 main aircraft that we use to make these things happen. The aircraft which I fly is the Pilatus PC-12, and we also operate the Cessna Citation Excel bizjet. So people buy fractions of these airplanes and are allotted so many hours a year to use them. Great for business write-offs and people with lots of money.

Pilatus PC-12 more info
Cost: $6,000,000 CDN
Seating: 7 or 6 passenger executive design with fully enclosed lav
Engine: Single engine Pratt and Whitney Turbo-prop (PT6-67B) produces 1200 SHP
Cruise info: 260knots (530km/hr) at 28,000ft

Cessna Citation Excel more info
Cost: $17,500,000 CDN
Seating: 9 passenger executive design with fully enclosed lav
Engine: 2 Pratt and Whitney turbofans (PW-545A) producing 3804lbs thrust each
Cruise info: 430knots (795km/hr) at 35,000ft but can and does go as high as 45,000ft!

So those are our main aircraft that we operate. This company is growing quite rapidly, a heck of a lot since I've been employed here. The prospects for long term employment are also great at the rate things are going. We operate 10 Pilatus PC-12's and 3 Citation Excels across Canada. This number will just continue to grow and grow. All the machines come to us brand new and maintained very nicely. We have future plans to operate bigger jets to allow our clients international travel. Pretty soon no place will be unreachable by one of our aircraft. That will be an exciting time for this company when we start to travel across the oceans and that time is not far off by any means!

In January we are expecting the delivery of a brand spanking new Learjet 40 more info. We will be managing it for a couple of our clients who have gone in together to purchase the aircraft.

We are also about to move into brand new facilities here in Calgary. We'll have our own set of hangars for the aircraft and a reception/lounge area for all of passengers when they arrive. The upstairs is also filled with office space for management and our flight coordination department, and there will also be some facilities for pilots to sit back and relax in as well. We're all looking forward to moving in as it is a bit behind schedule and we're currently operating out of temporary office space in our old facilities... not so fun.

So yeah, big things are on the horizon here at AirSprint Inc. It is certainly becoming the place where someone can be in my position and make continually progression right up the aircraft ladder to international flying. So who knows, I might stick around longer with AirSprint than I had originally thought. It's exciting to see the potential this business has. And the best part of it is the security. Our clients own the aircraft and we operate them for them. So there's always work. Not like an airline that needs to have people fly, we are in no trouble if our clients don't fly... but of course we do much better when they do, and of course it makes sense for them to use what they're ultimately paying for anyways!

So there you have it. A little insight into my company. Our website is AirSprint Inc.. So take a further look if it interests you. Post any questions you have, and if it's something along the lines of how much to charter us from Vancouver to Calgary and return... you're looking at roughly >$6,000CDN! We aren't cheap, but we provide the best service out there!

1 comment:

CLK said...

Yo dude, sounds like a dream come true for you. Glad things are going so well for you. I thought the jet was really nice...so this is what it'd be like to be rich... someday i'll take you up on your offer and hop onto a jet with the cloths on my back...when I can't take it anymore and just need to get away. When that happens, you'll know that I'd have cracked though and that you should have a shrink ready on the other side. :)Anyway, great seeing u again. Come back more often!