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Coleman Jet To Operate CB SkyShare Fleet
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Launched last year, CB SkyShare offers shares in a fleet of Pilatus PC-12s, Citation CJ2s, and Gulfstream G200s.
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CB SkyShare, which last year launched as a business aircraft share provider in the Western U.S., has selected Coleman Jet as the operator of its fleet. The aircraft management and charter operation of B Coleman Aviation in Chicago, Coleman Jet, will operate and manage CB SkyShare's fleet of Pilatus PC-12s, Citation CJ2s, and Gulfstream G200s. CB SkyShare, meanwhile, will continue in its role as an agent for the passenger.

Ogden, Utah-based aircraft sales, FBO, and MRO firm CB Aviation kicked off the program in 2017 to support individuals and companies that need to fly regionally.

“Coleman Jet’s entire organization sees and supports our radical vision of a jet share program providing the same time savings, convenience, and lifestyle advantages of executive/personal flying to young, upcoming, future-Fortune 500 companies,” said CB SkyShare founder and CEO Cory Bengtzen. “Our vision is crystal clear: we want to make flight simple.” Bengtzen also praised Coleman’s “safety first” culture.

In addition to naming an operator for the fleet of aircraft, the fractional provider is continuing to build up its team. The company named Patricia Reed, one of the early employees in the PlaneSense program, vice president. Reed spent 12 years with PlaneSense and also has served with Magellan Jets and Maine Aviation.