Story ID: 387
VistaJet Set To Go Global 7500
By: James Wynbrandt
Caption: VistaJet will receive its first Bombardier Global 7500 in January and foresees strong growth in the Middle East for its charter service.
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Charter operator VistaJet (Stand 1258), the flagship brand of Dubai-based business aviation holding company Vista Global, is highlighting at the Dubai Airshow the impending arrival of the Global 7500 for its all-Bombardier large-cabin fleet. Claimed as the world’s largest and longest-range purpose-built business jet, by year-end Vista Global will take the first of a 30-aircraft order placed early this decade.

The jets will be placed with VistaJet or sister company Vista Lease, the former having received its first 7500 in January, making the Malta-based company the first to operate the 7500 commercially. All systems are “positioned for seamless introduction,” VistaJet COO Ian Moore told AIN.

The 7500 interior color scheme will borrow from textural elements and the cool neutral palette of the fleet’s Challenger 850s. In an example of the group’s synergies, VistaJet will support Vista Lease’s Global 7500 customers, whether for generating charter revenue or providing supplemental lift when a lessee’s 7500 is unavailable.

Vista Global was established in August 2018 by VistaJet (and now Vista Global) founder and chairman Thomas Flohr, and shortly after it acquired U.S.-based mid-size business jet charter fleet owner and operator XOJet, and per-seat charter pioneer and mobile charter app developer JetSmarter. The two companies were combined in June and rebranded XO, which offers charter access ranging from per-seat shuttle flights to corporate-level service plans.

Concurrently the company has enhanced back-office and customer service operations with JetSmarter technology, allowing customers to, for example, “order food and wine seamlessly on the app,” he said.

For some years VistaJet regularly touted double-digit percentage growth in membership and flight hours, but since the group’s restructuring, “We’ve scaled back from reporting quarterly,” a “more mature” approach, said Moore. He noted, however, that VistaJet grew 25 percent last year in total flights.
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