Stratus Alliance Press Releases
March 3rd, 2008 - Stratus Alliance Network Adds More Aircraft Charter Operators
Stratus Alliance, the low-cost aircraft charter network aimed at business and pleasure travelers, has announced the signing of three additional regional charter operators to provide aircraft and crews to service new regions of the country as the Stratus network continues to grow.
Stratus Alliance is pleased to welcome Florida-based Destin Air Charters, San Antonio-based FlighTime, and Pittsburgh-based AirQuest Aviation. These new operators will complement Open Air, the inaugural Stratus Alliance Network operator, and will offer service from airports within a 50 mile radius of Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Destin, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.
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January 23rd, 2008 - Unchartered Territory: Stratus Alliance
Entrepreneurs Harold Graves and Regis de Ramel have started Stratus Alliance, a low-cost aircraft charter network for the business or pleasure traveler who is fed up with the stresses of the scheduled airlines. Stratus Alliance acts as an agent for qualified, certified and experienced 135 operators, all meeting FAA standards. Using the Cirrus 22, a single-engine aircraft that’s economical and safe (its Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, in the unlikely event of an emergency, can lower the entire aircraft to the ground via parachute) Stratus Alliance aims to bring charter to people who may have perceived charter to be out of reach.
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November 27th, 2007 - Stratus Alliance Aircraft Charter Network Launches in Texas
Stratus Alliance, a new, low-cost aircraft charter network providing access to a group of FAA Part 135 certificated air carriers and aimed at business and pleasure travelers, has chosen the Texas market as the starting point for growing their affordable network of air carriers on a national level.
The discounted cost model for operations of air carriers within the Stratus Network makes air travel by private aircraft charter available to a wider segment of the flying public and flights can easily be booked on line. All Stratus Alliance network flights will be flown aboard Cirrus SR22-GTS aircraft operated by independent FAA Part 135 air carriers which meet stringent FAA safety standards...
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November 19th, 2007 - Houston Business Journal
A pair of Philadelphia entrepreneurs hope for a smooth initial landing in Houston as they coordinate and represent a group of FAA-licensed air carriers providing a new charter air service aimed at business travelers.
Harold Graves and Regis de Ramel, partnering with individual private investors in the cockpit, have formed Stratus Alliance. They say operators within the Stratus Network will be ready for takeoff with the first regional flights from Houston to other Texas destinations by the end of November.
The company intends to create an independent network of FAA-licensed operators using the Cirrus Design SR22 single-engine aircraft that will allow Stratus as the marketing and sales agent for these operators to provide service at significantly reduced rates compared to corporate aviation competitors...
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