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"Flying Blind" - Bloomberg Feature on Charter Brokers
No-Hassle Flying Has Its Price - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 12, 2004 view PDF
Holiday Wish List - Entertainment Weekly, November 5, 2004 view PDF Cents and Sensibility - Boston Magazine, November 2004 more » Millions Air - Dallas Morning News, October 8, 2004 more » Marquis/Mayo Clinic Connection - Elite Traveler, September/October 2004 view PDF Marquis Jet Featured on CNBC Squawk Box - CNBC, September 10, 2004 Richard Thalheimer, CEO Sharper Image and Marquis Jet Card Owner, discussing Marquis Jet Card program on CNBC view video » Luxury Fever - Time Style & Design, Fall, 2004 Consumers are buying everything from diamond encrusted handbags and private jets to souped-up trash cans and designer toilets. How long will the boom last? view PDF "Apprentice 2" tries to stay out of the bored room. - Crain's, September 6-12, 2004 view PDF Ready for your product's close-up? - Inc., October, 2004 The rules of product placement are changing. Here's how to land a starring role for your firm. view PDF Trump To Brands: "You're Hired" - Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2004 view PDF It's the marketers' 'Apprentice' - Advertising Age, August 30, 2004 view PDF The Marquis Jet Story, Flying In Style - Private Jet Charters & Travel, Volume 1 Issue 1 view PDF Jet on Call, Anytime, Anyway ! - Two Commas, Summer 2004 more » Company Soars After "The Apprentice" - Babson Alumni Magazine, Spring 2004 view PDF Power Moves - The Source, May 2004 Marquis Jet owners Jesse Itzler and Ken Dichter are literally showing hip-hop that sky's the limit. view PDF Ken Austin, Executive Vice President / Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer, on Marquis Jet and The Apprentice - CNBC, March 17th, 2004 view video » The miles-high life - U.S. News & World Report, March 15, 2004 The transition to teenager is easier at Mach 1. more » or view PDF Ready, Set, Jet! - San Francisco Magazine, March 2004 Don't have your own Gulfstream IV-SP? Do what local jetless swells and athletes such as ex-Giant Joe Morgan and Rod Woodson of the Raiders do: Purchase the Marquis Private Jet Card and wave sayonara to long lines at SFO. view PDF Vroom at the top - Motor Trend, March 2004 You’ve just inherited more than $350,000 from your rich Uncle Lester. Will it be the private jet, the luxury yatch, or the world’s most extravagant car? view PDF Marquis Jet's Prime-Time Infomercial - Business Week, February 26, 2004 The Apprentice, Donald Trump's new reality show, is a ratings hit - and a marketing boon for Marquis Jet. view PDF Trump's Show Defies Reality - Crain's, February 23, 2004 Executives from companies featured on The Apprentice are astounded by what the show has done for their brands. view PDF Industry Insider: Travel and Leisure - The Star Ledger, January 28, 2004 view PDF Bill Allard, President & CEO of Marquis Jet, on THE Business Station - Boston's AM1060 WBIX, January 29, 2004 Listen on Real Player or Listen on Windows Media Player Art of the (real) deal - Daily News, January 20, 2004 more » or view PDF Advertising - New York Times, January 20, 2004 Ad From 'Apprentice' Will Get Real Use more » or view PDF Women’s sexy ads beat men’s ‘sophomoric’ stuff - USA Today, January 20, 2004 more » or view PDF Deutsch, Marquis play the Trump Card - Advertising Age, January 19, 2004 view PDF Marquis Jet Featured on CNBC - CNBC, January 16, 2004 CNBC's Margaret Brennan reports on Marquis' unique program view video » A real winner of 'Apprentice' - The Boston Globe, January 16, 2004 Featured company Marquis Jet lands priceless promotion more » or view PDF ELLE SHOPS: Ultimate Gift Guide - ELLE, December 2003 issue view PDF Business jet-setters play cards right - Chicago Tribune, November 17, 2003 The new symbol of business success has become the corporate jet, and a growing market is making it easier for small businesses to climb aboard. more » or view PDF Marie Claire: Great Gifts Guide - Marie Claire, November 2003 issue view PDF Athletes Pay to Join Jet Set Private Flights Buy Time with Family - USA Today, October 29, 2003 As the NBA regular season began for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, Shaquille O'Neal's travel expenses took a precipitous drop. more » or view PDF Competition Heats Up in Private Jet Rentals - The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2003 Need a private jet for a few hours? Struggling to overcome a shortage of rock stars and moguls with enough money to buy a plane, the private-aircraft business is increasingly shifting to one more focused on rentals instead of sales. more » or view PDF Time Flies - CFO, October, 2003 Tired of commercial flights but unwilling to shell out big bucks for fractional jet ownership? There's an alternative: Marquis Jet Partners Inc., Sentient, Delta AirElite, and others let members pay a flat rate for a set number of flight hours on a variety of airplanes. more » Private jet businesses pursue customers unhappy with airline hassles - Associated Press, August 16, 2003 NEW YORK - Allan Houston, the professional basketball player, likes the glass of fresh carrot juice that awaits him every time he climbs on a Marquis Jet Partners plane. It's his favorite drink. more » or view PDF The Latest in Jet-Setting - In Touch Weekly, July 28, 2003 A garage full of Bentleys and Ferraris just isn’t enough for stars anymore. more » Marquis Reports Strong Growth in First Quarter - The Weekly of Business Aviation, June 2, 2003 Marquis Jet Partners, the firm that sells 25-hour blocks of time in NetJet's fractional ownership fleet, reported that revenues increased by more than 350 percent and flight activity jumped 320 percent in the first quarter. The company also noted that nearly all of those who have bought the time have either renewed or migrated directly to NetJets. more » The Changing Face of Private Aviation - Leader's Magazine, April, 2003 I think we've done a remarkable job of getting our name out there, both in the United States and in Europe. Our luxury-brand partnerships, The Ritz-Carlton Club, Garrard, The Savoy Group, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Neiman Marcus, to name a few, have added a lot of credibility to what we do. Our association with the NetJets brand is obviously our best example of that and our principal calling card. more » In Complicated Skies, Jet Services Gain Members - New York Times, April 20, 2003 Curtailed flight schedules, security worries and a fear of SARS are draining first-class travelers from the major commercial airlines. But those problems have indirectly benefited several new companies that sell multiple flights on private jets. more » or view PDF » Sky's the Limit - Executive Traveler, April/May, 2003 If you've become accustomed to the creature comforts of commercial first class, consider this. You now have the opportunity to fly when you want, with who you want, and in the aircraft of your choice. Fantasy? Not anymore. more » or view PDF » The Golden Ticket - Santa Barbara Magazine, April/May, 2003 It’s Thursday afternoon. Hard as it is to believe, you want out of Santa Barbara for the weekend. San Francisco sounds nice, so does Las Vegas or Seattle. Forget driving, you want to fly. And why not if, like Ben Affleck, you are part owner of the plane. more » Fabulous Travel is Easy with Marquis Jet - eCityofstyle.com, March, 2003 With the travel industry in a state of dramatic flux, resulting in uncertain flight times, schedule cutbacks, flight delays, and service reductions, alternatives to the major commercial airlines are becoming increasingly attractive for some travelers. more » Hideaway Report - Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, March 7, 2003 With the continuing unsettled conditions in the commercial airline industry, many have asked you about the feasibility of private jet travel. For the fractional ownership, the clear leader is NetJets, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. more » or view PDF » Ritz-Carlton, private-jet firm team up - Palm Beach Post, March 24, 2003 It's a logical but luxurious pairing: fractional jets and fractional condominiums. The Ritz-Carlton Club, which operates upscale timeshare resorts called fractionals, has teamed with Marquis Jet Partners to offer club members the convenience and cachet of private jets. more » Alliance offers sky-high service to Ritz-Carlton Club members - Orlando Sentinel, February 12, 2003 Folks who can afford time-share ownership of a luxury condo in Aspen can now get a deal on a private jet to ferry them back and forth. more » The New Jetset - Details, January/February, 2003 Not Long Ago, for a Period of About Six Hours, I Was Pretty Rich, Not Nauseatingly, P. Diddified Rich, But Respectably... more » Corporate Aircraft - Business Week, January 20, 2003 Looking to avoid the hassles of commercial air travel and their riskier aspects of charters? more » or view PDF » Private Jet Update - Elite Traveler November/December, 2002 Marquis Jet Partners, the innovative company that gives private-aviation consumers easy, short-term-commitment access to NetJets fractional shares via a simple debit-card system, has been busy aligning with other top luxury providers to deliver a spectrum of lifestyle programs. more » Fare Wars Hit the Jet Set: Sharing an Airplane for Less - The Wall Street Journal October 23, 2002 Cheaper new options are emerging that allow well-heeled travelers fed up with the hassles of commercial flights to hop into the private-jet market. At least two companies have started selling "memberships" for as little as $70,000 that let travelers book flight time using national networks of charter operators. Soon, an aviation heavyweight will be jumping into the fray. This month Delta Air Lines is expected to announce that its business-jet charter division is launching its own membership program. more » Marquis Jet - Glamour, September 2002 The lifestyles of the rich and famous just got an inch or two closer. more » Marquis Private Jet Card - hipguide.com, 2002 Even without all that's happened, flying in a big Airbus was never your favourite thing to begin with. more » Infrequent Fliers - Robb Report, September 2002 For a Southern California medical consultant who flew commercially about once a week, the never-ending waits for connecting flights were insufferable, as was the surgery she underwent to relieve her sinuses from the punishment of breathing stale, recycled, pressurized cabin air. more » or view PDF » Playing the Market - Worth, September 2002 Tired of standing in security lines and taking off your shoes for X-rays? Kick off your shoes in the comfort of a private jet instead. more » A Popular New Route For Business Travelers - Investor's Business Daily, July 19 2002 Long lines at airports security checkpoints aren't exactly fun, but most agree they're necessary in the new age of domestic terrorism. more » Flying High - Hamptons, June 28 - July 11 2002 It happens every summer. You're stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the LIE as the billionaires fly overhead, jetting into the Hamptons on their own private Lear. more » Hip blips: what's on our radar this month - In Style, June 2002 Fly Stars who want the luxury of private jet travel without the hassle of ownership are snapping up these innovative cards... more » The New Jet Class - Departures, May/June 2002 Fractional ownership (for simplicity, let's refer to it as F.O.) is a time share that gives you access to your aircraft for a guaranteed number of hours a year any time you need it, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on just a few hours' notice. more » It's Good to Be Pro - Los Angeles Times, May 30 2002 Here is another reason players turn pro as soon as they finish driver's ed: The European Tour just named Marquis Jet Partners as its preferred supplier of business jet... more » Join the Jet Set - at $109,000 a Year - The Sun, May 5 2002 So you don't have the $6 million you need to buy a small jet? No problem. For just $109,000 a year, you can get the aircraft and the crew. As an alternative to chartering a plane, Marquis Jet Partners of New York recently began offering travelers 25 hours of flying time a year, "wheels up to wheels down," as Marquis CEO says. more » Takeoffs & Landings - Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2002 Call it a debit card for jet travel. For those who don't want to commit to buying a private jet, Marquis Jets has introduced the Marquis Private Jet Card. A year's membership gives 25 hours of private-jet use and, on 10 hours' notice, a seven seat plane to go anywhere in the world, the company says. more » With a private-plane time-share, you and your family can bid travel headaches "buh-bye." - Town & Country, March, 2002 "My goal in life is never to fly commercial again," says Paul Hills, a businessman living in suburban Chicago. Few people would blame him. As one of thousands of passengers flying over the Atlantic on September 11, Hills was aboard an aircraft that was rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland, after the airspace over the U.S. and Canadian mainland was shut down. "We sat in that plane for twenty-four hours before they let us out," he recalls. more » or view PDF » Fractional Ownership Programs Offer Buyers' Bite-Size Lights' - Palm Beach Daily News, February 24, 2002 Investor Bill Walde has more reasons than ever to book impromptu flights these days, with business interests in several states and homes in Palm Beach, Washington, D.C., and Aspen, Colo.A former banker who sold his own Beech F90 about eight years ago, Walde has been looking for alternatives to expensive charters and inconvenient commercial flights. He said a possible solution is a Marquis Private Jet Card, a new 25-hour fractional ownership program. more » Joining the Jet Set for $109,000 Per Year - Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2002 So you don't have the $6 million you need to buy a small jet? No problem. It can be yours for just $109,000 a year, and that includes the aircraft and the crew. more » Private Jet Incentives - Elite Traveler, Jan/Feb, 2002 Charter and fractional ownership firms make it easier than ever to own (or lease) your own piece of the sky.New, innovative programs from private jet firms are offering unparalleled ease and flexibility for anyone looking to get involved in private jet travel. more » Business jets flying high despite tough times - Reuters, January 11, 2002 It may be the ultimate luxury. Call up with a few hours notice. Drive to a nearby airport 10 minutes before takeoff. Avoid all lines. Hop on board your well-appointed personal jet and fly off. Whether the agenda is the midday meeting across the country or dropping in for an Aspen ski vacation, owning your own business jet, or at least part of one, is de rigueur. more » In Unfriendly Skies, Private Jets Thrive - The Boston Globe, December 15, 2001 "Isiah Thomas wants to fly his mom to his home games in Indianapolis and reward business partners with convenient air travel to big events. But the luxury - and the financial headaches - of owning a jet hold little appeal for the Indiana Pacers coach. ... Thomas became one of the first customers of Marquis Jet Partners Inc." more » The New Jet Set - Barron's, Nov 19, 2001 Even before September 11, the market for private jets was gaining altitude. The U.S. fleet of private-jet aircraft hit 8,000 last year, up from 5,000 in 1990. And despite the slack U.S. economy, which has caused many orders to be delayed or canceled, the waiting time for a $45 million Bombardier Global Express is 40 months. For a $40 million Gulfstream V, it's 12-15 months. more » Private Skies of the Very Rich - The New York Times, October 7, 2001 At a small dinner party in New York last weekend, the conversation among the well-to-do guests turned to vacation plans. The diners - husbands in custom- made shirts, wives with dewy, laser-blasted faces - spoke of the potential strain of commercial air travel and the special frustrations this holiday season will surely hold. more » back to top |
