PlaneSense

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
—	CNS	CHRONOS

Founded

1995

Fleet size

Destinations

Point to point

Headquarters

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Key people

George A. Antoniadis

Website

http://www.planesense.com

PlaneSense is a fractional aircraft ownership program managed by PlaneSense, Inc. and based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. As of the beginning of 2016, they manage a civilian fleet of 36 total program aircraft, made up of thirty-four Pilatus PC-12 aircraft and 2 Nextant 400 XTi twin-engine jet aircraft. More Nextant 400XTi jets are also on order, and six Pilatus PC-24 twin-engine jets are scheduled to be delivered between the years 2017 and 2020. The PlaneSense fractional program provides private air transportation, primarily within the United States, Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas, and the islands of the Caribbean. PlaneSense guarantees departure times as soon as 8 hours after a flight request, depending on the size of the aircraft share owned for domestic flights on non-peak days. PlaneSense, inc. is not, itself, an air charter provider or commercial air carrier, but charter flights can be arranged through its sister company, Cobalt Air.

History

Alpha Flying (Plane Sense) Pilatus PC-12

PlaneSense, Inc., formerly named Alpha Flying, Inc. was founded in 1992. The name was changed on 1 February 2012 to PlaneSense, Inc.. Originally based in Norwood, Massachusetts, Alpha Flying, Inc. was founded by George Antoniadis, initially as a supplemental program to the, then, Alpha Flying Club, which provided rental and management of high performance piston and turbine powered general aviation aircraft. In 1995, the PlaneSense program was founded with the first Pilatus PC-12 delivered on 9 September 1995. In 1998, they moved to a facility at Nashua Airport. In 2000, they moved to a facility at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. In 2007, they moved to a new custom built facility at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.^[1]

The PlaneSense program achieved steady growth since its inception 21 years ago, and it has recently surpassed significant flight benchmarks. Notably, it has exceeded the milestone of 250,000 flight operations.

President and CEO of PlaneSense, Inc., George Antoniadis, explains, "PlaneSense, Inc. has built its successful business model on the Pilatus PC-12. For over twenty-one years, this versatile, efficient and reliable aircraft has served us extremely well. The PlaneSense program employs the largest civilian fleet of the PC-12 aircraft in the world, which speaks volumes about our satisfaction with the performance of the aircraft and our long lasting relationship with Pilatus."

In 1994 George Antoniadis arranged a visit to Pilatus Aircraft Stans, Switzerland, to view their new turboprop model - the PC-12. He reviewed the PC-12, analyzed its operating characteristics and soon became convinced that it was the airplane he'd been seeking. He placed an order in September 1995 and took delivery of the 20th Pilatus PC-12 off the assembly line.

The upcoming Pilatus-24 jet will enter the PlaneSense fleet in 2017, however, building on the success of the Pilatus PC-12 turboprops, Pilatus is developing a twin-engine turbojet that will be called the PC-24. The PlaneSense program is a launch customer with a preliminary order for six jets under contract. In the Interim, there are plans for the four or more Nextant 400XTi twin-engine jets.

Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Pilatus PC-12	35^[2]	10	6-8	Reconfigurable
Pilatus PC-24	0	6^[3]	6-8	Reconfigurable
Nextant 400 XTi	2^[4]	2	6-8	Reconfigurable
Totals	37	18	---	---

External links

References

↑ Shir Haberman (2 June 2008). "Fractional aircraft program holds open house at new Pease facility". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
↑ Thurber, Matt (20 May 2014). "Pilatus Welcomes Flood of PC-24 Orders On First Day of EBACE". Aviation International News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
↑ Unknown Author (21 May 2014). "Pilatus Signs First PC-24 Sales Contracts" aero-news.net. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
↑ Chad Trautvetter (1 July 2015). "PlaneSense Takes Delivery of Its First Nextant 400XTi" ainonline.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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