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JetSuite is a private jet charter company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JetSuite )〕 The company was founded in 2006 by Alex Wilcox, Keith Rabin, and Brian Coulter. In 2008, the company was re-branded after a push from financial backers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JetSuite Leadership )〕 Alex Wilcox currently serves as CEO of the Irvine, California based company. ==History== JetSuite was born out of a re-branding of Magnum Jet after the company's financial backers decided to restructure the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jetsuite Alex Wilcox )〕 As part of this restructuring, the company also steered away from advertising as an “air taxi” with shared rides and began focusing solely on private charter flights.〔 Alex Wilcox, a JetBlue founding executive, is the company's CEO.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Private Jet Budget )〕〔 Wilcox has over two decades of airline industry experience and has been named a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute.〔〔 In addition to receiving funding by private investors in 2010, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh invested $7 million into JetSuite in 2011. Early on, the company was recognized for streamlining its business through the use of four-passenger Embraer Phenom 100s as its primary aircraft.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JetSuite CEO on Private Jet Business )〕〔〔〔 This allows for fluid execution when it comes to conducting maintenance and piloting the aircraft.〔〔 Moreover, these planes are fuel efficient because they consume 90 gallons of gas in an hour versus more than 230 gallons per hour on some other private jets. This fact allows for cost savings, which can be passed along to the consumer.〔〔〔〔 In 2012, JetSuite added the wifi-enabled JetSuite Edition CJ3 by Cessna to its fleet. This plane can fly twice as far as the Phenom and seat six passengers (with an additional 7th sideways facing seat). The fleet of JetSuite Edition CJ3s is available for flights east of the Mississippi, as well as to, from and within Texas. The company also promotes its SuiteDeals product via Facebook and its website. In 2014, it added a Wishlist feature which sends notifications via e-mail or text message about SuiteDeals.〔 Unlike many of its counterparts, JetSuite does not require membership or ownership fees although it does have a membership option.〔〔 In 2013, JetSuite installed Aircell WiFi for its Phenom fleet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clay Lacy Aviation’s Award-Winning Maintenance Repair Station Climbing High )〕 In June 2014, JetSuite doubled its Irvine office headquarters space. The company has doubled its business in each of the last four years. During its first five years of operations, JetSuite ranked as the fourth largest charter operator in total hours flown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 JetSuite ranked nation's 4th largest charter operator in total hours flown, in only 5 years of operation )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「JetSuite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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