Jet Up Aviation has retired its last GIV and Phenom 300 from its Part-135-certified fleet, as reported by ch-aviation research.
The GIV, registered as N18TD (msn 1145), was the final aircraft of its type operated by Jet Up Aviation before its retirement from its Part 135 fleet. The 33.3-year-old jet was inactive from May to August 2024. Following this period, it was inducted into STAjets' Part 135 fleet. On August 11, 2024, the aircraft completed its first flight with STAjets, using the 'KFB' code and travelling from Santa Ana, CA to Boca Raton, while retaining its previous registration. Except from a three-year stint in Argentina between 2009 and 2012, it has spent its entire operational life registered in the US.
The Phenom 300, registered as N600GF (msn 50500283), is an nine-year-old jet and was the last Embraer Executive Jets in Jet Up Aviation's fleet Part-135 fleet. It is now operated by Jet Methods under the same registration. The aircraft, which has always been registered in the US, is the first Phenom 300 in Jet Methods' fleet, which also includes one unit of the sister aircraft type, the Phenom 300E.
With these retirements, Jet Up Aviation's Part 135 fleet has been reduced to a single GIV-SP.
With the addition of the Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft, STAjets now operates a fleet of 30 aircraft under its Part 135 certification. This includes one Challenger 604, one Citation Encore, one Citation Excel, one Citation Sovereign, one Citation XLS, two G200s, one G280, three G450s, eight G550s, two GIVs, six GIV-SPs, one GV, one GVII-G600, and one Phenom 300E.
Meanwhile, Jet Methods, with the addition of the Phenom 300, now operates a total of six aircraft under its Part 135 fleet, consisting of one Hawker 800XP, two Phenom 100s, one Phenom 300, one Phenom 300E, and one Pilatus PC-12.
