CitationAir Surrenders Certificate, Business Aviation and Climate Change, Lufthansa Will Soon Allow its Passengers to Travel With Falcons
Posted on May 27th, 2019
Lufthansa to allow passengers to take birds of prey on board
Lufthansa will soon allow its passengers to travel with falcons.
What is the point of having a luxurious private jet if you can’t transport your own falcon?
Lufthansa Technik, the maintenance division of the German airline which also specialises in fitting cabins on big VIP and executive jets, has come up with a gadget for those who want to keep their bird of prey by their side when travelling.
Called the Falcon Master, the platform and stand for transporting falcons or other birds can slot above a folded-down seat in a range of Airbus or Boeing aircraft.
Falconry is a popular pastime in the Middle East, where it has been practised for thousands of years, and Lufthansa Technik said it had developed the Falcon Master with help from falconry specialists in the region.
The platform comprises a stainless steel surface for easy cleaning, with sides to protect the rest of the plane from any waste and dirt created by the bird.
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The ranks of major fractional-share operations officially thinned late last week, when the FAA reported that the Part 135 certificate for CitationShares Management LLC, dba CitationAir, has been removed from its National Vital Information Subsystem database after surrender on November 6. Flight operations ended on October 31, but the company had already begun winding down, having stopped selling fractional shares and halting all contract renewals in 2012.
Now Closed, CitationAir Surrenders Certificate to FAA
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