Luxury Travel
Qatar Airways and JetBlue Help Boutique Charter Go National
A niche California carrier sees a national future, fueled by investments from some big friends.
Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
JetSuite Inc., a small charter airline that also offers some scheduled service up and down the West Coast, plans to expand its public face with a fleet of regional jets that will eventually grow to 100.
The expansion of scheduled service for JetSuiteX will be funded in part by investor Qatar Airways and an expanded stake sold to JetBlue Airways Corp., which became a minor JetSuite investor in 2016. The company also plans to relocate from Southern California to the Dallas-Fort Worth area this summer.