FAI announces partnership with Atalanta Golden Yachts to provide private jet charter service

Monday 29th June 2020

FAI rent-a-jet AG, German leading air charter operator has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Greece-based leading luxury yacht management company, Atalanta Golden Yachts to provide luxury VIP air charter services.

Effective immediately, FAI will offer Atalanta Golden Yacht charter clients the opportunity to fly privately from an airport of their choice anywhere in the world directly to an airport closest to their chosen embarkation port in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. Clients will be served by FAI’s jet charter fleet which includes Bombardier´s Global Express, Challenger 850, Challenger 604, Learjet 60 and the Premier 1A light jet.

As the Greek yacht charter market reopens for international clients,  the new partnership will give clients that have booked or are contemplating a superyacht charter, the opportunity to start and finish their holiday in complete confidence, in a secure, exclusive and protected environment. As a dedicated leading air ambulance specialist and special mission operator, FAI rent-a-jet AG, is also in the unique position to offer Atalanta Golden Yachts‘ clients an air ambulance service should the need for urgent medical evacuation arise.

Siegfried Axtmann, Group Chairman and Founder, FAI Aviation Group, commented: “We are very pleased to partner with Atalanta Golden Yacht Charter as their private aviation provider. Following our recent partnership with McLaren Racing, this new partnership is a further example of our teaming up with internationally recognised brands who are leaders in their field and committed to excellence. We look forward to serving Atalanta Golden Yachts’ clients and promoting our services within the superyacht charter community.”

John Dragnis, Director of Atalanta Golden Yachts, added: “Together with the reopening of the Greek superyacht charter market, we are pleased to announce the establishment of a unique partnership that brings together the leading luxury yachts management company in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean and one of the leading private jet charter operators worldwide with the objective of offering our clients a tailor made, exclusive and safe holiday.”

Left: FAI's Learjet 60 and right: Bombardier Global Express, interior

About FAI rent-a-jet  (www.fai.ag/rent-a-jet)

FAI rent-a-jet is one of the world’s leading private jet charter operators. It operates Germany’s largest fleet of Bombardier Aircraft and utilised 14,000 hours of air time in 2019. FAI rent-a-jet´s fleet comprises 27 jet aircraft and one turboprop including six Bombardier Global Express, six Bombardier Challenger 604s, one Challenger 850, 12 Learjet 60 series, plus two Premier 1A and one King Air 350. Headquartered at Albrecht Duerer International Airport in Nuremberg, Germany, FAI runs a 14,000 m² carbon neutral FBO.

About Atalanta Golden Yachts  (www.atalantagoldenyachts.com)

Atalanta Golden Yachts is the leading luxury yachts management company in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, acting as central agent for more than 40 super yachts. It was incorporated in 2006, as the result of the collaboration between Atalanta Marine and Golden Yachts. Activities include management, sales, brokerage and chartering of all crewed yachts.