ExcelAire, LLC is a United States air charter company based at

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. ExcelAire LLC specializes in worldwide jet and helicopter charters, aircraft management, maintenance and aircraft sales. Founded in 1993 by Bob Sherry, ExcelAire is currently headed by his son Robert Sherry Jr., its president. ExcelAire is a division of Hawthorne Global Aviation Services and its headquarters is housed in 200,000 square feet of hangar space at MacArthur Airport.

Fleet

As of April 2022, ExcelAire had 7 Aircraft

Incidents

On September 29, 2006, a brand new

Embraer Legacy 600 The Embraer Legacy 600 is a business jet derivative of the Embraer ERJ 145 family of commercial jet aircraft. Design and development The Legacy 600 (market designation adopted after 2005) is based on the ERJ-135 model. It was launched in 2000 ...

operated by ExcelAire was involved in a mid-air collision with

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Manaus, Brazil, to Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. On 29 September 2006, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet ...

. All 154 people on board the Gol

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two un ...

were killed, but everyone on the Legacy jet survived. At the time it was Brazil's deadliest aviation crash, surpassing VASP Flight 168 and surpassed by

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ3054/TAM3054) was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight of TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the Airbus A320-233 serving the flight overran runway 35L a ...

at Congonhas-São Paulo Airport on July 17, 2007. After investigation by the

FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic m ...

and Brazilian authorities, it was found by the FAA that the pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino had turned the TCAS off, allowing the two aircraft to get on a collision course that caused the crash. On February 2, 2022, a

Pilatus PC-12 The Pilatus PC-12 is a pressurized, single-engined, turboprop aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland, since 1991. It was designed as a high-performance utility aircraft that incorporates a large aft cargo door in ad ...

registration N357JK operated by ExcelAire collided with and damaged the nose and right wing of a parked

British Aerospace 125 The British Aerospace 125 is a twinjet mid-size business jet. Originally developed by de Havilland and initially designated as the DH.125 Jet Dragon, it entered production as the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, which was the designation used until 19 ...

, registration N207K. The accident is under investigation by the FAA.https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/275032/ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275032, Retrieved February 05, 2022

References

External links

ExcelAire, LLCHawthorne Global Aviation ServicesWired.Com - U.S. Detailed Comments on Draft Final Report of Aircraft Accident Involving PR-GTD and N600XL
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