Silver Air (United States of America) (SIS, Santa Barbara, CA) has expanded its Part 135-certified fleet with the addition of a first Challenger 850 and the resumption of charter operations with the GIV-SP type following a two-year hiatus.
N530JW (msn 8109) is an 11-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft configured to accommodate up to 15 passengers. It was first active under the 'SIS' code on November 1, completing a series of flights between Camarillo, Santa Barbara, CA, and Van Nuys. The jet was under the Part 135 certificate of Cirrus Aviation Services until June of this year, which continues to offer three other units of the type for charter services.
Additionally, Silver Air announced the induction of a GIV-SP to its charter fleet. N442WW (msn 1442), a 23-year-old Gulfstream Aerospace jet, was formerly operated privately in the United States as N106TD. The aircraft was first active under the 'SIS' code on November 22, flying between Scottsdale and San Diego McClellan Palomar. Silver Air managed three GIV-SPs since 2015, with the most recent unit retired in 2022.
Silver Air's strategy emphasises expanded charter availability, as the company highlighted in an exclusive interview with ch-aviation. It charter fleet is highly diversified, including two Challenger 350s, a Citation Excel, a Citation Jet 2, a Citation Jet 3, a recently inducted Citation Latitude, a Citation Mustang, a Citation Ultra, three Citation X, a G200, three G550s, a GV, two Global 5000s, two Global Express, a Hawker 400XP, a Hawker 800XPi, and a Phenom 300.
