Aviation veteran buys airline, aims to ramp up company's growth

After 40 years in commercial aviation, Sanford Rederer decided he wanted an airline of his own. How will he make this business take off?

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. November 2, 2018
Lori Sax. Sarasota County resident Sanford Rederer recently purchased Island Air Charters.
Lori Sax. Sarasota County resident Sanford Rederer recently purchased Island Air Charters.
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Bigger isn’t better. At least that’s what one small airline is arguing, one flight at a time.

 

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