Air Alsie, the Danish aircraft management and charter company, has made some changes to its fleet. A Citation III, formerly owned by management client Grundfos Finance AS and operated by Air Alsie, has been purchased by the aviation company. Meanwhile, Grundfos has treated itself to a new Citation VII. \rThe Citation VII, which is available for charter, is a natural step after the Citation III, says Air Alsie. It has flown 170 hours since its arrival in December, and is configured for up to nine people, or two stretchers in air ambulance mode. Meanwhile, the Citation III will be available exclusively for charter. \rHenrik Thurkelsen of Air Alsie said of the Citation VII: "The only thing I can measure is the popularity among our customers. I am not a pilot myself, I'm a management guy, but I'm pretty excited. It's very popular in the market, and is filling a good gap for us in the ambulance market. We had a need for an aircraft in the mid- range spectrum. We have a number of long-range aeroplanes and a shorter range one." \rAir Alsie's large fleet is comprised of the Citation III and VII, a CitationJet, Citation V, Hawker 800, Falcon 50 and a Falcon 2000. "That's a lot of aircraft - it's a nightmare!" Thurkelsen grumbled. "In terms of maintenance type ratings, it's very complicated, even though we have our own dedicated facility." \rAir Alsie began operations in 1988, and Thurkelsen updated EBAN on the business aviation scene in Denmark: "There have been a lot of changes recently. Flexjets has started operating here. We haven't seen any effect on our business, we haven't felt the competition as of yet. \r"We still don't understand people who are buying shares in fractional ownership programmes. If you take a moment to look at the figures, it ought to be cheaper either to charter or own yourself. We are in the aircraft management business and we see it - if the owner allows charter on his aircraft, it's cheaper," he asserted.