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| 12.22.2008 |
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LaHood Tapped for DOT Post
Retiring Republican Representative Ray LaHood (Ill.), who served on the House aviation subcommittee, was is nominated Friday by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of Transportation. LaHood ends his 13-year tenure in Congress at the end of the month...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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Orphaned Owners Cope in the Wake of Adams Demise
Having spent $1 million+ and taken delivery of a handful of aircraft, Adam Aircraft owners, including New Mexico’s state police which recently took its fifth Adam 500 for its surveillance missions, are faced with an airplane with no support and no...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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Cessna Delivers Thousandth European Aircraft
Cessna Aircraft Company last week became the first business aircraft manufacturer to achieve a European fleet size of 1,000 jets, with the delivery of a Citation XLS to Turkish charter operator BONAIR. BONAIR president Ates Hanibu was presented with the...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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Phenom Receives FAA Certificate
Less than a week after it was certificated by Brazilian authorities, Embraer’s Phenom 100 received its FAA type certificate last Monday. Related Story The company reported all design goals were met or even surpassed. First deliveries...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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OPEC Doubles Production Drop
Just as the airlines dramatically cut capacity last summer, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plans to follow suit doubling the expected drop in production from...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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CPI Report Outlines Transportation’s Failures
Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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Larsen Makes 3-Point Landing
Well-known aviation consultant Tulinda Larsen joined NEXA Capital Partners, LLC as a principal, and is expected to use her skills as a rainmaker with the year-old, Washington-based company which focuses on providing capital for the aerospace, defense...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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Instead of a Piece of the Pie
The aviation industry thinks that any bailout money for the industry would be better spent and offered up suggestions of what the federal government has in its arsenal that would help both commercial and private aviation, according to a 12-member coalition...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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Failure of Auto Bailout Relieves Biz Jet Industry
The business aviation industry heaved a sigh of relief last week when the Senate failed to agree on a bailout for the auto industry, which gave business jets such a black eye when auto executives hauled into Washington, hat in hand, in November to ask for $25...
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| 12.15.2008 |
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Phenom Receives Brazilian Certification
Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Authority (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) granted the Embraer Phenom 100 its type certificate at a ceremony held December 9 in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Certification...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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BBD Continues Solid Results
Bombardier revenues jumped eight percent to reach $C4.6 billion in the third quarter ending October 31. Net income increased by $C154 million, reaching $C245 million, compared to $C91 million for the same period last fiscal year. Its cash position remains...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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DayJet Bankruptcy: A Story of Brinksmanship
The decision to shut down DayJet operations on September 18 was coupled with a decision to put it into Chapter 7 liquidation rather than Chapter 11, according to court papers filed November 14 when the company officially declared bankruptcy. Chapter 11 would...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Private Jet Travel, One Seat at a Time
CogoJets is offering a new online meeting place for travelers wanting to share the cost of a private jet flight by allowing passengers to purchase one seat at a time. Passengers can also fill empty seats on existing flights. The company promises a 90 percent...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Analysis: Missed Opportunity
Corporations have been shedding their private aircraft since well before the three automakers made the idiotic decision to go to Washington, hats in hand, on their private jets. Unfortunately, the event has reignited the debate about corporate jet perks as...
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| 12.08.2008 |
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Eclipse Files for Chapter 11
With between $100 million and $500 million in assets and more than a $1 billion in debt, Eclipse Aviation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy November 25 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. Simultaneous with its Chapter 11 filing, it announced the sale of its...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Eclipse Gains EASA Certification, Co Still Troubled
The Eclipse 500 reached another milestone in the chaos that surrounds it manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, having achieved EASA certification. And, according to Aviation Today’s VLJ Report sister publication Avionics, its upgraded avionics suite, the Avio...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Mustang Achieves Japanese, Canadian Certification
The Cessna Citation Mustang was granted certification by both Transport Canada and the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau last week, paving the way for deliveries in the two countries. Cessna said the current active fleet of Citation Mustangs totals 130 aircraft...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Manifest Rules Completed
Requirements for private aircraft entering the United States to file a complete manifest an hour prior to flight includes advance notice of arrival and departure information, aircraft identification information and a complete passenger and crew manifest are...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Runway Excursions Remain a Problem
At the recent Flight Safety Foundation International Air Safety Symposium more than 300 attendees heard FSF Foundation Fellow Dr. Earl Weener describe the progress of the Runway Safety Initiative's (RSI) efforts. Related Story The RSI program, an...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Domestic Travel Recovery in 2011
It won’t be until 2011 that domestic travel will return to 2006 levels, according to Boston-based Global Insight Inc. While talking mostly about commercial aviation, the report has implications for business aviation as well. The company said U.S...
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