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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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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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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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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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Embraer Releases Biz Av Forecast
Embrear still sees a dramatic growth in for the business aviation market, according to its global forecast, released last week during its annual Embraer Day with analysts and investors at Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil. Embraer forecasts a global demand of 11,880...
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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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| 11.17.2008 |
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First Phenom Customers Pass Test
On the heels of its new business aviation forecast, Embraer said the first Phenom 100 customers have successfully passed the practical test with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the new Embraer entry level executive jet. James Frost took his...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Wither Eclipse?
No one was home last week to answer numerous calls and emails to provide an update on what is happening with Eclipse Aviation now that its staff has walked out for lack of payment. The news broke on Wednesday that payroll for the last two weeks ending...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Foundation Updates Progress of Runway Safety Initiative
The importance of reducing the risk of runway excursion accidents was highlighted at the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) 61st International Air Safety Symposium in Honolulu last Thursday. More than 300 attendees heard FSF Foundation Fellow Dr. Earl Weener...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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FAA Passes Milestone, Users Want More
At a time when air taxi and general aviation operators have more WAAS approaches as number one on their wish lists, the Federal Aviation Administration said it passed a key milestone in its ground to satellite transition, having published 1,333 Localizer...
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