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September 8, 2008
New Biz Model at $8 per Minute
Yet another air taxi model emerged with the advent of BlueSky Taxi out of Chicago which uses the single-engine Cirrus SR22-G3s to offer trips within a 300-400 mile radius of its Chicago Executive Airport headquarters. BlueSky, which launched in January...
August 25, 2008
Happy Birthday, FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is celebrating its half-century as the “nation’s guardian of aviation safety and maestro of the intricate air traffic ballet that carries more than two million people to their destinations every...
August 25, 2008
XOJET Simplifies Aircraft Pricing with All-In Rate
XOJET is offering fixed-price rates starting at $25,000 for one-way transcontinental flights between preferred airports serving major U.S. cities including: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and San Diego...
August 25, 2008
Skip Week
There will be no Aviation Today’s Very Light Jet report dated Monday, Sept. 1 – Labor Day; for that is the day off which America's captains of...
August 25, 2008
NATA Survey Reveals Cost of FAA Duplication
A survey conducted by the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has quantified the high costs of inconsistent FAA regulatory interpretations in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Related Story "This survey clearly demonstrates the high...
August 25, 2008
FAA Orders Review of Eclipse 500 Certification
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched a month-long review of the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet (VLJ) on August 11 in response to allegations of safety issues when the VLJ was certified by the federal agency in 2006. First reported by Aviation...
August 25, 2008
Mustang Reaches 100 Deliveries
Cessna Aircraft Company delivered Citation Mustang unit 100 today during a ceremony at the company's manufacturing facility in southeast Kansas. The commemorative Mustang is owned and operated by long-time customer Supap Puranitee, a businessman based in...
August 25, 2008
Sentient Restructures, Sells One Unit
Sentient Jet Holdings is separating into two standalone companies with the aircraft management and charter operations, technical services and FBO business units forming one company and the jet membership, retail charter brokerage and fuel management business...
August 25, 2008
Guest Article: The Cape Town Convention Applies to VLJs
While first created for large aircraft, The Cape Town Convention and accompanying Aircraft Protocol, effective in 2006 in the U.S., has evolved to include regional jets, corporate aircraft and very light jets, something about which many aircraft operators and...
August 18, 2008
NATA Schedules Financial Survival Seminar
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) scheduled a new one-day seminar designed to help FBO and charter company owners and senior managers define how to change their business models to maximize profits in a down economy. Scheduled for September 17...
August 18, 2008
Commentary: FAA Does Not Trust Itself
The aviation industry has long known that FAA inspectors and their superiors in various district, field and regional offices disagree about the exact interpretation of the Federal Aviation Regulations. But now, the National Air Transportation Association has...
August 18, 2008
FAA Revokes LAB Flying Service Ticket
As part of a settlement reached with the Federal Aviation Administration, L.A.B. Flying Service will not fight the certificate revocation of the air carrier. FAA grounded the airline on July 24 owing to discrepancies in its maintenance program, which it...
August 18, 2008
Mustang Popular in Brazil
Trailing only the United States and Europe, Brazil is now among the top business jet markets for Cessna Aircraft Company, displaying at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition. Among the aircraft in the company’s static display...
August 18, 2008
Eclipse Shaves Workforce
Eclipse Aviation shaved its workforce by 190 after letting go temporary workers hired when it was adapting to production fluctuations. The company is now trying to reduce expenses and make the company financially stronger now that it has a new...
August 11, 2008
New Air Taxi Takes Root in VA
Skyway Air Taxi claims to be the first next generation air taxi company owned and operated in Virginia and is launching what it calls an “innovative and time-saving way to travel that eliminates the delays of traditional airlines and congested...
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