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August 11, 2008
DayJet Looking at Treasure Coast
DayJet has been meeting with business groups in an effort to extend its service to St. Lucie County International Airport in Fort Pierce, Fla. and hopes to gain the 50 members necessary to make an investment in upgrading...
August 11, 2008
SATSair Expands Cirrus Fleet with Vision Jet, Reports Dramatic Growth
Already a Cirrus operator, SATSair plans to add five of Cirrus Design’s SJ50 Vision Jet to its fleet to be able to offer aircraft that go beyond the 200- to 250-mile range of its current SR22 fleet. The jet, which took its maiden flight last month...
August 11, 2008
Petters Aviation Acquires Charter First
Petters Aviation acquired Southwest Aviation, Inc. (d/b/a Charter First and operated by Midwest Aviation), a private air charter carrier based in Marshall, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Charter First was formed in 1962 and is a Federal...
August 11, 2008
Miwok Offers On-Demand at Economy Prices
While the cost of most air taxi service is equal to business class ticket prices, Miwok Airways intends to change that by launching a new program this fall in Southern California, offering the first on-demand air travel at economy-class ticket prices. It has...
August 11, 2008
Harbour Air becomes Eclipse's first Designated Service Center
Eclipse Aviation and Harbour Air of Vancouver, British Columbia, signed a deal in which Harbour will be Eclipse's first Designated Service Center for the Eclipse 500 in North America. Harbour Air will provide Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) support for...
August 11, 2008
New AD on Eclipse Throttle Inspection Process
This report was written by Air Safety Week, sister publication of Aviation Today's VLJ Report The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an updated Airworthiness Directive (AD) for the Eclipse 500 fleet of aircraft manufactured by Eclipse Aviation...
August 11, 2008
JetBird Exercises Phenom 100 Options
JetBird exercised three more options for Embraer’s Phenom 100, brining the operator's total order backlog to 53. Its original order for 50 Phenom 100s was placed in 2006 which included options for another 50 jets. JetBird begins taking delivery of...
August 4, 2008
Q2 a Banner for Embraer
Embraer recorded second quarter 2008 (2Q08) net sales of $1,635.0 million and net income of $134.4 million, equivalent to diluted earnings per ADS of $0.7427. In addition, it introduced two new executive jet programs and rolled out its Phenom 300 Very Light...
August 4, 2008
EAA AirVenture
In addition to having the nation’s biggest aviation fest, the Experimental Aircraft Association EAA AirVenture is designed to put aircraft and the companies that produce them on the best footing, but this year, the news had more to do with changes in...
August 4, 2008
PiperJet Flies
"Today marks the beginning of a new era for Piper Aircraft as the company literally takes flight into a whole new realm of performance, luxury and capability," said Piper President and CEO James K. Bass. "With this major milestone in the...
August 4, 2008
Mustang Orders Top 500
The Cessna Citation Mustang entry-level business jet has gained global popularity since entering service in April 2007, Cessna said at EAA AirVenture at...
August 4, 2008
Spectrum Composites Produce Green Machine
What would an aircraft look, sound and fly like, were it to go green, asked Spectrum Aircraft during EAA AirVenture, but answered by pointing to its own aircraft offerings which include its proprietary composite technology, fibeXTM Spectrum’s Freedom...
July 28, 2008
Public-Private Partnership Aims to Increase Air Traffic Capacity
A new non-profit group – Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) – wants to help accelerate implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and “realize the early economic and environmental benefits of...
July 28, 2008
Aviation Camp Seeks to Increase Industry Diversity
A camp offered by the Organization of Black Airline Pilots, and sponsored by Delta, wants to increase diversity in commercial aviation, where fewer than five percent of pilots are women or African-American. The Atlanta camp highlighted in an Atlanta...
July 28, 2008
GAMA Creates Eco Committee
Following in the footsteps of other aviation associations, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) created a committee to weigh in on developing environment policies. It hopes to become a leader in developing...
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