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January 5, 2009
Aviation Stimulus Creates 800K Jobs
Investing $30 billion on transportation infrastructure would create 834,000 jobs, according to the National Air Transportation Association. In a letter to Congress, President James Coyne said modernizing the air traffic control system increases capacity and...
January 5, 2009
Lineage Certificated, Range Increased
Just weeks after the certification of its very light jet Phenom 100, both Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) awarded type certificates to...
January 5, 2009
TSA Private Pilot Badge Rule Questioned
Transportation Security Administration’s security directive (SD) expanding the requirement for background checks and security badges to pilots based at commercial airports has come under fire from the Aircraft Owner’s and Pilots Association which...
January 5, 2009
Flyacab.com Creates New Air Taxi Search Engine
The internet spawned another air taxi reservation system in the guise of Flyacab.com. The search service is designed to make it easy for potential air taxi customers to find charter aircraft and their operators by providing a way for registered buyers and...
December 22, 2008
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...
December 22, 2008
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...
December 22, 2008
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...
December 22, 2008
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...
December 22, 2008
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...
December 15, 2008
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...
December 15, 2008
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...
December 15, 2008
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...
December 15, 2008
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...
December 8, 2008
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...
December 8, 2008
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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