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| 01.12.2009 |
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Commentary: Business Jets Need Better Defense Tactics
In the wake of the public relations fiasco brought to us by the automakers and the delayed reaction of the industry to defend business jets, it now seems that those taking delivery of new business jets will have to mount public relations campaigns of their...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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New Fuel Tool from NATA
A new fuel research and optimization program that complements flight planning software is the result of a deal cut between the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and Scheduling Sidecar Inc. (SSC). The program works with an operator’s...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Industry Audit Standard Testing Completed
A significant milestone in full industry-wide deployment of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) Industry Audit Standard was reached last month when two air charter operators and a shared ownership operator were included in a beta test of the audit...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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ACSF Schedule Safety Symposium
The Air Charter Safety Foundation scheduled its second annual safety symposium for March 3-4 at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, VA, just west of Washington, DC. Participants will learn about the • Current safety record of the air charter industry...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Eclipse Auction This Week
Wednesday will tell if Eclipse Chair Roel Pieper will win ownership of Eclipse at an auction as planned as part of Eclipse’s bankruptcy reorganization or whether a rumored dark horse will trump him. His...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Embraer Certifies New Distribution Center
In a partnership with UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Embrear certified its new U.S. distribution center in Louisville just before Christmas. The facility, operated by the UPS division, was certified by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Lead Customer Takes First Phenom 100
Two days after the Embraer Phenom 100 received its Federal Aviation Administration type certificate, it delivered its first production jet to lead customers James and Elizabeth Frost, of Houston, Tex., who took delivery in São José dos Campos...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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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...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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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...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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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...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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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...
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| 12.22.2008 |
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Eclipse Owners Organize
In a completely unsurprising move, Eclipse customers have organized to represent their interests during the bankruptcy procedures. Related Story Before its bankruptcy filing, Eclipse delivered 259 aircraft Eclipse and taken an estimated $300 million in...
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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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