Day Jet Expands Again
In response to the continuing dilution of regional airline services, DayJet Corporation rolled out a 30 percent expansion of its per-seat, on-demand service network with the addition of two primary DayPort™ and 14 secondary DayStop™ markets. Orlando and St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. are the... [read more]
Epic Elite Logs Fastest VLJ
Epic Aircraft’s twin-engine Elite VLJ flew to Tbilisi, in the Republic of Georgia to begin an Eastern European demonstration tour, but not before setting the bar for other jets. In test flights over Oregon, the sleek, eight-passenger jet consistently logged cruise speeds in excess of 385 KTAS, making...
Sound Bites
As airlines impose more cutbacks, air taxi's and business aviation is expected to benefit. Below are a few sound bites from last week's news coverage. Falling Off the Map WSJ: “Fifty-nine airports that had commercial service in 2007 don’t have any today,” says David Castelveter, vice...
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 sustainable air transportation by helping to drive...
Cessna at Oshkosh
Cessna Aircraft Company will feature a mix of historic, updated and new aircraft at this week’s Experimental Aircraft Association's annual week-long conference in Oshkosh, Wis. Exactly one year after launching the light sport aircraft program, Cessna will bring to AirVenture 2008 the first production...
NATA Schedules Environmental Seminar for Indy in September
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) created a new seminar for members to learn about the latest environmental compliance issues confronting the industry. The new NATA Environmental Compliance Seminar for Aviation Facilities focuses solely on environmental compliance issues confronting FBOs and...
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...
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 Journal-Constitution story, is one of a number of Aviation...
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