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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... [read more]
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 Today’s VLJ Report six weeks ago, the charges will...
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 financiers remain unaware. The convention...
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, unnecessary costs aviation businesses suffer due to the...
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 Thailand. Puranitee put a deposit down on the Mustang...
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. The move eliminates hourly rates, surcharges and...
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 day,” crowed the agency in a recent Fact Sheet noting...
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 units forming the second company. As part of the...
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