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November 17, 2008
Domestic Travel Recovery in 2011
It won’t be until 2011 that domestic travel will return to 2006 levels, according to Boston-based Global Insight Inc. While talking mostly about commercial aviation, the report has implications for business aviation as well. The company said U.S...

November 10, 2008
Linear Closes New Round of Financing, Launches Management Program
At a time when most aviation companies are finding financing harder to come by, Linear Air closed a $1.3 million financing deal which includes new capital and debt. “This new financing was pivotal for us to maintain market leadership during the current...

November 3, 2008
Legal Challenge to New Airport Denied
One of the last two legal challenges to the new Bay County International Airport and Industrial District was settled last week as the judge denied a temporary restraining order requested by the Florida Clean Water Network, National Resource Defense Council...

November 3, 2008
FAA Forms Runway Safety Council
In its continuing bid to prove it is doing something to improve runway safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) convened the Runway Safety Council, a joint government-industry body that will take a deeper, systemic approach to improving runway...

November 3, 2008
Panelists Weigh Election Impact
When asked during last week’s RAA meeting in Washington how a new administration would impact airlines, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen quipped, “Well, it couldn’t get any worse than what we have now.” Regardless of...

October 20, 2008
Pieper Optimistic about Eclipse
Orlando, Fla. – While most of his time must have been spent explaining the events surrounding Eclipse over the past year, Eclipse CEO Roel Pieper remained optimistic about the manufacturer which, he said, has stepped back to take stock, putting the...

October 20, 2008
New Training Guidelines for VLJS
Orlando, Fla. – A rewrite of the VLJ training guidelines is expected from the National Business Aviation Association’s Safety Committee by year end after a meeting during the recent NBAA convention which reviewed the experience of the nearly 400...

October 20, 2008
Embraer Order Book Up 34 Percent
Based on the first three quarters of 2008, when it delivered 45, 52, and 48 jets, respectively, Embraer shows a steadier production process, which represents a 34 percent increase over the same period in 2007 when the company delivered 108 jets. Therefore...

October 20, 2008
New Airport May Not Be So Crazy, After All
Panama City, Fla – Those who think building a new airport with a 10,000 foot runway in the middle of a nature preserve and on the cusp of sea change in the aviation industry, is crazy haven’t talked to the folks involved in the $330 million...

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...

July 28, 2008
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...

July 14, 2008
Embraer Breaks Delivery Records
The Phenom executive jets continued to show positive sales results during the second quarter, according to Embraer, with the number of firm order contracts approaching 800 aircraft. The certification program of the Phenom 100 is on schedule and has four...

July 14, 2008
NTSB Tackles Fatigue, Rejected Takeoffs
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently called for new requirements for pilots flying in Part 121, 135 and 91 subpart K operations to address fatigue as well as to require additional training regarding rejected landings and takeoffs. The...

June 30, 2008
First Spanish VLJ Service Launches
Using six bases throughout Spain, Jet Ready is launching the country’s first very light jet operation using the Eclipse 500 as its platform shortly. In the next four years, it expects to expand its fleet to 23 aircraft operating from bases in Valencia...