To get a better sense of the fractional aircraft market, AIN sat down with Flexjet President Fred Reid at the static display area at the 2010 NBAA Convention in Atlanta.
AIN Audiocasts
October 18, 2010 - 7:00am
Chad Trautvetter
AIN online editor Chad Trautvetter speaks with business aviation analyst Brian Foley on the eve of the 2010 NBAA Convention in Atlanta about the current state of the bizav market and the Monday announcements at the show.
October 17, 2010 - 1:08pm
Charles Alcock
AIN senior editor Charles Alcock talks with AIN's NBAA Convention News editor Matt Thurber to get a preview of the news that will be released in the coming days at the 2010 NBAA Convention in Atlanta, Ga.
June 26, 2009 - 9:09am
Chad Trautvetter
On the eve of the annual Cirrus owner migration event in Duluth, Minn., Cirrus chairman Alan Klapmeier announced today that he has assembled a team to acquire the aircraft manufacturer’s Vision SF50 single-engine jet program from majority owner Arcapita Bank. We talked with Klapmeier to get more details about this interesting development and find out why he’s proposing to do this.
July 31, 2008 - 11:41am
Matt Thurber
For the first time in Piper Aircraft’s 71-year history, the company has flown a homegrown jet airplane. Yesterday morning, hundreds of the aircraft manufacturer’s employees watched, and celebrated, the successful maiden flight of the PiperJet from Vero Beach (Fla.) Airport, which is also home to Piper.
July 29, 2008 - 11:38am
Matt Thurber
What a difference a year makes. At last year’s EAA AirVenture, Eclipse Aviation founder, president and CEO Vern Raburn made a dramatic entrance to the show aboard the Eclipse Concept Jet. At this year’s show, however, Raburn made a surprise exit, announcing yesterday that he was stepping down from the very light jet manufacturer.
July 24, 2008 - 12:01pm
Chad Trautvetter
Cleveland-based Flight Options came full circle this week when company founder Kenn Ricci returned to the helm, some six years after he sold the fractional provider. He now comes back to a flagging company in need of help, not to mention one with pilot labor problems. AIN spoke with Ricci to find out his plans for turning Flight Options around, as well as making peace with the pilots.
May 29, 2008 - 11:43am
Chad Trautvetter
Piper Aircraft’s two-year search for a new home came full circle yesterday afternoon when the company announced it will stay in Vero Beach, Fla. Just minutes after the big announcement, AIN sat down with Piper president and CEO James Bass to find out why the aircraft manufacturer chose Vero Beach over Albuquerque, N.M., and Oklahoma City, the other finalists.
May 22, 2008 - 7:52am
Chad Trautvetter
Former EBAA CEO Fernand François and Jack Olcott, his counterpart from NBAA at the time, launched the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition eight years ago. Today, EBACE has grown by leaps and bounds.
May 21, 2008 - 7:48am
Ian Sheppard
Eclipse Aviation announced this week that it received approval from U.S. and Canadian authorities to export the Eclipse 500 very light jet and its components to Russia, where it plans to establish an assembly facility in Ulyanovsk.
