Content Archive: September 2009

ABACE Is Back on NBAA Show Schedule

NBAA will again host the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) next January 18 and 19.
Charter & Fractional

Avantair Lowers Operating Loss, Logs EBITDA Profit

Fractional-share operator Avantair released its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results yesterday, which included growing revenues, declining operating los

Rockwell Collins Forecasts Market Bottom in 2010

Deliveries of turbine-powered business airplanes will continue to fall through the end of next year before beginning a slow but steady recovery in 2011, ac

Used Helo Market Better than Bizjets, but Still Wea

Market conditions for pre-owned rotorcraft are “below normal levels and falling,” according to a monthly rotorcraft survey from UBS Investment Research in
Aircraft

First Flight 40 Years Ago Gave Lift to Citation Series

Cessna Aircraft last month celebrated the 40th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Citation 500, the first model in its now broad series of business je
Charter & Fractional

NBAA issues Guide for Charter Brokers

NBAA published best-practices guidelines for charter brokers that outline the regulatory environment in which air-charter brokers work, along with business

Former FBI Agent Pegged for Top TSA Post

President Obama last month announced his intent to nominate Erroll Southers as Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (Transportation Securit
Aircraft

Emivest delivers its First SJ30

Emivest Aerospace, formerly Sino Swearingen Aircraft, on September 23 delivered its first SJ30 light jet and continues to ramp up production at its San Ant
Aircraft

China’s Comac Makes Splash at Asian Aerospace

China signaled in clear terms its plans to mount a determined–and relatively prompt–challenge of Boeing’s and Airbus’s domination of the world’s single-ais
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Aircraft

WTO Subsidy Battle between Boeing and Airbus Still Unclear

Despite the partisan claims and counter-claims on both sides of the long-running dispute over alleged
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