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Cessna evaluates NetJets cancellation

A day after news of the NetJets order for 50 Hawker 400XPs, Cessna Aircraft parent company Textron announced that it expects no financial impact from the f

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January 29, 2007

Subpart K Seminars Resume This Month

This month NBAA continues a series of seminars on Part 91 Subpart K, the new rule that regulates fractional operations.

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January 29, 2007

Air Luxor now provides bizav services as Masterjet

Portugal’s Air Luxor group has restructured most of its business aviation activities under a new subsidiary called Masterjet.

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January 29, 2007

Frax Pilot Hiring at Record Low, Report Shows

In the first 11 months of last year, the four largest fractional aircraft operators hired just 186 pilots, compared with 997 in the same time frame in 2002

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January 29, 2007

Flight Options Puts First Legacy Into Operation

Four Embraer Legacy Executive twinjets have joined Cleveland-based fractional operator Flight Options to provide owners with a large-cabin aircraft to supp

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January 29, 2007

Indian charter firm predicts bizav growth

Indian executive charter firm Deccan Aviation, based in Bangalore, is evaluating aircraft from Gulfstream, Bombardier and Cessna with a view to adding up t

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January 26, 2007

Passur program helps FBOs but could irk operators

A small company that began life by providing collision-avoidance hardware to the U.S.

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January 25, 2007

New rules challenging for charter operators

In part because of a high-profile charter crash at Teterboro Airport (TEB) early in 2005 and several other accidents involving responsibility for operation

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January 25, 2007

College Guidelines Recommend Against Charter

In response to a four-year old NTSB safety recommendation stemming from the Jan.

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January 25, 2007

Christiansen is new president of NetJets

Long-time business aviation leader Jim Christiansen might be feeling a little déjà vu after his appointment last month as president of NetJets Aviation in

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January 19, 2007

NetJets Europe pilots less enamored of union

NetJets Europe pilots have yet to form their planned trade union and now there are signs that the movement to do so might be losing momentum as flight crew

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January 19, 2007

Fractional Pilot Hires Fall in 2006

The five major fractional operators fell short of AIR’s projected pilot hiring levels last year, according to statistics prepared by the Atlanta-based avia

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January 19, 2007

Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Jets

NetJets has doubled its order for new Hawkers.

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January 19, 2007

TAG Aviation Introduces Jet Card

San Francisco-based charter sales firm TAG Aviation USA formally launched its JetCard at the NBAA Convention last week.

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January 17, 2007

NetJets Finalizes Deal To Buy 50 Hawker 4000s

Following up on a tentative agreement reached nearly nine months ago, Raytheon Aircraft and NetJets signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Hawker 4000s (

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January 16, 2007

TSA Developing Security Program for Fractionals

In a November 22 letter to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the Transportation Security Administration said it has “begun the process of deve

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January 16, 2007