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The Charter Market: Europe’s charter market continues recovery

Executive aircraft charter activity in Europe has definitely increased this year.
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NBAA Offers Guide for Charter Customers

NBAA last month announced the release of “The Aircraft Charter Consumer Guide,” a free eight-page publication available in printed form and downloadable as
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Delta AirElite Initiates Charter Revenue Guarantee

Delta AirElite, the business aircraft charter division of Delta Air Lines, this summer introduced a revenue guarantee for aircraft owners who are accepted
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Luxury Resorts and Travel Agencies Partner with Charter Operators

Continuing a trend, several Part 135 operators recently announced partnership agreements with others in the travel industry.
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Swift Air and CharterAuction Expand Management Partnership

CharterAuction, the Quincy, Mass.-based online charter broker that claims to have “the industry’s largest empty-leg database,” will now assist Phoenix-base
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What if 20 Percent of Charter Aircraft Were To Disappear?

Gil Wolin, vice president of corporate communications for TAG Aviation USA, posed this question at a recent seminar in New York.
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The Flying Group Spreads Its Wings in France

The Flying Group is laying plans to add a new Falcon 900DX to its managed charter fleet next year, and it expects to have a Falcon 7X in its fleet in 2008.
Charter & Fractional

Interjet Modernizes Fleet, Plans Jet Card

Greek operator Interjet has replaced its Falcon 2000 with a brand-new Falcon 2000EX EASy.
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Executive Airlines Charter Fleet Grows

Barcelona-based Executive Airlines this year has added five business jets to its charter fleet, and it is preparing to add two more.
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Gama Aviation Creates New Maintenance Base, Adds Aircraft

The UK’s Gama Aviation has established a new maintenance operation at its Farnborough Airport headquarters to comply with pending European JAR Subpart M re
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New Luxflight/Exklusiv AllianceAdds Falcons to Fleet

Luxflight Executive and its new marketing partner Exklusiv Aviation are introducing a Falcon 2000 and a new Falcon 2000EX to their Paris-based fleet.
ATC

Rnav advisory circular brings headaches

The FAA’s grandiose agenda to streamline operations in congested U.S.
Airports

China eases handling restrictions

The volume of business aircraft flying into China is continuing to increase.
Aircraft

Cessna to double Citation fleet in China

Roger Whyte, Cessna’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, told attendees at the first ABACE that Cessna’s presence in the country dates back to 1
Aircraft

Embraer expects market for large-cabin jets

Business jet passengers in the Asia-Pacific market will appreciate the generous cabin space Embraer’s Legacy offers, according to Guan Dongyuan, managing d
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Metrojet givesAsian charter fleet a boost

Gulfstream is set to deliver the first G450 to an Asian customer by the end of this month.
Aircraft

Back to the Future…of the HondaJet

As he does with all VIPs arriving at AirVenture, EAA president Tom Poberezny greeted Honda’s Michimasa Fujino with warm words and great respect.
Avionics

Avionics at Oshkosh

The amateur-built market has been a crucible for avionics development for decades.
Security

9/11 +4 years: What have we done and how safe are we?

In the aftermath of 9/11, the number-one priority quickly became answering “How did it happen?” and “How do we stop it from happening again?”

Aircraft

Owner-pilots get glassy-eyed

Very light jets (VLJs) may well represent the tsunami on the horizon for the owner-flown turbine market.
Aircraft

Embraer establishes dedicated sales team for business aircraft

Just months after announcing plans to manufacture two new business jets, Embraer has begun modifying its sales department to sharpen its focus on the execu
Safety

CBAA boasts full participation in safety-management program

At the annual Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) Convention held in Vancouver earlier this year, CBAA president Rich Gage announced that all Can
Aircraft

ExecuJet Aviation extends its reach with Grob SPn program

ExecuJet Aviation Group has successfully pursued its ambitions of becoming a truly global business aviation services group while maintaining a relatively l
Aircraft

Epic forges ahead with jet and turboprop programs

Epic Aircraft parent company Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) and Republic of Georgia-based Tbilisi Aviation Machine (TAM) in late July further cemented a
Charter & Fractional

Bookajet plans expansion of European management fleet

It is tempting to subscribe to the stereotypical view that if you need to ask how much business aviation costs then it isn’t for you.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Small business jets could get SwiftBroadband, too

With all the recent talk about airline passengers surfing the Web from the comfort of their seats (and perhaps at some point in the future even being permi
ATC

China Asks FAA for Helpwith RVSM Implementation

Now that much of the world has applied reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) standards in the upper flight levels, it was only a matter of time befor
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Receives ADS-BApproval for TDR-94/94D Transponders

Rockwell Collins has obtained what is said to be the first FAA TSO approval for ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) functionality for use wi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Embraer Brings Swift64 Internet Capability to Legacy

Brazilian, U.S.
Avionics

Cirrus Adds EGPWS to SR 20/22 Standard Equipment Lists

Indicative of just how prevalent terrain-awareness avionics have become in the nearly 10 years since Honeywell (then AlliedSignal) introduced the enhanced