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Embraer Delivers 54 Bizjets Through Sept.
November 01, 2009
Embraer continues to ramp up production of the Phenom 100, helping the Brazilian business jet manufacturer deliver a total of 54 business jets during the first three quarters–8 in the first, 19 in the second and 27 in the third. Legacy 600 deliveries, however, dropped from nine in the third quarter last year to five in the third quarter this year, and with...
moreIncreased bizjet activity suggests better days
November 01, 2009
It has been a long, painful year since the bottom fell out of the economy, but there are signs, however slight, that the business aviation industry is starting to recover.In its September Part 135 flight activity report released on October 12, Aviation Research Group/U.S. (ARG/US) showed business aircraft activity for September 2009 at its highest level...
moreBizav associations criticize Senate climate-change bill
November 01, 2009
A climate bill introduced in the Senate by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) differs from a similar bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives in June in that it would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator to set greenhouse gas emission standards for new aircraft and new aircraft engines.S.1733, the...
moreOnline Bizav Value Toolkit Released
November 01, 2009
NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association last month at the NBAA Convention launched the Business Aviation E-Valuation Toolkit, an online resource to help calculate and explain the value of business aircraft in relation to a company’s business objectives. The toolkit identifies five basic resources every company in business aviation should...
moreSnecma Powering Ahead with Silvercrest
November 01, 2009
Snecma is continuing development of its 9,500- to 12,000-pound-thrust Silvercrest engine for large-cabin business jets and RJs, with certification now expected in the 2013 to 2015 time frame. Disassembly after 80 hours of operation, which took the test engine up to takeoff speed and temperature redlines, showed the engine has exceeded the company’s...
moreASI Sees Uptick in International Bizav Flights
November 01, 2009
ASI Group told AIN at the NBAA Convention last month that recently it has seen a 25-percent increase in customers’ international business jet operations. “The past 90 days have been the most active in terms of international flights that we’ve seen this year,” ASI Group president Charlie LeBlanc said. “Two of the hottest areas for increased activities are...
moreNBAA, AOPA Team on LBA Conferences
November 01, 2009
NBAA and AOPA will co-host a series of Light Business Airplane (LBA) conferences starting next year. Two LBA conferences will be held in 2010, the first in conjunction with the NBAA Convention in Atlanta next October and the second at AOPA’s Aviation Summit in Long Beach, Calif., the following month.“NBAA and AOPA have a long history of working together, a...
moreABACE Is Back on NBAA Schedule
November 01, 2009
NBAA will again host the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), on January 18 and 19, 2011. The recession prompted the association to cancel the ABACE show that was to have been held earlier this year in February. At the time of the cancellation last December, NBAA said that it “remains committed to business aviation in Asia, and we...
moreStudy: bizjets boost firms’ performance
November 01, 2009
At a time when some see business aviation as an unnecessary extravagance, a new study sponsored by NBAA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and others has concluded that over a broad range of uses, business aircraft can materially benefit shareholders.
“Evidence of the value provided by business aircraft use can be seen in remarkably consistent...
moreDubai Air Show Preview 2009
November 01, 2009
Event could be a bright spot in a bleak year
moreUBS: Bizjet Market Improving gradually
November 01, 2009
Deterioration in the business jet market is continuing to slow, according to UBS Investment Research’s latest monthly business jet report. The September market index came in at 43, some 16 percent higher than in July and the sixth straight move higher but still short of the 50 mark that indicates market growth. “However, our straight-up measure of absolute...
moreGulfstream on track for ’09 deliveries
November 01, 2009
Gulfstream “held its own again in the third quarter” despite a planned five-week plant shutdown, according to Jay Johnson, president and CEO of parent company General Dynamics. Due to the shutdown, Gulfstream delivered 14 green large-cabin jets in the quarter versus 24 a year ago; it also delivered only three green midsize jets in the three-month period...
moreCessna Delivers fewer jets in 3Q
November 01, 2009
Revenues in the third quarter at Cessna Aircraft decreased 41.8 percent, to $593 million, compared with the same period last year, primarily due to delivery of 68 Citations in the three-month period versus “an all-time quarterly high” of 124 jets last year, a drop of nearly 48 percent. Profits at Cessna decreased $206 million due to lower sales volumes and...
moreAIN’s own brings home the gold
November 01, 2009
NBAA chairman Jeff Lee (left) congratulates AIN contributing editor Rob Mark, winner of this year’s NBAA Gold Wing Award for a story in AIN sister magazine Business Jet Traveler.
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