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FBO Survey 2008
April 01, 2008
It seems that not a week goes by without an FBO company announcing either the acquisition of more FBOs or a one-FBO company buying half a dozen more FBOs to establish its own growing chain. Witness, for example, Volo Aviation’s rapid accumulation of five bases, when just last year the company had one FBO to supplement its primary charter business. See also...
moreCatering: Special Report
September 01, 2007
As tastes change, caterers offer more adventurous menus
more2007 AIN Product Support Survey - Part One: Aircraft
August 01, 2007
For the fifth year in a row, Gulfstream scored the highest overall rating among business jets. Pilatus leads among turboprops and Bell dominates the helicopter category.
morePilot report: Dassault Falcon 7X
August 01, 2007
Backlogs are long, but the FBW trijet is worth the wait
moreBusiness Aviation Safety: A look back at 10 years
October 01, 2006
Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely. During the same period, the entire aviation industry has been subject to a number of equipment, avionics and procedural requirements designed to reduce accidents.The question is, has safety improved because of these requirements or have they been a financial, maintenance and procedural...
moreNew Bizjets
October 01, 2006
Like the overall U.S. economy, the business aviation industry is still exceptionally strong, as reflected by the healthy number of new business aircraft in the works. There are now 31 business jets in development, in flight-test or certified within the last 12 months.Many of the new aircraft are clean-sheet designs, which typically consume more money and...
moreBusiness Aviation in Latin America
September 01, 2006
Optimism is slowly becoming reality as business jet sales climb to five short of highest total in the past decade.
moreBusiness Aviation in Latin America
September 01, 2006
Offshore ops propel Líder growth
moreNBAA Convention: Industry revs up for the big show
September 01, 2006
Unlike last year’s NBAA Convention, which was hastily transplanted from New Orleans to Orlando in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, next month’s 59th annual NBAA gathering is back again in Orlando–but with plenty of time for planning this year.
Not that last year’s switch hurt the bottom line. The show tallied 28,796 attendees and attracted a record 1,142...
moreEAA AirVenture 2006: Business aviation news takes center stage at this year's event
September 01, 2006
Provisional FAA certification for the Eclipse 500; Honda’s plans to enter the business-jet market; the arrival of Diamond’s D-Jet for its first public outing; Cessna’s foray into the light sport arena and a surprise fly-by of its Next Generation Piston airplane; glass-panel retrofits galore; low-cost enhanced vision systems; Terrafugia’s Transition, a...
more2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part Two - Engines
September 01, 2006
AIN’s readers this year have chosen CFM as the best provider of product support for turbofan engines (the CFM56s on Boeing Business Jets), and Pratt & Whitney Canada as the leader in turboprop support.In this, AIN’s first electronically conducted product support survey, compiled with the assistance of Newtown, Conn.-based Forecast International, we selected...
moreFarnborough Report: Reinvigorated show was a hot event
August 01, 2006
The Farnborough International airshow appears to have rediscovered its vim and vigor, refreshed by a new format and site facilities. As this year’s show drew to a close, indications were that the event had drawn record attendance on its trade and public days.Two years ago, the 2004 edition of the biennial show had closed with a mood of uncertainty about its...
more2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part One - Aircraft
August 01, 2006
Gulfstream again scored the highest overall rating among business jets, Boeing edged out Cessna for second place, Mitsubishi continued to lead among turboprops and Bell aced the helicopter category.
moreFractionals: Evolution in action
July 01, 2006
Fractionals struggle to maintain balance among service, value and profitability
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