Montana

GAMA: 1H Numbers Show Signs of Recovery
August 9, 2012 - 4:01pm

The long anticipated business aviation recovery might truly be under way, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), which released its first-half aircraft delivery numbers this afternoon.

“We are starting to see positive signs in the 2012 shipment data,” said GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce. “When coupled with the positive trend we are seeing in the used market, we may finally be seeing the start of our recovery.”

Bizjet Deliveries Down 7.9 Percent in 2011, Revised GAMA Data Shows
April 17, 2012 - 3:40pm

GAMA released its revised 2011 annual report today, now that Hawker Beechcraft has issued its fourth-quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 financial results. Turboprop deliveries fell from 368 aircraft in 2010 to 361 last year, down 1.9 percent, while business jet shipments descended to 703, down 7.9 percent from 763 jets in 2010. Billings decreased slightly to $19.644 billion last year, down 0.4 percent from $19.715 billion in 2010.
FBO Profile: Yellowstone Jet Center
December 6, 2011 - 3:10pm
Yellowstone Jet Center's lobby

While most FBO operators around the country are anticipating the start of winter and its travel challenges with some trepidation, the staff at the Yellowstone Jet Center (YJC) at Gallatin Field in Bozeman, Mont., is eagerly awaiting it, as the snowstorms that sweep down from Canada signal the beginning of the FBO’s busiest season.
Bizcraft Deliveries Down in First Nine Months
November 8, 2011 - 3:30pm

The pace of the decline of general aviation aircraft deliveries slowed in the third quarter, according to statistics released yesterday by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
As Genav Shipments Drop, GAMA Sees Some Hope
November 9, 2010 - 11:02am

General aviation aircraft shipment data released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) starkly demonstrate the continued effects the sour economy has had on the OEMs over the past two years. In the first nine months, GA airplane shipments numbered 1,357 units, down 14.5 percent from 1,588 in the same nine months last year. Billings in the nine-month period slipped 2.5 percent from a year ago to $13.47 billion.
Bizjet, Turboprop Deliveries Down, but Billings Up
August 5, 2010 - 11:28am

Business jet and turboprop delivery totals declined for the seventh straight quarter, but industry billings rose a modest 0.2 percent in the first six months of this year, according to statistics released yesterday by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). In the first half of this year, deliveries of business jets decreased 14.3 percent, with 355 aircraft shipped versus 414 in the same period last year.
PHILLIPS 66 ADDS GLACIER JET
February 23, 2010 - 5:21am

Glacier Jet Center at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Mont., is now a Phillips 66 fuel dealer. The FBO offers fuel, charter, flight training and 24/7 customer service, including a concierge to assist with trips to nearby Glacier National Park. Glacier Jet also participates in the Phillips 66 WingPoints rewards program.
GAMA 3Q Numbers Show Deliveries, Billings Down
November 5, 2009 - 10:35am

Airplane shipment numbers released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) starkly demonstrate the effect the economic downturn has had on the OEMs so far this year. During the first three quarters manufacturers delivered 615 business jets, a decline of nearly 38 percent from the 988 handed over during the same period in last year’s peak production year.
Montana Senators Appeal to DHS Secretary
June 29, 2009 - 11:56am

Montana senators Max Baucus (D) and Jon Tester (D) have written to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing the concerns of pilots about the TSA’s security directive that requires pilots based at airports serving airlines to acquire identification badges and transient pilots flying into air-carrier airports to remain close to their aircraft, leaving it only to walk to and from the FBO, service provider or airport

Fourteen Killed in Pilatus PC-12 Crash
March 30, 2009 - 5:40am

Seven adults and seven children aboard a Pilatus PC-12 (N128CM) were killed when the turboprop single crashed at approximately 3 p.m. local time on March 22 while on approach to Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, Mont. The group was reportedly headed from California to Bozeman, Mont., for a skiing trip, but the pilot diverted to Butte for an unspecified reason.

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