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NBAA Flying Safety Awards

The NBAA Corporate Business Flying Safety Awards for 2010 have been awarded to a number of member companies, the oldest of which, ExxonMobil, has flown 300
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Aircraft

Preowned Market Showing Interesting Shifts

A few years ago at the NBAA show we witnessed more than 1,000 Dow points melt away during the three-day convention.
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Safety

Spirit AeroSystems Developing Nacelle Anti-ice Systems

Taking a proactive approach toward the anti-icing regulations proposed by the FAA in June 2010–and still unscheduled for adoption into the FARs–Spirit Aero
Maintenance and Modifications

A-Pro’s Overhaul Services Available for a Variety of Aircraft and Systems

Alex Tearle, president of Aero Precision Repair & Overhaul (A-Pro), returns to NBAA this year to share anecdotes about the Golden Age of the airline busine
FBOs

Fargo Jet Center, Weather Modification Provide Cloud Seeding and Atmospheric Research

Mark Twain is said to have remarked, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” but Fargo Jet Center (FJC) and Weather Modifica
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Safety

AEROBridge Helps Bizav Assets Provide Disaster Relief

AERObridge is an organization easy to understand. Formerly known as Corporate Aviation Responding in Emergencies (C.A.R.E.), AERObridge has been end
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Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation Group Acquires Aero Technology

Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has acquired Aero Technology of Long Beach, Calif.

Jetcraft Sees Positive Outlook In Aircraft Sales Prospects

Jetcraft president Chad Anderson sees a ray of sunshine through the dark clouds shrouding business aviation skies, with strong demand for new long-range, l
Maintenance and Modifications

1800Endoscope.com Portable Borescope Peers Into Tight Spots

             1800Endoscope.com is displaying its new 1800TVS4 portable borescope at Booth
Aircraft

Piper’s Altaire Gets Ready To Fly

Piper is getting ready to fly its Altaire single-engine jet next year and is doing the spadework to place it into economical production.
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Safety

VisionSafe Clears Cabin Smoke

VisionSafe EVAS
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Maintenance and Modifications

Corporate Service Supply & Manufacturing celebrates 35th anniversary

                  Bohemia, N.Y.-based Corporate Service Supply &
Aircraft

Cessna Expects Slightly Better 2011 and Good Things To Come from Its New Matrix Organization

Like most other manufacturers in the aviation industry, the business of building, selling and supporting business aircraft continues to be a financially mi
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DTC Delivers Weather, Free iPhone App

At the DTC Duat Services booth (No.
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FBOs

Amid Turbulence, Avfuel Continues to Expand

Amid the recent announcements of major fuel companies withdrawing from the general-aviation arena, independent fuel provider Avfuel continues to see growth
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Mid Continent Launches New CMS

Mid Continent Controls is taking advantage of the NBAA stage to introduce its new Pulse-nHD cabin management system and in-flight entertainment package tha
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Aircraft

Legacy 500 To Fly By Year End

Work is progressing on Embraer’s newest offering, the midsize Legacy 500, and the Brazilian airframer says it is on schedule to fly the $18.4 million twinj
Aircraft

Light Jet Report Finds Jets Still Selling

Nearly exactly two three years ago, in October 2008, I was sitting in the back of a Citation CJ1+ headed to the NBAA convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Engines

Caravan Re-engine Pack Grows

Another player has joined those offering engine upgrades on the Cessna Caravan.
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Airports

Teterboro Airport Honors Quiet Fliers

Teterboro Airport today at NBAA 2011 honored 19 individuals and companies operating from the northern New Jersey field with its “Good Neighbor Awards.”
Aircraft

Engine Redesign Adds Delay to HondaJet Program

Deliveries of the HondaJet will be delayed until at least mid-2013 because of a late-stage redesign of the GE Honda Aero HF120 engine that powers it.
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FBOs

Million Air Announces Award Winners, New FBOs

Million Air announced here at the show that its Alexandria, La., facility is its FBO of the Year award winner.
Aircraft

New Pricing, Delivery Date Set for Eclipse

A new revitalized Eclipse VLJ is rising from the ashes of bankruptcy with a boost from Sikorsky’s substantial minority investment.
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Charter & Fractional

Comlux America Expands Facilities

Comlux America will begin construction of a new hangar at its Indianapolis headquarters.
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FBOs

Signature FBOs Prepare for Olympics, Add Benefits

Signature Flight Support has announced a dedicated customer-support team and a 24-hour hotline to assist customers planning to fly to summer 2012 Olympics.
Aircraft

Minsheng Places Firm Order for 13 Embraer Legacy 650s

Embraer celebrates a sale of 13 Legacy 650 jets to China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing.
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Tyrolean Adds ACJ318 to Charter Fleet

Airbus introduced the latest operator to add an Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) to its charter fleet at NBAA.
Aircraft

Bombardier Announces More Global Suppliers

Bombardier announced more suppliers and a few additional design and production details for the new Global 7000 and 8000 long-range business jets.
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JetNet Forecasts Better Days for Bizav

Aviation data supplier JetNet announced the latest results of its IQ research NBAA 2011 in Las Vegas.
Aircraft

XoJet Places $50M Order for Hawker 800XPRs

Charter operator XOJet yesterday announced a firm order for seven Hawker 800XPRs, with delivery of all seven scheduled before the end of the year.
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