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Training and Workforce

NBAA’s PDP celebrates 10th year

USAIG and NBAA are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their professional development scholarship partnership.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety International expands bizav training options

For a 57-year-old company, FlightSafety International may be more mature than some others, but it hasn’t stopped growing.
Training and Workforce

Companies’ longer safety records prompt NBAA to raise its bar

50-year award honorees Fifty years ago, Ardenbrook, a private real estate investment company with operations mainly in five Western states, opera
Training and Workforce

WCA awards biannual student pilot scholarship

Women in Corporate Aviation will be presenting a $2,000 career scholarship today to student pilot Stacy Booker at a ceremony hosted by WCA and Southeast Re
Airports

London airports

London is one of the world’s most crowded and congested cities, but business aircraft operators flying to the British capital are spoiled for choice when i
Engines

Despite design milestones, Snecma still seeks Silvercrest launch platform

Snecma remains “very satisfied” with the performance of its Silvercrest core engine demonstration program despite its failure to secure a launch platform f

Pre-owned market

The pre-owned market this year has been buoyed somewhat by a continuing flurry of international buying activity coupled with new aircraft backlogs, which b

European bizav growth falters

Business aviation growth in Europe is down sharply on last year’s numbers, according to the latest traffic figures from Eurocontrol, suggesting that the ec
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Loan Repayment Becomes More Challenging

The specter of aircraft repossessions is starting to loom larger over the business aviation community as more owners struggle to repay loans, according to
Aircraft

New Legacy models fill the gap in Embraer's business jet lineup

At last year’s NBAA Convention, Embraer tested the water, so to speak, for two new aircraft it described as a midsize jet and a “mid-light” jet and began a
Aircraft

New Turboprops

Nothing re-ignites interest in new turboprops faster than a good old-fashioned “fuel crisis.” While no one thinks that the market will top th
FBOs

Despite slowing traffic, Atlantic grows for future

“For all intents and purposes there is an economic downturn,” said Lou Pepper, CEO of the FBO chain that is owned by Australia’s Macquarie Infrastructure.

Despite slowdown, Bombardier says business aviation fundamentals solid

Given the world economic slowdown and signs that flying by business operators is down, how concerned are you about a falloff in sales?

JSSI’s ‘Sky’s the Limit’ prize winner to be selected today

While most companies here at NBAA’08 are showcasing airplanes and aircraft parts, Jet Support Services–JSSI (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerospace Optics intros online ordering tool

Aerospace Optics of Forth Worth, Texas, the manufacturer of Vivisun mil-spec lighted pushbutton switches and programmable displays, is here at NBAA present
Sustainability and Environment

Chevron introduces new buyer rewards program

Chevron Global Aviation has launched a fuel buyer reward program called FlyBuys that offers free gas and merchandise gift cards to customers.
Safety

Top five commercial flight ops rack up 175 years, 282K hours of safe flying

 Crow has been a family business since 1947, and is run by Eric Barnum, who has been president since 1982.

Jet Aviation poised to ride out economic storm

Economic conditions in major Western countries are not looking good.
Safety

NBAA honors maintenance techs who maintain highest standards for decades

Donald Hunt has been aircraft maintenance manager for OSI Restaurant Partners, which owns the Outback Steakhouse chain and seven others, since 1993.
ATC

NextGen ATC test program takes shape at Embry-Riddle

In Daytona Beach, just 60 miles northeast of the Orange County Convention Center here in Orlando, the NextGen testbed facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
Safety

Top performers credit safety culture for flight departments’ accident-free hours

Over the last 76 years, Exxon Mobil has operated a variety of aircraft from Beech Staggerwings and Douglas DC-3s to Gulfstream IVs and the Bombardier Globa
Aircraft

Airbus finds growing market for its corporate widebodies

Airbus, to date, has sold more than 100 single-aisle airplanes in executive configuration, including its first double-deck A380 “Flying Palace” and, in the
Aircraft

Comp Air secures $150 million to fund all-composite Model 12 turboprop

Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air is developing an all-composite, pressurized single-engine turboprop called the Model 12.
Regulations and Government

Candidates’ stances on bizav issues remain hazy

When the new president takes office in January, among the myriad issues he’ll address will be the concerns of the aviation community.
Aircraft

BAe revives former airliners as corporate jet alternative

With a three-foot wider interior than the Bombardier Challenger 604, the Avro 146/RJ is claimed to offer “an airliner-size cabin for the price of a small b

An interview with Honeywell’s Rob Wilson

Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace has earned respect throughout the industry for its eagerly anticipated 10-year business aviation forecast, released to co
Aircraft

Gulfstream lines up suppliers for its nascent flagship G650

Amid rumors that the new Gulfstream G650 already has attracted more than 500 “letters of interest” and that production of the widebody is sold out through
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DeCrane Is For Sale…For the Right Price

Since late 2006 DeCrane Aerospace has undergone an internal restructuring that included a name change, a headquarters relocation, a shift in marketing stra
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DeCrane outfits the whole interior

DeCrane Aerospace was founded 19 years ago by Jack DeCrane with the idea of assembling under a single umbrella all aspects of aircraft interior completion
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Mideast expo puts spotlight on interiors

Gulf VIP, an event for the Middle East’s ultra-rich that promotes executive jet interiors to the “the lucrative markets of Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia”