NBAA Convention News 2008

All NBAA Convention news

Training and Workforce

CAE adds training options for Bombardier models

Montreal-based CAE plans to add a Global Express full-flight simulator to its training facility in Dallas next year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Competitors team up on satcom services

Satcom Direct, which had been competing with Honeywell International’s OneLink, announced that it has officially signed a contract Saturday to work in coop
Aircraft

New twin is still under consideration at Socata

Is it a jet? Is it a turboprop? That’s the question that remains after Socata confirmed here yesterday that it is still pursuing a twin-engine aircraft to
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation plans more avionics mods

Stevens Aviation, buoyed by market reception of its Lear4Ever avionics and airframe modification package for the Bombardier Learjet 35, on Monday announced
Maintenance and Modifications

Citation X winglet mod moves forward

Winglet Technology reports “significant progress” toward FAA certification of its Cessna Citation X elliptical winglet modification.

Chaotic day on wall street stokes industry concerns

World financial markets continued their downward slide yesterday amid fresh worries that declining corporate earnings could further soften the used jet mar

Pieper puts focus on Eclipse profitability

Since taking the helm at Eclipse Aviation on July 28, chairman, CEO and investor Roel Pieper has worked to turn the manufacturer from a development company

Economy and politics top the agenda at NBAA 2008

Ten days after the Dow dropped 787 points in a week, one month from the presidential election, five months before extension of the FAA’s funding expires ag

Without Grob, Bombardier starts fresh on Learjet 85

At a media briefing here yesterday, Bombardier Learjet vice president and general manager David Coleal strongly hinted that very little of the structural d
Charter & Fractional

Ten 400XP Hawkers for ISIS Group

The ISIS Group has ordered 10 copies of the Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 400XP light jet, worth more than $70 million with options, to be leased from ISIS by I