NBAA Convention News 2008
All NBAA Convention news
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.
Jet Aviation poised to ride out economic storm
Economic conditions in major Western countries are not looking good.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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
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
