Content Archive: April 2007

Charter & Fractional

DayJet gearing up for service start

DayJet founder, president and CEO Ed Iacobucci dropped by AIN’s offices last month to provide an update on progress with his per-seat, on-demand VLJ
Charter & Fractional

Sentient Jet merges with JetDirect

Two well known companies that operate and manage charter aircraft and jet travel cards have merged.
Regulations and Government

Airlines take user-fee debate to the media

Like two punch-drunk prizefighters locked in a clinch, general aviation and the airlines continue to rain body blows on each other over the pending FAA rea
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Aircraft

Eclipse works on moisture problem with pitot system

By the middle of last month, Eclipse Aviation had delivered two airplanes to individual owners and three to air-taxi operator DayJet, which is using its ai
Aircraft

…and Mustang deliveries pick up

Late last month Cessna delivered its third Mustang, its first to a retail customer.
Regulations and Government

GA Slams FAA ‘Fact Sheet’ as Not Factual

A recently posted FAA Fact Sheet aimed at curbing the alleged myths about the agency’s funding proposal has been strongly criticized by a coalition of gene
FBOs

BBA Aviation Acquiring Executive Beechcraft

London-based BBA Aviation disclosed today it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Executive Beechcraft, including its four full-service FBOs and t

‘Robust Order Book’ Beefs Up Gulfstream Backlog

Revenue at Gulfstream Aerospace increased 18.7 percent in the first quarter of this year over the first quarter of last year, operating earnings grew 19.3
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Warns Operators of Unapproved Parts Business

The FAA last week issued an Unapproved Parts Notification for George Myles and his company, Miles Aviation of Pompano Beach, Fla., nearly a month after a U
Regulations and Government

NBAA: Everyone ‘Must Write Their Congressmen’

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said this morning at a regional forum in White Plains, N.Y., that the airlines are being given a “sweetheart deal” and the