Content Archive: September 2007

Charter & Fractional

PlaneSense plots fleet growth selectively

PlaneSense is the world’s largest operator of PC-12s and, according to its president and CEO, George Antoniadis, it intends to hold the same ranking among
Aircraft

SPn certification date could slip again

Grob Aerospace is facing the possibility of a further delay to the certification of its new SPn light jet.
Aircraft

Bizjets take Dassault to new heights

Dassault Aviation posted strong financial numbers for the first six months of this year.

Defective assembly Blamed For 737 Accident

When a China Airlines 737NG caught fire soon after landing at Okinawa’s Naha Airport on August 20, initial suspicions centered on maintenance issues, but n

Demand for business jets

For those who gaze into crystal balls and analyze the business jet market, there are heady days in store, according to recent industry prognostications.
Aircraft

Honda says it will ramp up production to 100 jets a year

Honda Aircraft plans to ramp up to an annual build rate of 100 HondaJets within two years of starting its production line, company CEO Michimasa Fujino ann
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Charter & Fractional

Flight Options negotiations continue

Flight Options pilots are only marginally closer to having a negotiated contract nearly a year-and-a-half after voting in a union.

Voters to decide future of Tempelhof

The fate of Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport is in the hands of local voters, who on October 17 can cast ballots in favor of keeping the historic downtown gatewa
Regulations and Government

NetJets Europe starts program to offset carbon emissions

NetJets Europe is building carbon offsetting costs into its fractional ownership prices in a bid to become a carbon-neutral operation by 2012.
FBOs

Entities unite under West Star banner

What’s in a name? If it’s West Star Aviation, it includes the former Premier Air Center at St.