Content Archive: November 2007
Embraer Predicts Strong Bizjet Market
Embraer foresees a demand for 13,150 business jets worth some $201 billion over the next decade, according to its market outlook released last month.
MIT Study Wants Input from Pilots
As part of research activities under the NASA/FAA Joint Universities Program, the MIT International Center for Air Transportation is investigating factors
Industry on track for a record year
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its third-quarter shipment and billings report, showing good news for business aviation OEMs
Aircraft
Gap narrows between two super-midsize contenders
With the Raytheon Hawker Horizon and Bombardier Continental making their first flights within three days of each other in Wichita last month, development i
It’s time to ‘vote’ on the fractional NPRM
Democracy is messy.
Charter & Fractional
AIN Interview: TAG Group president addresses AMI certificate action
Mansour Ojjeh and his brother Aziz are principals of Luxembourg-based TAG Group Holdings, which they inherited from their father, Akram Ojjeh, upon his dea
Part 145 rewrite isn’t the feared lion
Aviation is an industry where the various factions often have nothing in common beyond the air in which they travel.
Aircraft
Gulfstream V-SP mockup debuts at NBAA
A mockup of Gulfstream’s new GV-SP will debut at the NBAA Convention later this month in New Orleans.
FBOs
Mercury debuts mastercard purchasing
Mercury Air Center in conjunction with GE Capital Financial and Aviation Logistics has developed a MasterCard purchase program for business aviation operat
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Weak Dollar Prompts Price Hike at IWG
International Water-Guard Industries (IWG) is “adjusting its pricing and business policies in response to the unprecedented shift in exchange rates between
