Industry starts to see signs of a turnaround
There are still white tails sitting on the ramps, but the numbers are dwindling.

There are still white tails sitting on the ramps, but the numbers are dwindling. The inventory of used aircraft for sale remains staggering, but it too is shrinking. The skies aren’t filled with business jets, but as of July–the last month for the which data is available–the number of takeoffs and landings was rising.

This news comes on the heels of the U.S. stock market riding a steady six-month growth period, some small increases in new home construction, and a U.S. dollar that appears to be gaining strength. And as summer cast a glow on gathering autumn, the National Association of Manufacturers announced in its “Labor Day 2009: the Manufacturing Report,” that while the economy remains fragile, there are signs of improving conditions.