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Charter & Fractional

Delta AirElite Adds 7X to Fleet

Delta AirElite Business Jets last month added a Dassault Falcon 7X to its fleet.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Sells 3,000th Jet Card

NetJets Europe (NJE) announced in late August that it has sold its 3,000th “Private Jet Card” since the program was launched in 2002.
Charter & Fractional

FlairJet To Launch with Phenom 100s

British air-taxi operator start-up FlairJet last month announced plans to start operations next May with a pair of Embraer Phenom 100s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Russia plans Eclipse factory

Despite the recent announcement that the Russian government would build the company a new factory in Ulyanovsk, embattled VLJ maker Eclipse Aviation (Booth
Charter & Fractional

JetBird Raises Additional $14 Million

European very light jet air-taxi start-up JetBird has raised an additional €10 million ($14.2 million) in launch capital by selling a 9.3-percent stake to
Avionics

Bank’s Iridium buyout sets the table for IPO

Iridium has agreed to combine with an affiliate of New York investment bank Greenhill & Co.
Aircraft

Bombardier drops Grob, revises plan for Learjet 85

Bombardier is scrambling to develop new production plans for the midsize Learjet 85 after dropping troubled Grob as the supplier of the airplane’s composit
Avionics

Aircell broadband service poised for rapid growth

The next time you hop on a commercial flight–or a business jet, for that matter–to come to an NBAA Convention, you might have the opportunity to access Air

Market slowdown coming, says forecaster

Sparta, N.J.-based Brian Foley Associates, a consultant for investors entering into business aviation ventures, asserts that the outlooks of OEMs and other

Reports: storm brewing in pre-owned market

As if there hasn’t already been enough bad financial news, reports from UBS Investment Research and JPMorgan indicate that pre-owned business jet inventori
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

With court reprieve, Grob staves off bankruptcy

Grob Aerospace CEO Niall Olver has been given more time to secure fresh investors for the insolvent German manufacturer of the SPn light business jet.
Aircraft

Bombardier drops Grob from Learjet 85 program

Bombardier has terminated its contract with Grob Aerospace AG of Switzerland to develop the composite structure for the Learjet 85.
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Eclipse Gets Funding for Russian Plant

Eclipse Aviation announced on September 23 that the Russian state bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) supervisory board, chaired by Russian prime minister Vladimir
Maintenance and Modifications

New Firm To Provide Bizav MX in Europe

Iberia and Gestair formed a joint-venture company in Europe that will specialize in providing corporate aircraft maintenance, including AOG, line and sched
ATC

NextGen Taking Shape at Embry-Riddle

The NextGen testbed facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach campus is gearing up for a demonstration next month that will advance
Accidents

Blown Tire Eyed in Learjet 60 Crash

At press time, the NTSB was finishing its on-scene investigation of a Learjet 60SE (N999LJ) fatal accident at Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets merging pilots seniority lists

NetJets pilots will be consolidated into a system-wide seniority list, per a letter of agreement between NetJets and the NetJets Association of Shared Airc
Charter & Fractional

Jet Republic Takes On NetJets Europe

Jet Republic late last month launched a major new European fractional ownership, lease and block-charter program and revealed itself as the previously unid
Charter & Fractional

DayJet Calls It a Day

Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet–the per-seat, on-demand charter operator of the Eclipse 500– ceased operations and let go most of its approximately 150 emplo

Congressional scrutiny proves newest travail for battered Eclipse

An extraordinary confluence of events has embroiled Eclipse Aviation in intense scrutiny, all without a single fatal accident to act as a catalyst.

Economic storm brewing for business aviation, say operators

As oil soared to nearly $147 a barrel this summer, U.S.
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Airbus Opens A320 Line In Tianjin

Airbus officially opened its first final assembly line outside Europe today in front of official dignitaries and 600 guests gathered for the inauguration o
Aircraft

787 Completes Crucial Pressure Test

Testing continues on the Boeing 787 despite the now three-week-long machinists’ strike estimated to cost the company $100 million a day.

RAA Objects To DOT Urine Testing Procedure

The Regional Airline Association (RAA) has joined the Air Transport Association in asking the U.S.

Airport Execs Rail Against DOT Set-Aside

The Department of Transportation has drawn fire from the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) for a plan to set aside for “current and future

ANA Outlines 787 Contingency

Boeing’s delays in delivering its much heralded 787 appears to have breathed new life into the near moribund 767 program, as the 787’s launch customer, Jap

Industry girds for glut of retired regional jets

When Bombardier and Embraer ended mass production of their respective 50-seat jets by 2006, it appeared that the regional airline industry’s love affair wi

Pinnacle To Retire 10 Saabs

Pinnacle Airlines will remove from service 10 of subsidiary Colgan Air’s 40 Saab 340Bs next month as part of a plan to reduce its exposure to pro-rate flyi

Republic To Speed ERJ Retirements

Republic Airways and Delta Air Lines in late July reached an agreement to remove the Indianapolis-based regional airline’s final eleven 37-seat Embraer ERJ