Content Archive: May 2007

Aircraft

Proponents say VLJs will revolutionize Euro air travel

Eurocontrol plans to launch a so-called Very Light Jet Integration Platform (VIP) to discuss issues relating to the introduction of the new generation of b
Safety

Study Claims Aviation Emissions Kill Hundreds a Year

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said that “aircraft greenhouse gas emissions might become a serious barrier to aviation growth long-term” in a speech last
ATC

FAA Study Says NextGen Will Help Reduce Delays

An analysis of 56 airports’ operational capacities has concluded that the FAA must “move forward aggressively” to implement the NextGen system or risk furt
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Orders 32 Hawker 4000s

Less than two months after completion of the sale of Raytheon Aircraft to the investment firms GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners for $3.3 billion, the

Spectrum aims its bizjets at airline passengers

Spectrum Aeronautical, the California-based start-up manufacturer, said it is taking orders for its all-composite business jets “faster than we can build t
Avionics

Honeywell flight display may be adaptable to 3-D airport maps

Future versions of Honeywell’s integrated primary flight display (IPFD) may include 3-D airport maps that would give pilots a clear view of the entire airp
FBOs

Gestair to invest $115 million in its fleet

Gestair Private Aviation has announced a $115 million investment over the next four years to further expand its 30-aircraft fleet.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Jetalliance offers new kind of aircraft lease

Austrian-based operator Jetalliance announced here on Tuesday that it is now offering what it claims to be a new kind of business aircraft financing called

Global economic growth is fueling business aviation

Much of the unprecedented recent growth in sales of business aircraft has been driven by the international market, where advantageous exchange rates have m