Content Archive: May 2008
FBOs
JetEx FBO coming to Le Bourget
Dubai-based JetEx Flight Support plans to open a new FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport in October, providing full ground handling services and a large VIP lo
Honeywell revises its bizav industry forecast
Just three months after issuing its annual 10-year business jet delivery forecast, Honeywell published a revised and less optimistic forecast.
In The Works Summary
Last year was not friendly to startup companies dreaming of producing airplanes, but there are glimmerings of hope for some.
Charter & Fractional
Charter firms riding out economic turbulence
Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with re
Aircraft
In The Works: Boeing BBJ3
The uncertainty of the near future has reached the big airframers, too.
Aircraft
In The Works: AASI Jetcruzer 500
The developer of the single-turboprop pusher Jetcruzer 500 gave holders of its Class A and B warrants an additional month to convert their warrants, purcha
Jet Asia carves Pacific Rim bizav market niche
When large areas of the Asian economy tanked in the late 1990s, business aviation in the region suffered.
Aircraft
In The Works: Phoenix Fanjet
The future of this Williams-Rolls FJ44-1A-powered evolution of the former Promavia Jet Squalus is murkier following the closure of Alberta Aerospace, the C
ATC
Datalink decisions are urgent, but true consensus is lacking
A recent FAA briefing note concluded, “The future of ATC is all about data communications,” and government and industry officials, both in the U.S.
Aircraft
In The Works: VisionAire Vantage
Last year, VisionAire of Chesterfield, Mo., signed a contract with Israel Aircraft Industries for the Tel Aviv OEM to conduct a nine-month technical assess
