Content Archive: September 2008

Economic storm brewing for business aviation, say operators

As oil soared to nearly $147 a barrel this summer, U.S.
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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

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.
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
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.
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

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

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

RAA Objects To DOT Urine Testing Procedure

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

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