Content Archive: October 2008

The NTSB said both main tires blew before the Learjet 60 (N999LJ) overran Runway 11 and crashed while taking off from Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport

JetDirect Aviation, the former charter arm of the now-defunct Sentient Jet Holdings, laid off approximately 20 employees late last month.

While Textron said last month that its finance unit dragged down income in the third quarter, dropping year-over-year from $225 million to $210 million, re

Starting early next year, private aircraft traveling to the U.S.

Air-taxi operators employing technically advanced aircraft (TAA) and very light jets (VLJs) are upbeat about their futures, even in the face of DayJet’s de

Gulfstream Aerospace at the NBAA Convention last month took the wraps off the G250, a successor to the G200 (née Galaxy), marking the second new aircraft l

AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft in April, now has about 200 employees and says that design, manufacture and test activit

Fractional provider Executive AirShare (EAS) has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based FSJet, which has an order for 14 Embraer Phenom 100s.

At face value, the marked decline in leading western European economies would seem to mean an inevitable dip in the fortunes of executive charter operators

After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled.