Content Archive: April 2009

FBOs

JPMorgan Lease at Westchester Delayed

Westchester County authorized the county executive to sign a lease with JPMorgan Chase for Hangar E-1 at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.,

More Production Cuts Coming at Bizav OEMs?

Despite an order backlog covering 5,000 aircraft, turbine business aircraft manufacturers could experience the steepest decline in production of any aerosp
Charter & Fractional

JetDirect Closes, Wayfarer Aviation Takes Over

On Friday, JetDirect Aviation chairman and CEO Greg C
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Union Agrees to Furlough-Mitigation Program

Fractional ownership provider NetJets and its pilots union have collaborated on a voluntary furlough-mitigation program in an attempt to reduce the threat
Aircraft

Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Wingset

Boeing has completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced today.
Aircraft

Flybe Takes 50th Q400, 1,000th Ultra Electronics ANC installation

The UK’s Flybe has taken delivery of its 50th Bombardier Q400 airliner, equipped with the 1,000th installation of Ultra Electronics’ active noise control (
Aircraft

EASA Pilots Fly Superjet 100s

EASA pilots have performed the first familiarization flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/Ns 95001 and 95003, Superjet International announced today.
Aircraft

American Reveals Extent of 787 Delays

American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, accor
Aircraft

Boeing Sells Eight More 787s to Gulf Air

Bahrain’s Gulf Air has lifted Boeing’s order figures out of negative territory this week with a conversion of so-called purchase rights on eight 787-8s, ma

Longstanding Light Jet Speed Record Falls

Twenty-six-year-old New Jersey businessman Jared Isaacman, along with copilot Doug Demko, yesterday shattered the world record for an eastbound global circ