Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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The U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) announced a new goal today, pledging $2 billion in financing for U.S.-manufactured business airplanes and helicopters by year-end. It reached a <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2014-02-27/us-export-import-bank-tops-1b-financing-american-made-business-aircraft">previously announced goal of $1 billion</a> in financing for these exports in December, 10 months ahead of schedule.


So far in Fiscal Year 2014, which started on October 1, the independent federal agency has authorized some $740 million for exports of business aircraft made in the U.S. by Gulfstream, Beechcraft and Sikorsky, among others. Ex-Im said its financing also supports sales and jobs at U.S. small businesses in the supply chains of these manufacturers.


“The bank’s support is enabling these manufacturers and their workers to create American jobs and meet the growing global demand for their products, particularly in markets where other sources of buyer financing are not readily available,” said Ex-Im Bank chairman and president Fred Hochberg.


Ex-Im Bank topped its previous goal in December with the guarantee of a $300 million loan extended by Apple Bank for Savings to China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing that is financing the purchase of eight Gulfstreams.

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