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All News

October 07, 2008

Embraer Delivers 150th Legacy 600 Bizjet

DC Aviation Receives Milestone Aircraft

Embraer delivered the 150th Legacy 600 jet it has produced to the German operator DC Aviation. This is the seventh Legacy 600 in the customer’s fleet, and it will be used for charter flights in the Europe and Middle East regions.

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NTSB Issues Preliminary Report On Columbia Lear 60 Accident

Notes Tire Debris, "Airplane Components" Found On Runway

Below is the unedited transcript of the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report on the September 19 takeoff downing of a chartered Lear 60 at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) in South Carolina. As ANN reported, the accident claimed the lives of both pilots and two passengers onboard; two others were able to escape with severe burns.

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Bombardier's Challenger 300 Enters Service With XOJET

New Aircraft On Static Display At NBAA 2008

Bombardier Aerospace recently announced XOJET’s first Challenger 300 aircraft has entered service. Bombardier and XOJET executives were on hand to mark the delivery and the aircraft’s debut at NBAA 2008 in Orlando, FL.

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New Web Site Launched To Promote Air Taxi Service In Virginia

Allows Online Reservations For Multiple Operators

The Virginia SATSLab (VSATS), in partnership with the Air Taxi Association (ATXA), has officially launched VirginiaAirTaxi.com, a new on-demand flight reservations system.

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Conklin & De Decker Releases Latest Aircraft Cost Evaluator

Benchmark Program Adds 10 More Aircraft, Including G3 SR22s

Conklin & de Decker recently released the 2008 Volume II Aircraft Cost Evaluator software, aimed at making it easier to compare operating costs for more than 490 business aircraft models. This aircraft operating cost benchmarking tool is part of a family of aircraft acquisition and management data products created by Conklin & de Decker (NBAA Booth #4734) and is now available with aircraft and simpler navigation.

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FlexJet Users May Now Purchase Carbon Offsets

Partners With Climate Care To Reduce Emissions

Business flight... with a "conscience." That's the marketing pitch behind so-called "carbon offset" programs now bandied by umpteen airlines and private jet ownership companies. FlexJet announced Monday at NBAA it will be the latest to jump on the green bandwagon, signing with offset provider Climate Care to sell offset credits to the fractional's customers.

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Hawker Beech Receives Order For 10 Hawker 400XPs From ISIS Group

Initial Order To Help Launch Indian Investment Venture

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) announced an order Monday from UK-based property developer and investment company ISIS Group for 10 Hawker 400XPs. The total value of the contract with options is in excess of $70 million.

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Pilatus Notes Strong Interest From Jet Owners

Turboprop Interest Soars On High Fuel Prices

Swiss planemaker Pilatus had little in the way of new announcements at NBAA 2008, but they didn't seem to mind... as interest in the company's PC-12 NG single-engine turboprop is keeping the company quite busy, thank you.

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American Eurocopter Celebrates Its Successes In Corporate Market

EC120 A Best-Seller; EC130 Gaining Favor

American Eurocopter had reason to cheer this week at NBAA 2008. The single-engine EC120 has become the best-selling helicopter in its class, outselling its competitors by more than two to one during the past five years... and the larger EC130 is rapidly finding buyers in the segment, as well.

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ARINC, Rockwell Collins Deliver BBJ Broadband Internet Solution

Approval Adds To Satcom Availability On Gulfstreams, Citation X

ARINC Direct and Rockwell Collins announced this week at NBAA 2008 the awarding of a contract for installation and certification of the Rockwell Collins eXchange satellite broadband communication system on a Boeing Business Jet.

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Mid-Continent Instruments Offers New Digital AHRS

AX1 Comes From Italy's Axitude

Mid-Continent Instruments has spent years examining Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) and solid-state digital technology. Monday at NBAA 2008, Mid-Continent introduced an ETSO certified AHRS, the AX1.

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Aero-TV At NBAA2008: Day Two, With A Lot of Surprisingly Good News

The News Keeps Soaring At NBAA2008....

Despite the turmoil outside trhe sunshine state, the business avaion indsutry is still doing Business... and lots of it. NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen welcomed Attendees of the NBAA 61st Annual Meeting & Convention at this morning's Opening General Session...

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Aero-TV: Learning About The MU-2 SFAR

Let's Talk About The MU-2 With An Expert...

ANN has always found the controversy over the airworthiness of the MU-2 an argument of political hype over reality. Much maligned over a number of highly visible accidents (often hyped by some politicos with an aviation-ignorant agenda), the truth of the matter is that the MU-2 is a hell of an airplane... and PROPERLY trained and flown, this is a serious working airplane.

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Clifford Announces Completion Of C550 Williams Cert Program

Says Performance, Fuel Savings Exceed Engineering Estimates

Clifford Development is one of a handful of companies that have stumbled upon a veritable fountain of youth for Cessna's oldest Citation jets -- by equipping those planes with new Williams turbofans. The company announced Monday at NBAA 2008 its certification program to install FJ44-3As on the Citation II (C550).

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Paris Hilton Reacts To Friends' Learjet Accident

Socialite Says Now She's Scared To Go On Small Airplanes

The two survivors of a Learjet 60 that crashed on takeoff from Columbia, SC last month are close friends of Paris Hilton, and their recent brush with death has caused her to reevaluate the safety of air travel on "small planes."

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