Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Despite the struggles of Eclipse Aviation Corporation, culminating in this Chapter 7 liquidation, it's clear from our work at Linear Air that the Eclipse 500 VLJ is well-worth supporting and we believe the owners of the several hundred Eclipse 500s in the fleet will agree."

Source: Bill Herp, CEO of Linear Air. The air-taxi operator announced Wednesday the formation of Eclipse Services and Support LLC, a cooperative entity intended to allow owners of the 250+ Eclipse 500 very light jets in operation to acquire from the now-bankrupt planemaker the intellectual property and other assets relevant to the ongoing technical, maintenance, parts and other support required to upgrade their aircraft to final configuration and keep them flying into the future.

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