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Business aviation is on the offensive after spending much of the year on the ropes courtesy of the battered economy and some politically opportunistic comments by, well, politicians. During the opening general session of the National Business Aviation Association convention on Tuesday, NBAA President Ed Bolen and General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Pete Bunce gave […]

Golf legend Arnold Palmer has lent his support to the public relations campaign being waged by the National Business Aviation Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association to try to change the perception of business aviation. Palmer stars in three television/online commercials in which he discusses the function, value and myths about business aviation. “For 50 […]

While the difficult economic and perception problems plaguing the business aviation industry have center stage at the National Business Aviation Association convention this week in Orlando, background work on the reauthorization of the FAA continues, and NBAA President Ed Bolen told today’s opening session that there is strong opposition to the administration’s apparent preference for […]

Although there have been hopeful signs in the past year that the downward slide of business aviation is slowing, if not stopped, the consensus of industry leaders at this year’s National Business Aviation Association convention is that recovery will be slow and painful. “We expect 2010 to be a tough year,” said Hawker Beechcraft CEO […]

Cessna’s large-cabin business jet might be officially dead, but CEO Jack Pelton is suggesting it still has a pulse. Pelton surprised a packed media conference Monday by saying he prefers to consider the Columbus project “suspended” even though it’s been formally cancelled by parent company Textron. He said the stronger language was important for “contractual […]

Embraer has announced development of a long-range version of the Legacy 600 super midsize business jet. The Legacy 650 is already flying and is based on the 600 model. A beefed-up airframe and landing gear allow more fuel, and new Rolls Royce AE 3007A2 engines are both more powerful and more efficient. It adds up […]

Click for a video from last year’s NBAA Convention The Dornier Seaplane Company says it has the orders it needs to begin production of the twin turboprop SeaStar amphibian, and it’s narrowed the factory site to two Canadian locations. The 10-place aircraft, with an over-wing push-pull arrangement for the two PT6 engines, will be built […]

Cessna technicians will be making hangarcalls for customers who choose the new ServiceDirect option for maintenance of their aircraft. The new program was announced at NBAA in Orlando on Monday and will allow owners to have many servicing tasks done without leaving their home field. “ServiceDirect is a new offering designed to provide a range […]

Air BP has introduced a fuel purchase rewards program that is tailored to business aviation and offers products and services that might be appealing to business travelers. Accumulated points can be divided among staff and can be redeemed on products and services that BP says its customers have asked for. Merchandise, travel and tickets are […]

With new aircraft sales soft, buyers who really need business transportation are finding Cessnas older CitationJet 525s to be an alluring value. Theyre about to get even more attractive, now that Garmin and Cessna have announced a program to upgrade these legacy airframes to full glass cockpits with the popular G1000 suite. As configured for […]