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One of Diamond Aircraft’s biggest customers for its D-Jet single-engine jet has been named its training partner for customers of the new jet. ATP (Air Transport Professionals), which has ordered 20 of the five-passenger aircraft, will do the transition training and type ratings for D-Jet customers. “The D-Jet is designed primarily for the owner/pilot market […]

Bombardier executives have joined the chorus of optimism that seems to defy the headlines outside the confines of the Orange County Convention Center. In a briefing for the media and financial analysts Tuesday, Bombardier corner suite executives said that while some softening of the business aviation market will occur in the next year or two, […]

It seems likely that Ed Swearingen’s dream will come true as the SJ30 that he’s devoted much of his life to has caught the eye of some folks with practically bottomless pockets. Officials of Emivest, the United Arab Emirates company that bought 80 percent of Sino Swearingen in a deal that closed two months ago, […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. If you’re going on a 4,000 nm trip, what do you need? (Besides a state-of-the-art airframe, engines and avionics.) According to Cessna Columbus customers, it’s storage and leg room. Cindy Halsey, Cessna’s vice […]

When AAI Acquisitions bought the assets of Adam Aircraft at fire sale prices in March, the industry wasn’t quite sure what to make of the sale. But AAI CEO Jack Braly told NBAA reporters this week that the company is “picking up where Adam left off” with certification of the unique twin-boom jet claimed for […]

Bombardier says the first 400 Learjet 85s will be built at a new plant in Mexico, but finishing and delivery preparation will be done in Wichita, necessitating expansion of the already-jammed Kansas facilities. Learjet President David Coleal told a news conference at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando that up to 1,200 people […]

First it was a rumor, then it was a confirmed rumor and now it has a name. Socata announced at the National Business Aviation Association Convention that it will build a twin-engine aircraft and has given the project the code name NTx. “As business aviation is a small community where it’s difficult to keep a […]

With the evolving credit crisis hanging over the aviation economy, Dassault joined Cessna this week in conceding that order uptake has slowed. But, like Cessna, Dassault has an impressive backlog — about 500 aircraft — which it hopes will see it through the credit crisis. Dassault CEO John Rosanvallon told reporters this week at the […]

As the business of business aircraft increasingly becomes global, aircraft manufacturers are finding that customers demand longer-range airplanes capable of transoceanic flight to and from shorter runways. And that means aircraft embark on longer trips and are away from home base for longer periods. As a result, airplane makers are aggressively expanding remote service networks. […]

On the eve of the next general election, concern over aviation user fees has only temporarily abated and is likely to resurface when the 111th congress convenes in January, says NBAA’s Ed Bolen. The FAA’s current funding authorization expired on September 30th and the agency is operating in a funding grace period until the end […]