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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) will merge both Standard Aero and Landmark Aviation as a business enterprise within DAE Engineering after acquisition of both maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers for $1.9 billion. Paul Soubry Jr. has been appointed as president and CEO of the combined companies. DAE will divest the Landmark Aviation Airport Services division […]

Daniel Wolcott last Thursday pled guilty to a federal charge of interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, specifically a Citation twinjet. He has already spent nearly two years in jail awaiting the outcome of this case and now faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. It was October 9, 2005, when […]

The “world’s best-selling business jet model” has its latest version in the Citation XLS+, which made its first flight last week. The development program saw its one hour 30 minute-long test flight completed at Rockwell Collins’ facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the aircraft “performing as expected,” according to program manager Kevin Steinert. Outfitted with […]

Worldwide Aeros Corp. is applying the notion of comfort and luxury to executive air travel albeit with the sacrifice of time. The company’s Aeroscraft ML866 is set to make a bid at offering the “private air yacht” experience to corporate air travel at the National Business Aviation Association’s 60th annual convention to be held next […]

DayJet — the “per-seat on-demand” air taxi that plans to begin service later this month in Florida using Eclipse 500s – on Tuesday announced it “has closed debt facilities totaling $140 million” for the acquisition of its very light jet fleet. Perhaps shedding some light on the company’s previously and widely reported “orders” from Eclipse, […]

Resort properties and private jet travel — the marriage is one Sentient Jet Membership and Timbers Resorts have arranged to provide a new level of service for Timbers Resorts owners. Through the arrangement, the owners have access to the Timbers’ corporate Membership with Sentient for travel to and from any of the Timbers Resorts properties. […]

A U.S. commercial flight scheduled to operate from Paris to a U.S. destination was ramp checked by French civil aviation authorities, and as a result we all have a reminder from the FAA about first-class medical certification requirements for SICs in commercial operations, which in Europe includes both charter and corporate aircraft operators as well […]

Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim on Saturday announced that the head of Brazil’s airport authority would be replaced this week in a move that marks the second major personnel shift since the July crash on landing of a TAM Airbus A320 killed 199 people in the nation’s worst ever aviation disaster. Jobim himself was appointed […]

Adam Aircraft is still moving toward a complete type certificate for its A700 very light jet, but when that day comes it will be without founder Rick Adam. On Monday, the company’s board of directors announced that John D. Wolf has been named chairman and CEO effective immediately. “Rick’s entrepreneurial spirit and vision was the […]