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Golf and business jets go hand in hand. If you have any doubts, hang around the GA airports serving any major golf tournament — the facilities serving Augusta, Ga., in early April each year come to mind. Realizing this, and hoping to market its services to businesspeople who may never have thought of using a […]

Meanwhile, if one needs more proof that the charter broker industry is growing faster than SpaceShipOne can climb, CharterX will announce today that 25 new operators have joined its Internet-based service. “Its an exciting time in the air charter industry. As new aircraft enter the fray, new buyers and sellers join the market, and the […]

CharterAuction.com Inc., one of the country’s fastest-growing charter brokers, on Monday announced it was changing its name to “Jets International” and filed a “doing business as” (DBA) form to begin marketing under the new name. The company also said its Web site would change to www.jets.com. CharterAuction, err, Jets International — which does not own […]

Rockwell Collins last week said it had received Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval from the FAA for its Pro Line 21 Integrated Display System (IDS), clearing the way for the systems to be installed on aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins AP-105 and APS-65 autopilot systems. In addition to the AP-105 and APS-65 autopilots, Pro Line […]

Amid all the talk of manufacturers meeting or beating their announced new-aircraft certification dates comes Raytheon, which has delayed its plans for the Hawker 4000, formerly the Hawker Horizon. So far, however, launch customer NetJets doesn’t seem too worried, especially since the delay is a minor one sought by the manufacturer. The delay’s source? Raytheon […]

Adam Aircraft continued its efforts to fully certify and bring to market its push-pull piston twin, the A500, even as it continues developing its A700 twinjet. Most recently, the company delivered the second A500 to a customer on Dec. 29, allowing the Pennsylvania-based physician to take advantage of the now-expired bonus depreciationallowance. The second Adam […]

Even as it celebrated CIS certification of is large-cabin bizjets, Gulfstream this month announced it would cease producing one of its “low-end” offerings, the G100 business jet, which began its life as the Israel Aircraft Industries Astra and evolved into the Astra SPX before adopting the Gulfstream model labeling system. The company on Jan. 13 […]

While Bombardier was preparing to fly its Challenger 605 for the first time, Gulfstream Aerospace was engaged in obtaining certification from the former Soviet Union of its existing fleet of large-cabin business jets, including the G350, G450, G500 and G550. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) issued its own certificates to Gulfstream, enabling the four […]

Bombardier took its next-generation Challenger 605 wide-body bizjet for is first test flight last Sunday. The 03:23 flight took place as the company scheduled when launching the type in November 2005, allowing the company to mark a significant milestone toward certifying the next member of its Challenger business jet family. Clear skies prevailed when the […]