Why The Big Three Should Fly Corporate Jets
When the heads of the Detroit Three auto companies return to Washington this week to testify before Congress about their restructuring plans, they won't be traveling on their corporate jets. Not after...
View ArticleIt's Not The Planes
Letter to the Editor: While the ill-advised decisions of the auto company CEOs regarding their use of small aircraft has been detailed repeatedly (For many CEOs, private jets the only way to fly,...
View ArticleOPINION: The Mile-High Office
Business jets are a force for good. Really. This may seem like an outrageous statement, especially right after the public hubbub that caused Citigroup the beneficiary of billions in government...
View ArticleIn Defence Of The Corporate Jet
In the corporate jet business, there are three people who are especially unpopular these days: the heads of the Detroit Three automakers. When the trio jumped on their corporate planes and flew to...
View ArticleLincoln, NE Benefits From Mile High Offices
With multi-million dollar price tags, it's hard for many to believe business jets are good for an economy in a runaway recession. There's been a lot of criticism of companies like Citigroup and the big...
View ArticleCessna Fights Back On Private-Jet Trend
Orders for business jets nose-dived after lawmakers pilloried leaders of Detroit's Big Three auto makers for flying corporate planes to Washington to seek a government bailout. Now, one jet maker is...
View ArticleTurbulent Ride for Private Jets
Eight big-bank executives will be making their way to Washington today to testify before the House Financial Services Committee. And they won't be flying into town in private jets. The corporate...
View ArticleNo Plane No Gain: GAMA and NBAA Launch Multi-Media Advocacy Campaign
Comprehensive Initiative Will Underscore Importance of Business Aviation To American Workers, Policymakers, Companies and Communities Across the U.S. Contacts: Dan Hubbard, (202) 783-9360,...
View ArticleThe Travails of the Business Jet Industry
These are very tough times for the business jet industry. The now infamous trip by the heads of the Detroit big three to Washington on board corporate jets to plead for cash from the US government has...
View ArticleNBAA, GAMA Resurrect No Plane, No Gain Campaign
NBAA and GAMA today swept the dust off the slogan No Plane, No Gain, which was launched by the two associations in 1993 to highlight the benefits of business aircraft but was later left to quietly...
View ArticleGAMA, NBAA Launch 'No Plane No Gain!' Advocacy Campaign
Looking to reinforce the value of business aviation to American workers, policymakers, companies and communities across the US, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and General Aviation...
View Article'No Plane No Gain' Campaign Re-Emerges as an Industry Advocate
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have joined forces again to promote the message that business aviation is a productive...
View ArticleCorporate Jet Companies Fighting Bad Perception
It all started when the CEO's of the big three automakers flew private jets to Washington to plead for public funds. Now, corporate jet companies are suffering across the country. Ira Eichenfield has...
View ArticleAviation firms fighting mad over corporate aircraft criticism
The business aviation industry, already reeling from the recession, now is crying foul over recent high-profile congressional attacks on the use of corporate aircraft - attacks they say are making a...
View ArticleBusiness travel industry touts its economic value
WASHINGTON: In reaction to sharp criticism from lawmakers and the media, the business travel industry has launched several advocacy campaigns to validate its role in the US' economic recovery. The US...
View ArticleCorporate Jets Not Bad Business
Mike Vargo says business aviation is being demonized, and he's sick of it. Ever since the CEOs of the "Big Three" automakers traveled by private jet in November to ask Congress for $25 billion in...
View ArticleKid on a Shuttle
At 16, Brandon Gordon is into gaming with his XBox 360, likes hanging with his buddies in his hometown of DeWitt, Mich., and is an unabashed hockey fanatic he not only talks the game nonstop, but...
View ArticleEconomy Brings Plane Manufacturing Down To Earth
Listen on NPR Nothing says money and power like a business jet. But the industry that makes them is in a tailspin. Small airplane manufacturing is dominated by American firms, many located in Wichita,...
View ArticleCut in business jet use pinches airport
Amid a recession and increased scrutiny of corporate expenses, Charlotte's once soaring private aviation scene is losing some altitude.As some companies sell jets and fly less, they're laying off...
View Article'Air Capital' Wichita Bruised by Aviation Industry Woes
Nowhere is the pain of a slowdown in the general aviation industry felt more deeply than in Wichita, which bills itself the "Air Capital of the World."About 70% of the word's general aviation aircraft...
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