Thanks For The Lift
We wouldn't get anywhere (fast) without it the aviation industry. Eleven aviation companies service Ketchikan. Some provide daily flights in and out of Ketchikan to both big and small communities,...
View ArticleGeneral Aviation Helps Lift Communities To New Heights
BY BRENT KISLING Airplanes arent the first thing we generally think about when we consider a local economy. Think again: The network of airplanes and airports in Oklahoma are crucial connectors for...
View ArticleMy Voice: General Aviation - Expanding Horizons
Noncommercial flights important to economy in S.D., across nation Recently, according to news reports, a hiker in Badlands National Park fell and slid into a crack in a rock, suffering injuries to his...
View ArticlePrivate Jet Company Clips Obama On General Aviation Comments
By Keith Laing A private jet company is chiding President Obama on Thursday for remarks he made in his debate with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about tax breaks for owners of...
View ArticleBiz Av Rep Reaction To Obama: Don't Touch Our Tax Breaks
It didn't take long. Within minutes of the end of the presidential debate last night, the business jet lobby was readying a response to President Obama comments that millionaires should be willing to...
View ArticleThe Debates Biggest Loser: The Wealthy
The wealthy had no friends in last night debate. From the battle over Donald Trumps small-ness, to the disparaging remarks about beleaguered private-jet owners to taxing the top earners, rich people...
View ArticleObama Blew It In Debate: NBAA
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen strongly condemned President Barack Obama's remarks in the first debate Aug. 3. He said the president made disparaging business...
View ArticleFormer Cessna CEO Critical Of Obamas Comment On Business Jets
It didnt take long for former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton to shoot off an e-mail to Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer following President Obamas remarks during Wednesdays debate about taxes paid by those who buy...
View ArticleAviation Group: Obama Off Base On Corporate Jet Breaks
By Linda Loyd President Obama's message to jet-setters: Pay your fair share. The president ruffled some high-flying feathers when he said that the United States should end tax breaks for the owners of...
View ArticleZinger From The President Stings Business Aviation
Zinger indeed. During the debate between Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Obama on October 3, the president hit a sour note with business aircraft owners. Its reverberating throughout...
View ArticleJet Set Grounds President Obama
By Kathryn Wolfe Corporate jet backers have a message for President Barack Obama: Your tax talk doesnt fly with us. The business aviation lobby is again defending its image following the presidents...
View ArticleAviation Advocates Criticize Obama Remarks
By Mary Grady, Contribution editor In last week's presidential debate, President Obama said people who operate business jets shouldn't be entitled to an accelerated-depreciation tax break. "My attitude...
View ArticleCessna CEO Asks Wichita Mayor To Defend Business Jet Market
Minutes after President Obama said in last weeks presidential debate that corporate jet owners should pay more taxes, former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton was e-mailing Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer asking for...
View ArticleNBAA Challenges Obama's Debate Remarks
By: Stephen Pope The National Business Aviation Association slammed Barack Obama's remarks about corporate jets in last week's presidential debate with Mitt Romney, saying the president...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Debate Remarks: More of the Same
By Stephen Pope I was on a flight to Brazil as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney squared off in their first presidential debate in Denver last week, and so I missed the live airing of the event. But as...
View ArticleBusiness Aviation Industry Up In Arms Over Obama Comments About Corporate Jet...
By: FRANÇOIS SHALOM MONTREAL The business aviation industry again has U.S. President Barack Obama in its sights. The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has fired off a letter to the White...
View ArticleLifting Our Communities To Much Greater Heights
By Brent Kisling ENID, Okla. While airplanes are not the first thing Oklahomans generally think about when we think about our local economy, the truth is that our network of airplanes and airports...
View ArticleTwo Greenville, SC Businessmen Take No Plane, No Gain to Heart
Two businessmen who won a local learn-to-fly contest in Greenville, SC in June say they were inspired by the national No Plane No Gain campaign sponsored jointly by NBAA and the General Aviation...
View ArticleNew Season of PBS's The Aviators Takes Off With NBAA Sponsorship
Contact: Dan Hubbard, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Washington, DC, October 22, 2012 As the third season of the PBS show The Aviators gets underway, the National Business Aviation Association...
View ArticleNBAA Unveils New 'No Plane No Gain' Advertising at 2012 Convention
Contact: Dan Hubbard, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Orlando, FL, October 30, 2012 A new media campaign emphasizing the size, importance and diversity of the business aviation community was...
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