Clearing Skies for Private Jets
The private jet industry has been a bit more optimistic lately, in part because of business travelers like Mark Dowley who use it to patch holes in the domestic air travel system. Mr. Dowley, an...
View ArticleNo Plane No Gain Top Ten Booklet Continues to Prove a Valuable Advocacy Tool
No Plane No Gain Top Ten Booklet Continues to Prove a Valuable Advocacy ToolThe No Plane No Gain Top Ten booklet, featuring testimonials from 10 great CEOs from 10 great companies, each with one of...
View ArticleStudy makes recommendations to improve operation of Dutchess County Airport
Dutchess County Airport in Wappinger provides an economic impact benefit of more than $44 million annually, but it is not financially self-sufficient. The county contracted with airport experts Steven...
View ArticleDrastic Changes Affect North Dakota Airports
BY: Jessica RooseGovernor Dalrymple has declared this aviation month across the state. Marc Taylor has been flying since the 1970s and many of those flights have been in and out of the Mandan Municipal...
View ArticleNBAA Sets Newspaper Straight on Business Aviation
BY: Ed BolenAccording to recently released data from the World Economic Forum, the U.S. ranks fifth in the world in competitiveness due to factors such as stagnating wages, underinvestment in...
View ArticleTime To Spotlight State's Vital Asset
Earlier this year, a boy hiking with his family became stuck on a rock while hiking near Gold Bar. The story was reported in the Everett Herald, Seattle Times, and local TV stations, and caught...
View ArticleAerospace Manufacturing Takes Off in South
BY: Pamela M. PrahThe South is home to auto giants Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Nissan Motor Co. It is increasingly attracting some of the biggest names in aviation, including Boeing Co. in South...
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...
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