Jet cancellation hits Rockwell Collins jobs
The suspension of a Cessna business jet has resulted in 20 layoffs at Rockwell Collins, most of them in California. Cessna announced last week that it has suspended production of the Citation Columbus...
View ArticleGA Deliveries Decline 41 Percent In First Quarter
Shipments of general aviation aircraft fell by 41 percent in the first three months of 2009, compared to the same period a year ago, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association said on Tuesday....
View ArticlePilots group takes to the airwaves
In Washington, even a footnote can launch a multimillion-dollar lobbying blitz. Buried near the end of President Barack Obama's budget summary is the seemingly unremarkable footnote: "Starting in 2011,...
View ArticleBolen (Re)Educates Senate, 'GA Is Fundamental To America's Future'
NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen told members of Congress that the GA community remains committed to continued progress toward a NextGen system. "For years, general aviation has been at forefront of our...
View ArticleBizav bites back in bogus class war
Perception is reality. That was the message yesterday from European and U.S. business aviation leaders who are waging an image campaign against politicians and the media engaged in class warfare...
View ArticleCorporate Jets: Luxury Or Necessity?
Private jets flown by CEOs have become symbols of excess. But for many, these small planes are vital to their businesses and their rural communities, as CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann...
View ArticleTextron sees corporate jet deliveries down in 2010
BOSTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Textron Inc. expects deliveries of corporate jets to continue to decline next year, with recovery likely to trail corporate America's return to profit growth by a year and a...
View ArticleIn Defense of Your Own Plane
HAMMERED BY THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, SOME OF America's biggest companies are dumping their corporate jets. While the move can have the immediate effect of boosting the balance sheet and eliminating a...
View ArticleGulfstream, affiliate to lay off workers at Love Field facilities
Gulfstream Aerospace and an affiliate plan to lay off about 25 percent of their combined work force employed at Love Field facilities in Dallas, a direct result of the recession, which has severely...
View ArticleBusiness Aviation Fights Back
Industry organizations and airplane manufacturers have launched campaigns to counter the smears and misconceptions about business aviation.The economic downturn has taken its toll on business aviation....
View ArticleGulfstream Leader Sees BizAv Image Gains
Early returns from the industry's "No Plane, No Gain" campaign indicate attitudes about business aviation are beginning to change, but more needs to be done, Gulfstream President Joe Lombardo said....
View ArticlePSST - Rising to the Occasion
With all the uproar over corporate excess in a tanking economy (including first-class travel and corporate jets), Denise Wilson wants people to know about "the generosity that quietly occurs in...
View ArticlePrivate jet Industry's Rough Ride
As CNBC's Squawkbox reports, turbulent economic times and misperceptions about business aviation have sent the industry into "uncharted territory." NetJets founder and CEO Richard Santulli clarifies...
View ArticleCompany Jet Expands Business Opportunities
FORT WAYNE, IN (Indiana's Newscenter)--Labov and Beyond is a Fort Wayne-based marketing communications business that serves clients all around the country. They say their business jet, while costly,...
View ArticleEditorial: No plane, no gain
COMMERCIAL AIRLINES serve about 500 airports in this country. Privately owned aircraft can land at 5,000 airports.Do the math.For companies with executives who must travel to many different cities,...
View ArticleJustifying jets: Travel discouraged
CEDAR RAPIDS, Jun 07, 2009 -- Rockwell Collins, which has been stung by the downturn in business jet sales, has gone on the offensive against criticism of the flying offices. Business jet deliveries...
View ArticleBizjet Recovery Still 'Far Off,' Says J.P. Morgan
Pre-owned business jet inventories are stabilizing, but recovery of the business aircraft industry "still looks far off," according to a recently released report from J.P. Morgan Research. The...
View ArticleLetter: Small airports key to business growth
I am a pilot, businessman and the CEO of SynGest. We will be building our first facility to produce anhydrous ammonia from corn cobs in Menlo. For our expansion strategy within the state (up to 20...
View ArticleNBC Story Highlights Veterans Airlift Command
This story highlights the work being done by Veterans Airlift Command to provide free air transportation to wounded warriors, veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes...
View ArticleWhiteman Serving Business Aviation in Low Key Way
Tucked out of the way on the eastern edge of the San Fernando Valley, Whiteman Airport may be a small airfield but it looms large for those pilots keeping aircraft there and businesses located there....
View Article
