Aviation's impact seen across Iowa economy
Aviation is a key contributor to Iowa's economy, supporting more than 47,000 jobs statewide while making an annual economic impact exceeding$5.4 billion, a new report shows.The research documents how...
View ArticleWatsonville Airport is a Wonderful Asset for the City
In 1942, the City of Watsonville paid $93,000 for 287 acres of land to be used for development of the Watsonville Airport. The U.S Navy leased the land from the city in 1943 to support the war effort....
View ArticlePilatus Cuts Hours, PC-12 Production Rate
To help ride out the downturn in business aviation, Pilatus Aviation has decided to cut work hours at its Stans facility starting next month as it scales back PC-12 output.The decision cuts across the...
View ArticleCessna Readies For Piston-Production Cuts
Cessna Aircraft has announced plans for another round of production cuts at its Independence, Kan., and Columbus, Ga., plants, which focus on single-engine piston production.A letter from Jim Walters,...
View ArticleHawker Beechcraft Reveals More Cost-Cutting Measures
Following up on a letter last week from CEO Bill Boisture, Hawker Beechcraft has clarified how it will adjust to the current down market.On the chopping block at least through next year are company...
View ArticleFractional Jet Ownership Evolves
With shakeups in the executive suite, major startup failures and questions of survival for some established providers, Brian Foley Associates president Brian Foley concludes the fractional jet industry...
View ArticlePrivate Firms Balk at Paying Takeoff Fee
Small private aircraft operators should not have to pay a bigger share of modernizing the nation's air traffic control system, the chief executive of a nationwide trade group for business aviation said...
View ArticleAviation Maintenance Companies Feel a Pinch
DAYTON - The recession has taken a bite out of revenues for aviation maintenance companies, particularly those that service planes operated for corporations that have slashed business travel.The...
View ArticleNBAA's Bolen visits Atlantic Aviation at Chicago Executive Airport
"NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen and Barry LaBov, president and CEO of NBAA Member Company LaBov & Beyond Marketing Communications, Inc., visited Atlantic Aviation at Chicago Executive airport to...
View ArticleAviation Industry Suppliers Struggle along with Makers of Planes
WICHITA - Companies that supply aviation manufacturers have cut at least 1,000 jobs in the area since October as companies cancel or defer orders for planes.Wichita's three general aviation...
View ArticleDo corporate jets actually put money into the local economy?
Corporate jets became a popular symbol of wasteful spending after the Big Three automobile executives flew in to visit Capitol Hill seeking federal government bailout cash late last year.So intense was...
View ArticleCorporate Jets: The Good And Bad By The Numbers
Says the Daily Herald, corporate jets became a popular symbol of wasteful spending after the Big Three automobile executives flew in to visit Capitol Hill seeking federal government bailout cash late...
View ArticleCitation Jet Owner Pilots Association Holds First Annual Meeting In Aspen
Over forty Citation jets from the United States, Canada and South America flew into the Aspen airport for the first annual meeting of the Citation Jet Pilots owner pilot association (CJP) over the...
View ArticleIAMAW President Buffenbarger to Invite President Obama to visit Wichita
The No Plane No Gain campaign's message about the value of the 1.2 million jobs generated by business aviation was echoed by machinists union president Tom Buffenbarger, who this week invited President...
View ArticleNo Plane No Gain Responds to Negative Small-Airport News Coverage
For Immediate ReleaseContacts: Dan Hubbard, NBAA, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Katie Pribyl, GAMA, (202) 393-1500, kpribyl@gama.aeroWashington, DC, September 18, 2009 - In light of recent news...
View ArticleNo Plane No Gain Responds to Negative Small-Airport News Coverage
For Immediate ReleaseNo Plane No Gain Responds to Negative Small-Airport News Coverage Contacts: Dan Hubbard, NBAA, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Katie Pribyl, GAMA, (202) 393-1500,...
View ArticleCounty hopes business travel will soar at Henderson airport
No plane, no gain.That is the message on how important general aviation is to the local economy delivered last week at the Henderson Executive Airport by representatives of an organization boosting...
View ArticleWheeler Downtown Airport hopes to take off again
SECTION: A; Pg. 1Before the sun rises, the Waddell & Reed corporate jet, sleek and white, accelerates along Runway 1/19 of Wheeler Downtown Airport, lifts its nose and climbs.This is Hallmarks...
View ArticleGeneral aviation counters media
"The airlines took a gratuitous swipe at general aviation," NBAA's Ed Bolen tells the Wichita Eagle about recent news coverage that negatively portrayed small airports and business aviation. For the...
View ArticleSmaller airports defend fed funding
In the past three decades $32 million in federal funds have been awarded to airports in the Lafayette area.Local airport managers say that without that infusion of money their airports might not...
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