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Could Air-Taxi Service Make a Comeback?

John Morris May 27, 2016

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil—Very light jets (VLJ) were all the craze when Embraer launched the Phenom 100 and 300 in 2005. The company confidently predicted it would deliver 1,000 of the aircraft in 10 years and capture 36% of the world’s business jet market by deliveries. But few could have...

John Morris

John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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