In a Nov. 13, 2012, email, Avantair President and founder Steve Santo attempted to reassure the troubled fractional ownership program’s 600-plus shareholders that the company was being proactive when it voluntarily grounded its fleet of 56 Piaggio P180 Avanti turboprops the previous month.
Organising finance for business aviation may just be getting a little bit easier thanks to a breakthrough deal being led by the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA).
Gulfstream has responded to calls by African customers for more aftersales support by appointing Tony Swift its first field service representative (FSR) on the continent.
Embraer Commercial Aviation forecasts that airlines in Africa and the Middle East will take delivery of 530 new jets in the 70 to 130-seat segment over the next 20 years (valued at USD 25 billion at list prices), representing 8% of the worldwide demand for the segment in the period. It is estimated that 65% of the total new deliveries will be added to support market demand growth while 35% will replace ageing retiring aircraft.
UAS International Trip Support, a provider of global trip support services for flight operators, VIPs, and government officials, is opening a regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.
This year's MEBA – held at the new purpose-built Dubai Airshow site at Dubai World Central between December 8-10, 2014 – will see both Emirates and Etihad making a debut at the region's biggest business and private aviation event, along with Qatar Executive and Saudia Private Aviation.
The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) Company of South Africa and the Swaziland Civil Aviation Authority (SWACAA) have signed an agreement, aimed at building essential aviation infrastructure that will unlock and stimulate regional economic activity - by contributing to a safe, efficient and reliable transport infrastructure within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region.
With the countdown to AfBAA Expo, Africa's first ever dedicated Business Aviation exhibition, AfBAA Expo, which will take place at Marrakech FRA Airport, 23 – 26 April 2014, well under way the organisers, the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) and IEC, are finalising details to ensure the inaugural event delivers a unique and stimulating opportunity for all those taking part.
Unlike most other panels’ sessions, however, the National Business Aviation Association’s Safety Committee focuses on human failings, systemic flaws and consequent errors that result in disaster and loss. Or, more specifically, how to prevent them.
Chinese business aviation used to suffer from the Singapore Syndrome, says David Dixon, a 22-year veteran of the industry here. Business jet manufacturers, caught in the classic bind of having few local sales and therefore little interest in setting up support facilities that would promote sales, assured their Chinese clients that they could have their aircraft serviced in Singapore.
In light of the high demand for traffic between Amman and Kuwait, Royal Jordanian will increase the frequency of its flights to the Kuwaiti capital, Kuwait, from 10 weekly flights to 14 (two daily flights) starting April 2014.
Business aviation in Nigeria has been hit by major scandal regarding the alleged improper use of business jets by the country's petroleum minister and the governor of one of the country's largest states.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is cautioning airline pilots to exercise “vigilance” in the approach phase of a flight to avoid “potentially catastrophic mistakes.” The safety alert, issued Wednesday, follows wrong-airport landings by Southwest Airlines and Atlas Air two months apart in January and November, respectively.
Gulfstream Aerospace super mid-size G280 added more city-pair records to its already impressive list. In less than a month's time, the G280 set six new records, bringing the aircraft's total speed records to 45.
A series of flights to and around Africa led to a series of world speed reords for the Gulfstream G280 business jet as it added six city-pair records In less than a month.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is urging air-navigation service providers (ANSPs) and their regulators to follow published missed-approach procedures so pilot distraction is minimized during these high-workload scenarios. In a safety information bulletin (SIB) published March 20, EASA calls on ANSPs and civil aviation authorities to heed specific recommendations in a 2013 study by France’s BEA accident investigation agency.
The White House is projecting that the balance of the user-funded Airport and Airway Trust Fund will grow steadily over the next decade even as the Obama administration pushes to have it pay for nearly all of FAA’s activities.
