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eVTOLs, moats and buggy whips

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
14 May 18
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Thanks to Harvard professor Theodore Levitt, many senior executives now spend a lot of time worrying about whether their companies are like 19th century buggy…

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Middle East looks long-term

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
30 Apr 18
0

Corporate Jet Investor’s Dubai Conference took place this week at a time of rapid change. It is astonishing how quickly the Middle East business aviation…

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Donnelly hints at start of upturn

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
24 Apr 18
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When Scott Donnelly took on his role(s) of chairman, president and CEO of Textron in December 2009, he did not expect to be talking about…

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China loves pre-loved jets

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
18 Apr 18
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One of the signs of a mature business jet market is its acceptance of pre-owned aircraft. Normally the first business aircraft imported into a country…

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China leads Asia- Pacific fleet growth

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
17 Apr 18
0

If there is one measure of the rude health of the business jet industry, it must surely be the sheer numbers of people attending ABACE,…

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China trade war overshadows ABACE

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
16 Apr 18
0

Manufacturers and brokers bring aircraft to ABACE for the same purpose as sales people put cars on car lots – to promote and market their…

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Jet Aviation buys Hawker Pacific

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
16 Apr 18
0

It is not uncommon for a company to book a last-minute booth for a trade show, like ABACE which takes place in Shanghai next week.…

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The Middle East Report

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
9 Apr 18
0

Nestled between the Neolithic and Bronze ages, the cradle-of-civilisation period takes its name from the time where civilisation or society as we now know it…

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Flying Japanese, I think I’m flying Japanese, I really think so

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
30 Mar 18
0

Japan is one of the world’s most heavily regulated business aviation markets, so when a new operator sets up there it becomes big news. Especially…

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Jersey has another go at popping

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
23 Mar 18
0

Have ever wondered why some corn kernels pop and others don’t? It is all about water content. Kernels pop because they have a membrane or…

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Saudi shake-up

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
21 Mar 18
0

Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (MbS) – crown prince, first deputy prime minister, president of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs and minister…

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Niche is the word

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
9 Mar 18
0

The total fleet of Airbus Corporate Jets, Boeing Business Jets and Embraer Lineage jets amounts to about 500 aircraft. This is less than 3% of…

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Dassault launch Falcon 6X

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
6 Mar 18
0

New aircraft launches are usually upbeat events. Lasers and dancing girls build up the excitement before dry ice clears giving us the first view of…

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Delivery rise masks fall in billings

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
23 Feb 18
0

A few more sales, but lower revenues. That was the overall story for business jets last year. The number of deliveries rose by a pedestrian…

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Maintain it and they will come

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
16 Feb 18
0

The last few years have seen bucketloads of money invested in aviation technology companies offering to disrupt business aviation. But there are also lots of…

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Gama Aviation raising $67 million to expand

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
9 Feb 18
0

With stock-markets stumbling around the world, this may not have been the greatest week to raise equity, but Gama Aviation – the business aviation company…

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Not feeling the blues at Corporate Jet Investor London 2018

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
5 Feb 18
0

January is not peak tourist season in Britain. London’s black cab drivers actually call the month “the kipper season.” This is because, in the past, the…

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Corporate Jet Investor London 2018 – Day One

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
30 Jan 18
0

If you ever needed a sign that 2018 would be the year for business aviation to recover unequivocally, then you need look no further than…

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Corporate Jet Investor London 2018 – Day Two

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
30 Jan 18
0

Victor has closed its Series B funding round, after raising a further $18 million through an equity co-investment between BBA Aviation, BP Ventures and existing…

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America is open for business jets

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
26 Jan 18
0

President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos today. (If you are not familiar with the names, the WEF’s Davos meeting is…

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