eVTOLs, moats and buggy whipsopinion Alasdair Whyte 14 May 18 0Thanks to Harvard professor Theodore Levitt, many senior executives now spend a lot of time worrying about whether their companies are like 19th century buggy… Read more
Middle East looks long-termopinion Alasdair Whyte 30 Apr 18 0Corporate 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… Read more
Donnelly hints at start of upturnopinion Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0When 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… Read more
China loves pre-loved jetsopinion Alasdair Whyte 18 Apr 18 0One 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… Read more
China leads Asia- Pacific fleet growthopinion Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 18 0If there is one measure of the rude health of the business jet industry, it must surely be the sheer numbers of people attending ABACE,… Read more
China trade war overshadows ABACEopinion Alasdair Whyte 16 Apr 18 0Manufacturers and brokers bring aircraft to ABACE for the same purpose as sales people put cars on car lots – to promote and market their… Read more
Jet Aviation buys Hawker Pacificopinion Alasdair Whyte 16 Apr 18 0It 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.… Read more
The Middle East Reportopinion Alasdair Whyte 9 Apr 18 0Nestled 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… Read more
Flying Japanese, I think I’m flying Japanese, I really think soopinion Alasdair Whyte 30 Mar 18 0Japan 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… Read more
Jersey has another go at poppingopinion Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 18 0Have 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… Read more
Saudi shake-upopinion Alasdair Whyte 21 Mar 18 0Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (MbS) – crown prince, first deputy prime minister, president of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs and minister… Read more
Niche is the wordopinion Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 18 0The total fleet of Airbus Corporate Jets, Boeing Business Jets and Embraer Lineage jets amounts to about 500 aircraft. This is less than 3% of… Read more
Dassault launch Falcon 6Xopinion Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 18 0New aircraft launches are usually upbeat events. Lasers and dancing girls build up the excitement before dry ice clears giving us the first view of… Read more
Delivery rise masks fall in billingsopinion Alasdair Whyte 23 Feb 18 0A few more sales, but lower revenues. That was the overall story for business jets last year. The number of deliveries rose by a pedestrian… Read more
Maintain it and they will comeopinion Alasdair Whyte 16 Feb 18 0The last few years have seen bucketloads of money invested in aviation technology companies offering to disrupt business aviation. But there are also lots of… Read more
Gama Aviation raising $67 million to expandopinion Alasdair Whyte 9 Feb 18 0With stock-markets stumbling around the world, this may not have been the greatest week to raise equity, but Gama Aviation – the business aviation company… Read more
Not feeling the blues at Corporate Jet Investor London 2018opinion Alasdair Whyte 5 Feb 18 0January 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… Read more
Corporate Jet Investor London 2018 – Day Oneopinion Alasdair Whyte 30 Jan 18 0If you ever needed a sign that 2018 would be the year for business aviation to recover unequivocally, then you need look no further than… Read more
Corporate Jet Investor London 2018 – Day Twoopinion Alasdair Whyte 30 Jan 18 0Victor 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… Read more
America is open for business jetsopinion Alasdair Whyte 26 Jan 18 0President 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… Read more
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