Double digit delivery dropOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 31 Jul 17 0All the major dedicated aircraft manufacturers have now reported their delivery figures for the first six months. It is no surprise that the number of… Read more
2,500 and countingOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 24 Jul 17 0Yesterday Dassault delivered a Falcon 900LX to a US customer. It is the 2,500th Falcon Jet the French manufacturer has delivered since the first one… Read more
550 not outOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 24 Jul 17 0When Gulfstream introduced the G500 and G600 in October 2014, they said that the new aircraft were not meant to replace the G450 and G550.… Read more
Falcon Five X FliesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 12 Jul 17 0When Dassault rolled out the first Falcon 5X in June 2015, those invited were treated to a show where dancers used a series of mirrors… Read more
The price is rightOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 4 Jul 17 0In a recent article on the FT website, business jet broker Colibri Aircraft says that there has never been a better time to buy an… Read more
People like us – how 10,000 Americans view business aviationOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 27 Jun 17 0The general public likes business aviation, but does not know much about it Do you remember the criticism that the automakers received when they flew… Read more
Asia’s Magical Reality – Corporate Jet Investor Asia 2017One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 22 Jun 17 0It is easy to be optimistic about Asian business aviation. Asia is the world’s biggest continent – with 4.4 billion people – but has just… Read more
Business aviation hopes for US air traffic control delaysOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 14 Jun 17 0Thousands of people have been watching worrying developments involving President Donald Trump in Washington this week. Many are rightly concerned by what they have heard.… Read more
JetSuite launches aircraft managementOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 2 Jun 17 0JetSuite, the Californian operator, likes being different. Last year it launched public charter services with Embraer EMB135 jets. This week it has announced a new… Read more
Privatising American ATC Is Not Good GreatnessOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 26 May 17 0A New Foundation For American Greatness (ANFFAG) the first budget from The Trump Administration is attracting a lot of debate. For aviation, the biggest announcement… Read more
Little News Is Not Bad News (One Minute EBACE 2017 – Day 1)One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 22 May 17 0The press day at EBACE 2017 was pretty subdued. This may be because it took place on the Sunday due to the Swiss Ascension Day… Read more
Pre-Owned Market Hotter Than New Sales (One Minute EBACE 2017 – Day 2)One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 22 May 17 0The only things in Geneva that are not overpriced are the views. This year with the sun shining, the mountains are providing a stunning backdrop… Read more
Recklessly Pessimistic (Corporate Jet Investor One Minute Week 316)One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 19 May 17 0Over the last few years, the term ‘Cautiously optimistic’ has become the most overused expression in business aviation. Not that it really means anything. It… Read more
A question of form – part twoOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 16 May 17 0Our email on Friday (below) arguing that the business aircraft industry should look at standardised forms received a lot of comment. Both the European Business… Read more
A question of form (part 1) – what business aviation can learn from yachtingOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 15 May 17 0There is a decent amount of overlap between yacht and aircraft buyers, so it is surprising how the two markets have evolved quite so differently.… Read more
Bahrain Mumtalakat invests in FAIOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 6 May 17 0Bahrain Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has made its first business aviation investment. The company has acquired a stake in Axtmann… Read more
Modesty in DubaiOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Apr 17 0The consensus amongst speakers and delegates at Corporate Jet Investor Dubai was that the last few years have been tough for the Middle Eastern business… Read more
Trump now likes Ex-Im, but new bank head does notOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 25 Apr 17 0The Export-Import Bank of the United States was founded in 1934 and for its first 80 years it rarely attracted much mainstream attention. This changed… Read more
Business aviation’s lost decadeOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 17 0In 2013 Citigroup issued a depressing piece of research suggesting that the business jet market faced a “lost decade” of flat deliveries. It argued that… Read more
Honda’s Asian pondersOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 12 Apr 17 0There is nothing not to like about the HondaJet. From its unusual over the wing mounted engines, to its rather charming back story, for one… Read more
