Não existe amor em SPOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 2 Sep 16 0After the excitement of the Olympics it was always going to be hard for LABACE to keep it going. The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff was… Read more
‘Embracing new technology’ – Jonny Nicol, StratajetOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 31 Aug 16 0Jonny Nicol: Bringing an old-fashioned industry out of the dark ages. After a stint in the military I became a corporate freelance pilot, which, amongst… Read more
Something for next weekOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 26 Aug 16 0One of the most popular TED talks is focused on why people procrastinate. I have not actually got around to watching it yet, but Tim… Read more
Expert Opinion: Saudi Arabia’s new safety rulesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 17 Aug 16 0With new safety rules coming into effect in Saudi Arabia on September 1, Clyde & Co partner Oliver Tebbit takes us through how the new… Read more
Data in the dumpsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 16 Aug 16 0At the end of every quarter, the General Aviation Manufacturing Association collates delivery reports from the aircraft manufacturers and puts out a state of the… Read more
Stonebriar Sells Paper PlanesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 29 Jul 16 0Banks still finance more deals than any type of financial institution – and there is no sign of this changing fast. But new bank regulations… Read more
Surfin’ EuropeOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 22 Jul 16 0Setting up shop in Europe seems to be a pretty big trend for US operators right now. Wheels Up, who announced their intentions last year,… Read more
RainboroughOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 15 Jul 16 0Although Farnborough is mainly known as a commercial and defence show, business aviation companies do also exhibit. This year saw the first public appearance of… Read more
The other big winner at WimbledonOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 8 Jul 16 0The biggest shock at the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament this year was Sam Querry beating Novak Djokovic. Djokovic, a 12-time Grand Slam champion holds all four… Read more
CitationgateOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 1 Jul 16 0Early one summer morning in 1972, five men were arrested after breaking into an office complex in Washington. They were no ordinary burglars and the office was… Read more
Keep Calm and Carry OnOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 24 Jun 16 0In the last few years thousands of companies have adapted a 1939 poster urging Britons to “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The original poster was designed… Read more
Sticky SingaporeOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 17 Jun 16 0Singapore this week hosted Corporate Jet Investor Asia and it was a surprisingly cheery affair. Half of the audience was fairly optimistic about the next… Read more
Florida Loves EmbraerOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 10 Jun 16 0During early May, the fuselage of a Legacy 450 arrived in Florida on a boat from Brazil. It will be the first Legacy 450 that… Read more
V V Difficult ProjectOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 6 Jun 16 0The star of the static display at EBACE was the first Boeing 787-8BJ VVIP aircraft (one V is not enough). It also marked the end… Read more
Buy, buy, buyOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 25 May 16 0Few people can claim this is not a tough market. But as the famous quote about the Borgias in ‘The Third Man’ (I am far… Read more
Bombardier and JETNET iQ rethink futureOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 24 May 16 0Bombardier released its latest 10 year forecast today at EBACE. It is forecasting that OEMs will sell 8,300 business jets worth $250 billion in the… Read more
Flexjet’s early Christmas presentOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 23 May 16 0Operating aircraft in Europe is tough. Especially right now. European fleets have decreased in size, and the number of business aviation flights has also fallen.… Read more
EBACE RaceOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 20 May 16 0Next week sees the annual migration of business jet people to Geneva for the European Business Aviation Convention. Thousands of people will be flying over… Read more
As the crow fliesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 13 May 16 0The English idiom ‘As the Crow flies’ has no direct translation into Chinese. Instead the country often uses the expression 直线距离. Literally translated this means… Read more
CIT comes homeOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0In the game of banking, often the real competition is not other lenders, but your colleagues in different departments competing with you for capital. Many… Read more
