Avinode sale – the first of many online business aviation charter deals to comeOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 9 Jan 15 0If you were out of the office at the end of December – and many of Avinode’s employees were – you may have missed the… Read more
Gama Aviation and Hangar8 is not the start of operator consolidationOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 14 0The merger of Hangar8 and Gama Aviation is a significant one. It will result in a global business jet operator with 144 aircraft under management… Read more
In-flight communicationsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 14 Nov 14 0In some corners of the internet there’s a debate raging about in-flight communications on commercial flights. The arguments for and against are fairly compelling. We… Read more
Chinese consolidationOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 2 Nov 14 0It’s no secret that making money in China is pretty tough going at the moment. Since Chinese premier Xi Jinping introduced his anti-corruption and austerity… Read more
Tough residual value decisions for operating lessorsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 14 0It is amazing how demanding the industry has become. In the last two weeks OEMs have launched three aircraft – Gulfstream’s G500 and G600 and… Read more
Plane Purchasing PowerOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 14 0The IMF says China will this year overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy (Britain did not make such a fuss 142 years ago).… Read more
NBAA 2014: Global Jet Capital steals the showOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 27 Oct 14 0Aircraft finance rarely makes the headlines at airshows, but today on a relatively quiet press day, the biggest story is the formal launch of Global… Read more
NBAA 2014 a good show for aircraft brokersOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 22 Oct 14 0NBAA is gradually drawing to a close and it has been a good one. A lot of the brokers located on the sweltering asphalt desert… Read more
It is time that we were flying on Supersonic aircraftOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 21 Oct 14 0By now we were meant to be flying between continents in hours. But as you have probably noticed, we are not. Aerion formerly launched its… Read more
Secrets in Savannah: Gulfstream’s G500 and G600 launchOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 15 Oct 14 0One thing that you cannot fault Gulfstream for is the ability of its employees to keep a secret. Everyone has known that Gulfstream has been… Read more
Gulfstream bets big on Pratt & Whitney with G500 and G600One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 15 Oct 14 0By choosing Pratt & Whitney engines for its new Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft, Gulfstream has either made a courageous decision or a marketing mistake.… Read more
Responsible users of business jetsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 3 Oct 14 0f you go to one of the major OEM’s website you can sign up to receive emails from their ‘Business Benefits Series,’ which promises “stories… Read more
Dude, where’s my fleet?One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 27 Sep 14 0More openness could encourage new participants to business aviation. There are some things in life that, no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be… Read more
No bah humbug for IS-BAHOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 20 Aug 14 0When I start to mention standards and audits, I expect many of you will have already decided to stop reading this. But while standards and… Read more
Business jet deliveries are up for nowOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 2 Aug 14 0It’s a generally accepted fact that global GDP growth of 4 per cent is needed to sustain growth in business aviation. Last year’s global GDP… Read more
China’s catch 22One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 13 Jul 14 0Some 42 of 46 Chinese business jet operators aren’t making any money. At the recent Corporate Jet Investor conference in Hong Kong we learned that… Read more
Happy Independence Day and enjoy the restOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 11 Jul 14 0I am writing this knowing that many of the people who normally read it will be off eating Turkey (or is that Thanksgiving?) and celebrating… Read more
Jersey Aircraft Registry grows the aircraft registration alphabetOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 7 May 14 0Jersey is the latest island that wants to register your aircraft. ZJ. Zulu Juliet. The Channel Island of Jersey this week announced that that will… Read more
Three rules for financing aircraft (or how not to get duped)One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Apr 14 0There are three points to consider when looking to borrow money to purchase an aircraft. There are a lot of reasons why aircraft buyers should… Read more
Were we too optimistic about the business jet recovery?One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 14 0Now that we are a third of the way through 2014, our predictions for the business jet market look like they may have been a… Read more
