NBAA 2018 is over – Veni, vidi, volavi news Alasdair Whyte 19 Oct 18 0The business jets and aviation stands are gone from the Orlando Convention Centre. Now replaced with refrigerators and lettuce of the Fresh Convention and, tomorrow,… Read more
NetJets considers options at NBAA 2018news Alasdair Whyte 15 Oct 18 0There is nothing like a big fleet order to get the headlines. And when you do not have a big order, announcing options is the… Read more
Embraer’s Latin flair involves Latin languagenews Alasdair Whyte 14 Oct 18 0Embraer has launched two new aircraft: the Praetor 500 midsize jet and the Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet. The Praetor 600 is expected enter service… Read more
Ernest leaves Textron Aviation for golf course(s)news Alasdair Whyte 12 Oct 18 0 The things people will do to avoid visiting Orlando. Just three days before the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE),… Read more
The tech arms racenews Alasdair Whyte 26 Sep 18 0 Once you have got past the tourists outside, there is a surprising calm in the Wheels Up offices (it possibly helped that Kenny Dichter,… Read more
PrivateFly bets the housenews Alasdair Whyte 10 Sep 18 0There are many ways of reducing risk when you start a new business. You could test the concept while staying in your job or find… Read more
Kenn Ricci’s Directional Aviation buys PrivateFlynews Alasdair Whyte 5 Sep 18 0One Sky, part of Directional Aviation, has acquired online charter broker PrivateFly. Adam Twidell and his wife Carol Cork (pictured) founded PrivateFly in 2008 by… Read more
Maintain it and they will comenews 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
Optimism jumps the pondnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Jan 18 0When the US business jet market catches optimism, Europe follows. This is dreadful paraphrasing, but also true. There are signs that it is already happening.… Read more
