tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58217245672583562882011-11-27T19:21:32.417-05:00Everything you ever wanted to know about private jets, business jets, corporate aviation, VIP/VVIP aircraft, luxury airplanes and celebrity jets: news, photos, specifications, production lists, rumors and more!Private Jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033426067610823692noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821724567258356288.post-82417150254785534022008-04-09T11:09:00.004-05:002008-04-09T11:39:39.562-05:00

OK, this has nothing to do with private jets. I know. My apologies. But as a public service announcement to you bloggers and website owners, I need to warn you.Please never, ever use networksolutions.com to look up (even less register) a domain name. I made the mistake to look up the availability of a domain on Network Solutions website this afternoon. I learned the hard way.The case is typical..

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MAXjet Airways has announced additions to its executive leadership team, including a new Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Vice President of People Services.The MAXjet Airways Board of Directors has appointed long-time board member and Extra Space Storage CEO Kenneth Woolley as Chairman, replacing Richard Sharp. Mr. Woolley is founder, Chairman and CEO

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Silverjet, the British-owned all business class airline, has announced the delivery of its second aircraft, due to begin service in July.The Luton-based airline said that the aircraft, purchased from Thomsonfly, will create an additional return flight on its London Luton to New York Newark route after its fit-out including 102 beds.Financing of the aircraft was via a sale and leaseback

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John Travolta has ticked off residents of Owl’s Head, Maine - because of his noisy Gulfstream G-II private jet (N492JT).Travolta regularly uses Knox County Regional Airport because it’s close to a home he owns - and locals are upset he doesn’t abide by rules to cut down on noise pollution. Residents claim the boisterous jet scares the hell out of people everytime he flies over.Airport manager

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Silverjet, the all business-class airline, has taken delivery of its second aircraft which will begin operating on the carrier's London Luton to New York Newark Airport route this summer.The airline began daily flights to New York at the end of January this year, offering a business class product for lower prices than full-service airlines.It now plans to add a second daily return service using

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The federal government has taken billions of dollars from the taxes and fees paid by airline passengers every time they fly and awarded it to small airports used mainly by private pilots and globe-trotting corporate executives. Some of these "general aviation" facilities used the federal dollars for enhancements such as longer runways and passenger terminals aimed at luring traffic, an

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Eos Airlines is adding three flights to its schedule between New York JFK and London Stansted to bring its all-business-class 757 service to 32 flights per week.

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The all-business-class airline sold 3,293 revenue seats in March, representing a 59% load factor. In addition, last month it began offering cargo services on its daily London Luton-Newark 767 flight. Silverjet Cargo will manage 10 tonnes of available payload outbound and 15 tonnes back to Luton. CargoOne is the GSA in the UK and Platinum Air Cargo in the US. The carrier signed trucking contracts

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Silverjet announced an underwritten placing, subject to shareholder approval, designed to raise £27 million ($53.1 million) gross. Shares are being placed at £1.80 each, a discount of 3.49% from the closing market price, the startup carrier said. The money will be used for "general working capital purposes."

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US design house Edése Doret Industrial Design is nearing completion of an interior configuration for a prospective customer for the VIP Airbus A380 "Flying Palace", although the client is yet to sign a firm order for the aircraft.Airbus revealed earlier this month that an unnamed launch customer had signed a letter of intent for the VIP A380.Company president Edése Doret says that while the

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NetJets Europe is expecting a fresh round of aircraft orders this year and is confident it will remain profitable, having reached this milestone for the first time last year - a decade after it began.Warren Buffett, chairman of NetJets parent company Berkshire Hathaway, said in his annual letter to shareholders that a "much improved situation is emerging at NetJets".The 1996 move into Europe was

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SAS Scandinavian Airlines is offering passengers the opportunity "to offset carbon dioxide emissions from air travel by paying [voluntary] compensation" via its website. Compensation fees are not set but the airline noted that a typical Scandinavia-Europe roundtrip would cost €4.50 ($5.93) for the passenger to offset his share of emissions generated.

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Delta AirElite continues to expand its long range business jet fleet with the addition of another large cabin late-model aircraft, a Gulfstream GIV-SP based in San Jose, Calif. The aircraft, which will be operated under Delta AirElite's FAR Part 135 operating certificate, is being added as demand for long range charter and Fleet Membership flying continues to grow. The GIV-SP has been a popular

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Bombardier Aerospace delivered 326 aircraft in year ended January 31 (vs 337 a year ago): 64 CRJs (vs 110); 48 Q-Series (vs 28); 71 Learjets (vs 69); 99 Challengers (vs 98); 42 Globals (vs 30); and two amphibians (vs 2).

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Embraer announced program milestones for Phenom 100/300. It plans in March to begin final assembly of Phenom 100 in São José dos Campos and make first flight mid-2007; several fuselage sections have been produced and assembled at Botucatu. Phenom 300 has completed schedule of full-model wind tunnel tests at TsAGI in Russia.

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GROB restarted spn flight testing after suspending program due to Nov 29 crash of aircraft #2; certification is 1Q08.

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DayJet yesterday announced the receipt of $50 million in capital resulting from the completion of its third round of private equity financing. The company said the money will allow it to launch its delayed on-demand VLJ service, to be based in Florida, in the second quarter.

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Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, will increase production of its Citation X business jet over the next five years. "Orders for the Citation X have been increasing and, as a result, we will be increasing production more than 65 percent from 2006 to 2010 to meet the growing demand for this popular aircraft," said Roger Whyte, senior vice president of sales and marketing."More than

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Silverjet flew 2,911 passengers in February, its first full month of operations. Load factor was 45% excluding passengers on promotional or discounted fares. CEO Lawrence Hunt said the all-business-class airline's forward bookings and cash flow "are substantially ahead of our initial expectations."

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The international market for business jets experienced sales of US$18.8 billion during 2006, an increase of 24.1% from the previous year, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).The market boom proved lucrative for aviation plane manufacturers, with shipments of 4042 units identified last year, compared to 3580 aircraft in 2005. This was the first time sales exceeded

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Investment company Petters Group Worldwide (PGW) has become the first US customer for the A318 Elite following its order for one aircraft. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based PGW plans to use the aircraft for corporate flights within the USA, and to Asia and Europe.The deal takes the orderbook for Airbus's Corporate Jet family this year to nine aircraft.

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Flight International reports that Airbus has received its first preliminary order from an unidentified customer for a VIP-configured A380 ultra-large airliner.Details of the arrangement are vague, but Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy told Flight's online news service Air Transport Intelligence that he has a letter of intent to supply a VIP version of the jet. "The problem

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Lufthansa Private Jet, the exclusive top-end service for individual and flexible air travel, has written another chapter in its success story. In 2006, the number of flights operated in this segment rose by 13 per cent. Up to ten private aircraft were booked daily during the year. The highest demand accounting for about 60 per cent of the total came from point-to-point connections to around 1,000

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While private jets are getting bigger, a new fleet of little jets (a.k.a very light jets) is carving out an explosive niche as the new rich man's taxi. Elite Traveler, the private jet lifestyle magazine, is tracking these and other emerging private jet travel trends of the world's super affluent. Now, the magazine reveals its latest report on the top five private jet trends in 2007 and offers a

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Cockpit voice recorder transcript from the ExcelAire Legacy 600 that collided with a Gol 737-800 in midair and resulted in the deaths of all 154 aboard the airliner, was published yesterday by Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil's largest newspaper. It indicated that the Legacy pilots had difficulty communicating with ATC throughout the flight. "I've got a problem with the radio here," one said, according

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Falcon 7X Passes Another Sales Milestone At his company's annual financial analyst meeting held Thursday, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne announced record results for the second consecutive year for Falcon business jets. A total of 158 firm orders were received worldwide in 2006. This includes a $1.1 billion US order from NetJets Europe for 24 Falcon 7X tri-jets, the

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MWR AVIATION (Michael Waltrip Racing), NC purchased ex-Lufthansa Cityline CRJ100 (msn 7021) from Bombardier. Michael Waltrip Racing, originally formed in 1995, is a NASCAR team owned and operated by two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip.Let's bet this airliner (which can normally seat 50 passengers) will be converted and operated in a smaller, more comfortable VIP or corporate shuttle

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Eos Airlines named former American Airlines and Royal Caribbean Cruises executive Jack Williams CEO, effective immediately. He replaces interim CEO David Pottruck, who will continue as chairman.Separately, Eos will add a third daily all-business-class New York JFK-London Stansted frequency "during peak travel days." The expansion is effective April 15.

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Airbus, maker of the delayed A380 superjumbo, is in talks with two potential buyers of private versions of the $300 million plane that the company calls the "flying palace." "They are not customers until they sign, but there are two very interested parties," Richard Gaona, vice president of Airbus' executive and private aviation unit, said in an interview Monday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "

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The superrich are increasingly buying widebody planes, remodeled to their own preferences for luxurious living aloftThink a luxuriously appointed private Gulfstream or Lear jet is the ultimate way to fly? Not any more. Increasingly, the world's superrich are buying big, big planes -- the same kind of widebody Boeing (BA) and Airbus jets the airlines use on long-haul flights -- and outfitting

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AIRBUS booked orders from ROYAL AIR FORCE OF OMAN for two A320CJs with V2500s for troop deployment and VIP transport, and from undisclosed customers for a A340-500 VIP with Trents and a A340-300 VIP with CFM56s.

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COMLUX, Switzerland (the company that operates Michael Schumacher's private jet) ordered two more A318 Elites with CFM56s, and has now ordered five (largest customer). It expects to take delivery of the first A318 Elite in 2Q07 after completion by LUFTHANSA TECHNIK at Hamburg.

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The image is a fond 1980s cliché... a tall arab man with a dark beard, very masculine facial features and a white cloth (kendora) slowly walks toward an expensive business jet. Popularized in the late 1970s as the oil 'nouveaux riches' expanded their influence to the West, the image of extremely wealthy sheikhs has evolved very little... take off the round dark shades, replace the Hawker jet by a

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The Kestrel, a new business aircraft prototype made by the UK's Farnborough Aircraft Corporation Limited (FACL), will make its first ever industry appearance at the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) event in Dubai on January 31st and February 1st.FACL intends the aircraft to be manufactured at Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company's (GAMCO) new state-of-the-art facilities in the UAE capital Abu

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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) announced today that it has agreed to finance the purchase of two Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft for National Air Services (NAS) of Saudi Arabia.The announcement was made during the first annual Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) conference & exhibition in Dubai. The aircraft purchase is valued at over US$50 million and represents the first such collaboration

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HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai World Central - Dubai Aviation Corporation, Government of Dubai, has unveiled the masterplan for the Middle East's largest executive jet centre at the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) exhibition at Airport Expo Dubai.HH unveiled a model of the world class facility which will be among the industry's best competing with Van Nuys in

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Elite Jets, one of the Middle East region's leading luxury private jet operators, has announced the latest aircraft to join its growing fleet. Elite Jets has just taken delivery of a Dassault Falcon 900B large size, long-range business jet, on behalf of a private customer.The company's current fleet also includes two Raytheon Hawker 850 aircraft and a Raytheon Hawker 1000.The announcement comes

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Lufthansa said it is extending its Lufthansa Private Jet cooperation with NetJets for a further five years after a successful 2006 in which the number of Private Jet flights rose 13%. Up to 10 private corporate jets were booked daily last year, with highest demand--60% of the total--coming from point-to-point connections to around 1,000 destinations in Europe and the Russian Federation. LH said "

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When billionaires and Google co-founders fly, they fly in style, and in a Boeing 767 private jet. The Google duo choose a 767-200 model that usually carries up to 180 passengers to be their private airplane. And because as far as performance and size were concerned, little change could be brought to the machine, Sergey Brin and Larry Page opted to transform the interior into a flying playground.

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"I have seen the future and it works." Lincoln Steffens's remark back in 1921 about the Soviet Union was hardly an auspicious prediction. But I am tempted to borrow the epithet to describe the new generation of business-class airlines, with business jets or reconfigured airliners, on trans-Atlantic routes.I recall an acrimonious argument with Bob Crandall, the iconic former chief executive of

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Poland has launched a tender for VIP aircraft to replace its Soviet-era Yakovlev YAK-40s. The Ministry of Defence is seeking to buy six aircraft, three of which will be configured to accomodate at least 11 passengers, including four in a dedicated VIP area.The three remaining aircraft will each have room for at least 15 passengers. The range requirement is a minimum of 5,000km (2,700nm), although

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French-language daily La Presse reports that the Quebec Government will seek tenders to replace an 18-year-old ambulance aircraft.Quebec Government's air transport arm (Service aérien gouvernemental) operates 20 aircraft, including 14 water bombers, 3 helicopters, and 3 transport/ambulance planes (Challenger 601-1A, Challenger 601-3A, Dash 8). The Challenger 601-1A is an ambulance aircraft, used

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Silverjet, the London Luton-based all-business-class carrier, launched operations yesterday with its maiden flight to Newark. It said sales "are comfortably ahead of management's expectations." It will start a second daily LTN-EWR flight in July and is "investigating further long-haul route opportunities."

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch a 36-seat, all-business-class 737-700ER on the Tokyo Narita-Mumbai route Sept. 1, a move that underscores a focus on premium traffic that is a highlight of the corporate plan unveiled yesterday in Tokyo. The plan focuses on frequency, yield, capacity decreases and more daily services to China, which will see ANA's first 737-700 BusinessJet enter

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Sean Carter aka Jay Z, musician, businessman, producer, marketer, Playboy and ladies man.

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Plane truthsWhen the cynical gun-runner Nicholas Cage wanted to impress Bridget Moynahan in Lord of War, he got a private jet to fly her out of a remote resort. That essentially is what a private aircraft enables you to do — go anywhere, anytime you want to. The flexibility is also the reason that the aircraft is popular with companies around the world.Internationally, biz jet sales are soaring.

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A publicity-hungry technology blogger attempting to fool people into believing he had exclusive pictures of the final fatal moments of the Gol Linhas Aéreas Boeing 737-800 that crashed into the Amazon jungle in September has been exposed by eagle-eyed aviation experts.THE CLAIM: the photos (below) were taken by one of the passengers in the 737, after the collision.THE CATCH: the pics were quickly

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A three-judge federal panel in Brazil ruled yesterday that two US pilots whohas been detained following the September mid-air collision between their Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Linhas Aéreas Boeing 737-800 can have their passports returned within 72h.Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been stranded in Brazil for 68 days following the 29 September crash that killed all 154 passengers and crew

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On February 16, 2005, a Cessna Citation 560, N500AT, crashed east of Pueblo Memorial Airport, while on an ILS approach to runway 26R. The two pilots and six passengers on board were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable causes of this accident were the flight crew`s failure to effectively monitor and maintain airspeed and comply with procedures for deice

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In December 2006, Pratt & Whitney Canada has purchased an ex-Wanair Dornier 328JET (Dornier Do328-300, MSN 3129) from Universal Assent Management (UAM) of Memphis, TN. Airstream Intl. Group of the UK helped to arrange the deal. The aircraft, configured for 35 passengers, will probably act as a corporate shuttle for the Canadian engine maker. The small jet was produced in Germany in 1999 and

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EMBRAER delivered 37 aircraft (two ERJ 145s; eight E170s; three E175s; 12 E190s; two E195s; 10 Legacy jets) in 4Q06 vs 40 (six ERJs; 11 E170s; five E175s; 10 E190s; eight Legacy 600s) in 4Q05.

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NETJETS ordered 30 more Hawker 750s (now 60) and 18 Hawker 900XPs (now 36) for delivery in 2009-2012.

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Oprah Winfrey is about to receive the custom-built, $42 million executive jet she ordered from Bombardier Aerospace, a Canadian newspaper reported.The talk-show host's production company, Harpo, is paying for the Global Express XRS jet, which will have seating for about 10 passengers, the Montreal newspaper La Presse reported.A spokesman for Bombardier told the French-language daily that

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