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May 18, 2007
Record Net Sales for Embraer, Net Income More than Halved
Embraer (ERJ) recorded net sales which were up 4.3 percent to $843.4 million, in the first quarter 2007 (1Q07) but net income was more than halved to $26.2 million compared to US$65.3 million reached in 1Q06. The company cited supply chain difficulties for...
May 11, 2007
New Webinar Helps Maximize Time at Paris
Solving the problem of all the conflicting demands on an attendee’s time at the Paris Air Show is the topic of the next AviationToday.com webinar, set for May 24 at 11 a.m. The hour-long session – The Paris Air Show: Predictions, Advice and...
May 4, 2007
VLJ Report
Eclipse Training: Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the world's first very light jet (VLJ), has completed its team of training partners for the high-performance Eclipse 500. Training is the largest concern as the Eclipse and other VLJs enter service with...
April 27, 2007
Cessna Delivers First Retail Mustang
The third production Mustang was delivered at Cessna’s (TXT) Independence facility to Dave and Dawn Goode of Goode Ski Technologies. The first two aircraft are being used for demonstrations, making the Goode transaction, the first retail delivery for...
April 20, 2007
New Entrant Gains DOT OK
Vision Air has been trying to gain a regional airline certificate for two years in order to expand its service from its limited charter operations and last week gained DOT approval for new services. The fledgling carrier, with a fleet of Dornier 228s and...
April 20, 2007
ADS-B Extended to Oregon
The state of Oregon, under its ConnectOregon initiative, purchased Sensis Corp’s Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) ADS-B ground-based transceivers (GBTs) for deployment at six airports across the state. With this deployment, real-time graphical and...
April 13, 2007
VLJ Report
Topics: DayJet, Mustang, Phenom DayJet Takes First Commercial VLJs Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the world’s first very light jet (VLJ), delivered three $1.5 million Eclipse 500 aircraft to DayJet, its largest customer with firm orders for 239 and...
April 6, 2007
Compass Certificated
Northwest’s (NWACQ) regional subsidiary, Compass, is ready for flight right on schedule having been certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration last week. Compass will launch operations next month between MSP and Washington Dulles. The...
April 6, 2007
NATA Reacts to Charter Disclosure Proposals
While agreeing that passengers aboard on-demand air charter companies should receive disclosure as to who is operating the flight, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) indicate disclosing names of individual owners would only confuse the...
March 30, 2007
Embraer Posts $3.8 Billion in Net Sales for 2006
Embraer (ERJ) recorded fourth quarter 2006 net sales of US$1,084.1 million and net sales for fiscal year 2006 of $3,807.4 million. Net income for the fourth quarter and full-year totaled $124.4 million and $390.1 million. The firm order backlog as of December...
March 30, 2007
Phenom Set for Wing/Fuselage Mating
In the wake of sterling financial results at Embraer (ERJ), the first Phenom 100 fuselage and wing have been completed at Botucatu plant, in Sao Paulo state's interior. The aircraft is now at the Sao Jose dos Campos facility for wing-fuselage mating and final...
March 30, 2007
Low-Tech Solutions to Provide Improved Runway Safety
While high-tech solutions now being tested around the country promise to put runway incursions into the same “solved” category as Controlled Flight into Terrain, Wind Shear and Mid-Air Collisions, it was the low-tech solutions that speakers at...
March 30, 2007
AviationToday Webinar Focuses on Outsourcing
Last week's Congressional hearings on whether or not the lack of oversight of maintenance, repair and overhaul options compromises safety, .makes AviationToday.com's Webinar that much more timely . The new event focusing on aviation maintenance practices and...
March 16, 2007
Quick Takes
Topics: Midwest, go!Express, Chinese Regional Jet, Pacific Wings, HondaJet Cape & Islands, Airline Liquor Licenses Midwest Connect Goes Non Stop to BWI, Raleigh Using SkyWest’s (SKYW) new operation as a Midwest Connect, Midwest Airlines...
March 16, 2007
Accident Rate Drops for 121 Operators
The state of civil aviation safety continued to improve in 2006, according to statistics released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The number of accidents in all segments of civil aviation in 2006 was less than in 2005, with general aviation...
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