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CHARTER
BROKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS
As margins narrow and competition for
charter customer heats up, charter brokers are being squeezed out by
operators trying to claim all of the revenue in a charter for
themselves, says Matthew Winer of Executive Air Services. He's
drafted a document aimed at addressing the needs of both camps, and
AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with him at NBAA in Las Vegas.
Click here to listen. (5.6 MB,
6:05)
TRANSPARENCY
IN JET CHARTERS
James Chitty of PlaneClear, LLC says
clients too often know little about the equipment and personnel flying
them to their destinations. PlaneClear offers full disclosure to its
clients and AVweb's Russ Niles talked to Chitty about it at NBAA
in Las Vegas.
Click here to listen. (3.7 MB,
4:00)
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ORDERS
BEING TAKEN FOR NEW ECLIPSES
Production is expected to resume
for new Eclipse very light jets in 2013. The new aircraft will be
updated versions of the original, and AVweb's Russ Niles spoke
with Eclipse Aerospace's Mason Holland at NBAA 2011.
Click here to listen. (3.2 MB,
3:31)
CHINA
BUSINESS AVIATION GROUP IS BULLISH
Demand for business
aircraft is growing by 100% annually in China, a country that will soon
offer the world's largest economy, Jason Liao (founder, chairman
and CEO of China Business Aviation Group) told an audience at the NBAA
convention this week. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with Liao to learn
more.
Click here to listen. (7.9 MB,
6:53)
FLAT
FRAX
The fractional market is a mirror of the bizjet market,
but things may be looking up a little for fractionals. AVweb's
Russ Niles spoke with Bombardier Flexjet's Bruce Peddle.
Click here to listen. (5.8 MB,
6:20)
UAV
INSURANCE ON THE MARKET
Insurance is a given in aviation, and
insurance giant Swissre is tapping the emerging UAV market.
AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Swissre Corporate Solutions' UAV
expert Paul O'Ryan.
Click here to listen. (3.7 MB,
4:00)
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CESSNA
M2 UNVEILING
 Cessna
Aircraft Company unveiled a new business jet, the Cessna M2, at the
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas,
October 9, 2011.
QUEST
KODIAK EXECUTIVE INTERIOR
 Executive style and comfort come to the rugged Quest
Kodiak. The tuboprop Kodiak can carry more than 3,500 pounds of useful
load into and out of 1,200-foot unimproved airfields. (No paved runway
or airport required.) The airplane can cruise at 170 knots over 1,000
nautical miles. And it can now do all that with air conditioning,
weather radar, synthetic vision GPS, TKS flight into known icing
protection, and leather-clad executive seating for six.
CESSNA
CITATION LATITUDE BIZJET
 Cessna's latest business jet, the Citation Latitude
offering has an emphasis on cabin comfort and electronic connectivity.
Announced at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
Convention 2011 in Las Vegasm, the Latitude's cabin is integrated with
its new Clarity electronic interface system.
BLACKHAWK
CARAVAN
 Blackhawk Worldwide Aircraft Performance Enhancements
has improved the performance of the Cessna Caravan by mating it to a
more powerful Pratt & Whitney PT6 turbine engine. Displayed at the
National Business Aviation Association Convention 2011 in Las
Vegas.
EMBRAER
LINEAGE 1000 BUSINESS JET
 Embraer's Lineage 1000 business jet at NBAA 2011 in
Las Vegas -- this is not your average executive transport and compares
with offerings from Airbus and Boeing.
THE
REMANUFACTURED BEECHJET
 Nextant
Aerospace is modernizing the Hawker/Beechjet 400A/XP business jet with
new engines and avionics, and they say the result is more efficient than
similar aircraft and very cost-competitive.
PIAGGIO
P.180 AVANTI II
 One of
the most unusual-looking aircraft flying and shown at the static display
during the 2011 NBAA convention in Las Vegas, the Avanti II is an
all-Italian twin-turboprop airplane. Manufacturer Piaggio Aero says the
Avanti II offers superior speed per horsepower and larger interior cabin
dimensions than its competition in the turboprop segment.
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NBAA
NOTEBOOK: THE POLITICS OF EXCESS
As of Press Day, the NBAA
Convention had adapted well to its 2011 setting -- Las Vegas, the showy
capital of excess. But what happens at NBAA may not stay in Vegas, as
celebrity and politics share the spotlight in a show of such
theatricality that editor-in-chief Russ Niles had to post to the
AVweb Insider blog about it.
Read
more and join the conversation.
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