GREENSBORO — Honda Aircraft Company today announced that the HondaJet was the most-delivered jet in its category for the first half of 2017, as reported by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Honda Aircraft delivered 24 aircraft to customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and countries in Europe during the first six months of 2017. The […]
Washington, DC, April 24, 2013 – National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen today responded to legislation offered by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), which would single out one industry, general aviation (GA), for a change in its established depreciation schedule. The change proposed by the senator would apply to long-standing tax-depreciation […]
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen today expressed opposition to renewed calls for a new general aviation (GA) user fee, included in President Obama’s just-released budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014. “It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that the constant negative rhetoric about business aviation from the White House has […]
The Next Generation Air Transportation System is a transformative change in the management and operation of how we fly. NextGen will enhance safety, reduces delays, save fuel and reduce aviation’s environmental impact. This comprehensive initiative, which is already providing benefits, integrates new and existing technologies, including satellite navigation and advanced digital communications. Airports and aircraft […]
As was reported in AIN by Neelam Mathews on March 26, 2013, the strict Indian import regulations have eased slightly by removing the restriction for all import permits to be approved by the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh. While not the only issue operators face bringing aircraft into India, it was the longest part of […]
Though the airspace surrounding the world’s larger airports has long been very crowded, an increase of daily flights between Europe, North America and Asia in the early 1970s was a warning sign that airway traffic would one day bulge at the seams. It was the foresight of these unavoidable bottlenecks that bore the concept that […]