G550 in action
“The Gulfstream G550 can fly up to 51,000 ft/15,545 m and at speeds up to Mach 0.885. Powered by two Rolls-Royce BR710 engines, the G550 can fly eight passengers and four crew 6,750 nm/12,501 km at Mach 0.80. The G550 also features the PlaneView cockpit with Gulfstream’s Signature Cursor Control …
GULFSTREAM REVEALS UPGRADED G600 CABIN MOCK-UP | Gulfstream Newsroom
GULFSTREAM REVEALS UPGRADED G600 CABIN MOCK-UP | Gulfstream Newsroom More NBAA News: Textron introduces Hemisphere, new Longitude NBAA: Textron revamps Longitude and introduces Hemisphere | Flight Global News Latitude Max Range: 2,850 nm Max speed: 446 ktas Max passengers: 9 people Useful load: 12,394 lb MTOW: 3,580 ft Watch Citation …
BBA Aviation buys Landmark Aviation for $2.1 Bn
BBA Aviation and Landmark combine to form the largest FBO in the world
2014 Operations Costs Guide (compiled by Aviation Research Group/U.S.)
BCA’s Ops. Costs Guide 2014 shows data into seven areas: 1. Aircraft Categories (six categories there, Cat. 1 -turboprops < 12,500 lbs. and VLJs < 10,000 lbs., Cat. 2 multiengine turboprops of 12,500 lbs or more and LJs of 10,000 to 19,999 lbs, Cat. 3 jets of 20,000 to 29,999 …
Jet Charter VistaJet reported in talks for a sale
VistaJet, a Swiss broker that owns its plans is in talks with bankers over a potential sale of the business which could fetch up to $900 million, according to Reuters. “Bombardier last year sold FlexJet for $195 million in a deal estimated by analysts to be worth between 8 and …
LP perspective: “great merger” between hedge fund and private equity managers in the future
On Opalesque TV, Charles Van Vleet, CIO and Assistant Treasurer of Textron, Inc. discusses his best asset allocations, why benchmarking against the HFRI is a mistake in a rising S+P environment, “good HF managers are using a private equity structure”.
Personal jet use of company CEOs up
Bloomberg reported this month that “For the 50 largest S&P 500 companies that reported data, the average co. jet use was $284,682 in 2013 up from $276,014 in 2012. For the 10 largest, the average jumped to $259,643 last year.” Companies are required to report uses of $25,000 or more …
Business Aircraft Finance Primer
Having the flexibility afforded by private air transportation is an important time-management tool for businesses that have operations in harder to reach/widely dispersed geographical locations. According to the NBAA, an industry lobbying group, the majority of business aircraft seat six passengers and fly an average trip of less than 1000… …
Pre-flight planning app for the Ipad
AC-U-KWIK Ipad App FBO /handler and ground servicesFuel service providersExtensive clearance dataAirport DiagramsSelective maintenance and catering servicesWeather forecasts and updatesNo. America approach and departure diagramsGeo-referenced mappingDistance calculator Click for Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Q4 report BC&A PilotReport: Learjet 75