B/CA Show News - NBAA 2007 Day 1 - (Page 29) d1p29 JM 9/24/07 9:01 AM Page 1 N B A A 2 0 07 Two Seats on the A380 Sell for Enough to Buy More than 5% of Eclipse Oddities of the world of eBay: an Australian pays a reported $100,000 for two seats on Singapore Airlines’ first A380 flight, while an entrepreneur in Denmark buys an entire Eclipse 500—for $1,833,945. “To me, it’s the top of the line,” Morten Wagner says in an Eclipse Aviation release. He’s already paid for it, forking over a premium for an early delivery slot on the $1.6 million craft. Eclipse put the jet, number 000038, on the eBay block at Oshkosh in July. Singapore Airlines put up the pair of A380 seats bought by Sydney’s Julian Hayward. He’ll be on the maiden flight home from Singapore late next month—first class. Bluebook Launches Online Value Guide Aircraft Bluebook-Price Digest’s (Booth 3117) online Historical Value Reference Guide provides access to 25 years of residual aircraft values. Available at www.aircraftbluebook.com, the product is designed for leasing companies, bankers, aircraft dealers, corporate fleet managers or anyone who needs to know the value trend history of a specific aircraft asset. Values for each year and model of all aircraft listed are displayed in easy-to-read graphic and tabular form. ARI Enhances Flight Manager Program Air Routing International (Booth 1705) is introducing enhancements to its Flight Manager web application that flight departments use to obtain current flight details on their planned trip as well as display the locations of aircraft and routes of planned flights. A new front page allows users to link directly to other information services; an in-house Card Program enables clients to view their invoice statements online through Flight Manager; and clients can now directly determine and configure the number of users who have access to Flight Manager. Yingling Launches Online Parts Service Wichita-based Yingling Aviation, the world’s largest Cessna Aircraft spare parts supplier, has launched CessnaDirect.com, an online parts ordering service. Customers can make inquiries, check availability, order parts and pay for them on a 24/7/365 basis. “This new online parts service will enhance our ability to respond expediently to inquiries and process orders in a timely way,” noted Yingling’s president Lynn Nichols. • ACARS/Datalink Over Iridium • Broadband Ready • VOIP & VO2W • Multichannel Global Voice & Data Service • PABX Features • Fax & Secure Voice • Interoperates with other communications and aircraft systems • Non-proprietary, open architecture • Never out of date Communicate on a higher level. 1-757-947-1030 www.icg.aero http://www.aircraftbluebook.com http://www.icg.aero
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