B/CA Show News - NBAA 2007 - September 27, 2007 - (Page 1)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 NBAA 2007 Why Buy Columbia? Cessna chief Jack Pelton explains the strategy. –Page 3 Too Much of a Good Thing? The boom is making some OEM CEOs nervous. –Pages 6 & 10 The User Fee Fracas NBAA’s Bolen, AOPA’s Boyer continue the fight. –Page 14 Big Toys for Big Boys Aero Toy Store takes the old saw to new lengths. –Page 16 At least 115 business aircraft crowded onto the ramp at Fulton County Airport for this year’s record-breaking NBAA. They ranged from the small Eclipse 500 and Diamond D-Jet to the BBJ and, for the first time, the Airbus A318 Elite owned by Comlux. Honeywell for RNP Gulfstream to offer Required Navigation Performance.–Page 18 Takeovers a Feature at Record Show This year’s record-setting NBAA show will more likely be remembered for company takeovers than orders. Among the major business restructurings announced here over the last two days were: • India’s Kingfisher Airlines buying a 50% stake in Epic Aircraft with the goal of building hundreds of VLJs in that country. Airbus will help with certification. • The replacement of Taiwanese investors as majority investors in Sino Swearingen by Action Aviation and ACQ Capital. • Cessna’s intended acquisition of Columbia Aircraft to add to its product range. High Miles Air Taxi Greenville’s SATSair hits 5 million passenger miles. –Page 19 Bombardier at Your Service A concerted effort to improve customer call center. –Page 24 NARA Names Officers Susan Shears will be president for 2008. –Page 24 DayJet Is Ready to Fly Ed Iacobucci had a lot to celebrate here yesterday: his birthday, and the imminent full-scale launch of his DayJet air taxi service. DayJet has been carrying out low intensity revenue flights with 12 Eclipse VLJs; another seven will be delivered over the next two weeks. DayJet, based in Florida, is the first VLJ air taxi service. Learjet’s Racier Image Manufacturer taps Lewis Hamilton from F1 as spokesman. –Page 25 ILA 2008 in Berlin Organizers promote their show in May 2008. –Page 26 Gulfstream Hangar Opens New Savannah facility can handle 18 large jets at once. –Page 28 NEWSMAKERS Anti-Runway Incursions Honeywell and Sensis team on ASDE-X system. –Page 30 Phenom No.2 Makes First Flight The second Embraer Phenom 100 made its first flight yesterday at company headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The flight crew was Captain Marcio Brisolla Jordão, Captain Antonio Bragança Silva, and flight engineer Carlos Roberto Silveira Filho. Two more jets will join the test program. Page 33 Like Really Large Cabins? California company suggests, well, a blimp. –Page 30 Paul Touw, XOJet California upstart thunders into NBAA 2007 with orders for 30 Cessna Citation X jets and a further 80 Challenger 300s—for a total of $2.5 billion. Skeptics abound, but Touw thinks the business aviation market will bear it. Page 8 Sentient-Jet Direct Steven Hankin tells how he’s managing the merger. –Page 38

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Why Buy Columbia? Too Much of a Good Thing? The User Fee Fracas Big Toys for Big Boys Honeywell for RNP High Miles Air Taxi Bombardier at Your Service NARA Names Officers Learjet’s Racier Image ILA 2008 in Berlin Gulfstream Hangar Opens Anti-Runway Incursions Like ReallyLarge Cabins? Sentient-Jet Direct

B/CA Show News - NBAA 2007 - September 27, 2007

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