Content Archive: May 2008

Regulations and Government

Short-term solution provided for Manifest Filing

NBAA has completed an online Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) submission service to allow Part 135 operators to comply with new requirements to

Dassault’s civil sales climb in banner year

At its Saint-Cloud headquarters near Paris, Dassault began presenting its 2001 results with military precision at 9 a.m.
Airports

Presidential action crucial to DCA access

Last month’s announcement that Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is being permitted to resume its pre-September 11 airline schedule on April
Safety

INS OKs hijackers' visas six months after 9/11

Plato may have been correct when he said, “Only the dead have seen the end of war,” but apparently that does not apply to flight instruction.
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Asia ramps up ops with a diverse fleet

Bombardier’s new Flexjet Asia executive charter program began operations on February 22 in a bid to make business aviation more readily available to visiti
Regulations and Government

UK NATS seeks higher user fees to make ends meet

Britain’s partly privatized National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has asked the government to allow it to raise en route charges to make up an estimated £23

Business aviation is the only bright spot in FAA GA forecast

With the notable exception of business aviation, general aviation is likely to continue declining in the short term and make a slower recovery than commerc
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Of VAT refunds and cabotage rules:

Valued-added taxes (VAT) may now amount to 25 percent of a jet fuel purchase in some parts of Europe.
Regulations and Government

Of Vat refunds and cabotage rules:

Cabotage is: (a) a cabbage soup popular in Russia; (b) the age of a guy named Cabot; (c) the transport of a paying passenger fro

Singapore show: Asian Aerospace 2002 Report

“So this is the post-September 11 face of the international airshow.” That was probably the dominant thought for many visitors to Asian Aerospace 2002 (hel