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Executive jet appetites
It is easy to forget how food and beverages appear on board a private flight. But the comfort and convenience of private flight would be greatly reduced were it not for the catering companies that supply to this sector. We talk to a selection of caterers...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
A handle on private flight
Handling the business aviation community is not limited to large chains of FBOs, or even to very niche operators. Executive handlers come in all guises, including those organisations more often associated with handling airlines. We look further at the executive handling market in Europe and the Middle East and talk to handlers who are firmly entrenched in this sector...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Filling up
Fuel prices may be sky high and operators may be feeling the pinch but despite the cost of filling up, business jet industry growth continues unabated. Jo Murray speaks to the fuel companies and resellers about this conundrum...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Business jets in the ’burbs
Chicago Executive Airport has thrown off its suburban name – Palwaukee Airport – and rebranded itself with an aspirational tag to promote a much slicker image. Jo Murray visits this business jet airport located in Chicago’s suburbs...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Subsystems and services
MTU Aero Engines is a huge contributor to private jet engine technology and yet it works modestly behind the scenes, largely under the banner of those aero-engine OEMs it supplies with subsystems. Jo Murray speaks to Anton Binder, Senior Vice President Commercial Programs of MTU Aero Engines, and Martin Wiedra, Program Director of the Pratt & Whitney Canada Program...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Close to customers
The Nordam Group is a manufacturing and repair company that has long served airframe manufacturers with interior components, and engine manufacturers with nacelles and thrust reversers. This company is finding a very comfortable niche in the booming business jet market. Jo Murray speaks to Tray Siegfried, Nordam’s Vice President of Strategic Growth...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Fun in the factory
As Jacques Renvier, Senior Vice President Engineering at Snecma, points out, the fun for engine-builders is in the factory. But there are serious matters to talk about around the board table too. Jo Murray speaks to the management of Snecma...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
Go faster
he demise of Concorde has not reduced the desire for supersonic transport; perhaps it has inflamed this desire further. The cost of supersonic travel, the environmental implications and the regulatory restraints on this level of speed have shown themselves too great a hurdle for commercial aviation; but there is plenty of appetite for a supersonic private jet...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Executive & VIP Aviation International March 2008
