Aviation
Bahamas: U.S. residents, you are no longer welcome here (unless you have your own plane or charter)
In a complete reversal by the Bahamian government from earlier this month, it has chosen to severely restrict leisure travel from the United States. On July 17, 2020, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism had set guidelines for opening up the… Read More ›
New All-Cargo Rights Added to U.S.-Jamaica Air Transport Agreement
Washington, D.C. — On May 10, 2018, U.S. Chargé d’ Affaires Eric Khant and Jamaica’s Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague signed an agreement to amend the U.S.-Jamaica Air Transport Agreement of 2008 to include seventh-freedom rights for all-cargo… Read More ›
Film Review: ‘American Made’ starring Tom Cruise – go see it
Today, September 29, 2017, the new Tom Cruise movie ‘American Made‘ by Universal Pictures is being released to U.S. theaters and all Americans should go see it. Besides hitting on all cylinders, this movie explains what led up to the… Read More ›
XOJET Signals a New Era in Private-Jet Travel with a Brand New Suite of Membership Programs Following a Record 40% Growth in Program Sales, a 78% Spike in Charter-Brokerage Business and Its 200,000th Flight
San Francisco, Ca — XOJET, the leader in on-demand private-jet travel, signals a new era in private aviation with a new suite of membership programs as the trusted advisor and leading provider of aviation solutions for today’s modern flyers. Called XOJET Access… Read More ›
Supersonic plane will fly at 1,074 mph
NASA has vowed to launch the maiden flight of a pioneering 1,000 mph jet within five years. The space agency is hoping to test its Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) plane in 2021. This experimental plane (X-Plane) could speed from London… Read More ›
Go light, mid-size or large? Criteria to consider before buying a private jet
In May 2017, Cirrus released Vision Jet – the most affordable private jet in the market today. But does cheaper necessarily mean the one to go for? Not always, the price is only one of the criteria for choosing the… Read More ›
Privatizing air traffic controllers could happen within three years
Washington, D.C. — Approximately 30,000 federal employees could be moved off the taxpayer payrolls over to a private, non-profit within three years. The proposal has been floating around Washington for years; however, yesterday, June 5, 2017, President Donald Trump is… Read More ›
China business aviation – sunset for aircraft deliveries means new opportunities for MROs
Despite The Hurun Business Jet Owners 2017 report stating there’s still demand for almost 2000 new jets to be delivered to Chinese operators, experts across the globe agree that the golden age of new bizjets in the mainland is over…. Read More ›
Pennsylvania Congressman Shuster threatens airlines with increased regulation
Continuing to dispell the myth that Republicans are for less regulation, Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Bill Shuster threatened the airline industry with more regulation yesterday, May 2, 2017. As chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he said, “If changes aren’t… Read More ›
