Are the Friendly Skies Getting Friendlier?
For avid flyers, who wants to sit in coach, and have only 6 inches of leg room and your knees stuck under your chin? Over the last decade, aggressive competition by the airlines have...
Category: Aviation
Thanks to FAA, Private Jets Push Limit on Luxury
As commercial airline passengers face another summer of crowds, delays and missed connections, the owners of private jets can look forward to federal regulators’ help in making their flights more comfortable and stylish. What...
Flying The World’s Smallest Business Jet
Visit the factory of Eclipse Aviation, as I did in May, and you’ll see how large a bet founder and CEO Vern Raburn has made on very light jets. Full article
Russia Targets Global Airline Market With “Superjet”
A new civil plane, the “Superjet” will be manufactured by the former Soviet Union’s largest warplane maker Sukhoi. It’s expected to have 78-98 seats. President Putin’s goal is to revive the Russian aviation industry...
Private Jets for Non-Gazillionaires
There’s a saying in the private jet business: If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it. But it’s possible to charter your own jet without spending a fortune. Full article
Pimp My Plane Please
If you think spending a few hundred dollars for a worn-out leather seat, bottled water, and a few extra inches of legroom is luxury, then you don’t know what luxury is. Pimp my plane...
Time To Fix Air Travel
U.S. air travel is a miserable experience–bad service, long lines, grumpy flight crews and groping security agents. It’s an endurance test, an endless stream of delays and discomforts with little resolution in sight. Full...
Pricey Private Jets
What does a billionaire do when having a private jet becomes so affordable that mere millionaires can swing the cost? Obviously, he trades up. Too many private jets to choose from. Maybe to a...
Boeing Introduces the ‘Green’ Dreamliner Passenger Jet
The waiting eyes of the aviation world was anxiously fixed on Boeing, in the emerald city of Seattle. The luxury jet Dreamliner is a savior. When the U.S. aircraft giant unveiled its 787 Dreamliner...
