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Entries in business aviation (16)

Wednesday
May162012

2012 European Business Aviation Awards Presented to Eurocontrol's David McMillan, IBAC's Don Spruston

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that David McMillan, director general of Eurocontrol, and Don Spruston, director general of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), were the recipients of the 2012 European Business Aviation Awards.

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Monday
May072012

NBAA Announces Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship Recipients

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and its Maintenance Committee congratulated 35 recipients of the Association's Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship (Maintenance TRACS) at NBAA’s Maintenance Management Conference, which was held from May 1 - 3 in Nashville, Tenn.

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Monday
Apr302012

NBAA Offers Guide to Independent Contractors

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has published a comprehensive guide aimed at helping flight operators properly classify workers as either employees or independent contractors.

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Monday
Apr022012

Pilot Shortage Means Big Business for Flight Academies

Profound change is coming to the flight-training industry, prompted by new legislation in the U.S. and by the rapid growth of airline and business aviation in countries where aviation is finally gaining a stronger foothold. The changes are underscored by what many predict will be a shortage of pilots, thanks to fewer new pilot entrants, large numbers of retirements and lack of general aviation infrastructure in emerging countries such as India and China.

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Wednesday
Feb012012

NBAA: New Online Election-Year Tool Helps Members Be Informed, Involved

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced a new "Election 2012" web resource to help the business aviation community be informed and involved in this year's elections.

 

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Tuesday
Oct182011

Renaissance Jet Names Jon Anne Doty Vice President of Sales & Marketing 

Renaissance Jet, a North Carolina-based ARG/US Gold aircraft charter operator, has named Jon Anne Doty as its Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

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Friday
Oct142011

NBAA Benefit Raises $220,000 for Life-Saving Flights; Honors 'Angel of the Year'

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the Corporate Angel Network (CAN) applauded the $220,000 raised through an industry benefit held to support CAN’s life-saving flights for cancer patients.

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Tuesday
Oct042011

NBAA Thanks Retiring Rep. Costello for Steadfast Support for General Aviation

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) thanked Rep. Jerry Costello (D-12-IL) for his tireless work to promote the interests of the entire general aviation community, including business aviation.

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Friday
Jul012011

NBAA Tells White House, Media: President’s Remarks About Business Aviation Misleading, Inaccurate

National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen sent a strongly worded letter to President Barak Obama expressing dismay at the disparaging remarks about business aviation made by the President in a June 29 press conference, and vowed to oppose any White House policy that harms the industry.

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Wednesday
Jun292011

Reeling in Customers: Either Fish, or Cut Bait

I have returned from a much needed vacation to the Canadian outback where I enjoyed a week of fishing with no phone, TV or newspaper.

Every year, I travel to the far western reaches of Ontario for our annual fish camp outing that has been a part of my family tradition since 1961, when my father first went with his buddies to the same waters we fish today. I started going with my dad in 1984, and now his 16-year-old great-grandson, my grand nephew, is representing the fourth generation to wet a line in these great Northern waters.

On this most recent outing, I started to think about writing a blog post based on the similarities between fishing for dinner and casting a net for new FBO customers.

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