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The aviation trade is facing a dilemma as passenger demand for flights goes through the roof while customers increasingly demand more for less from airlines. In 2016 alone there are expected to be more than 3.7 billion people boarding flights … Continue reading →

Tuesday morning, President-Elect Donald Trump sent out a tweet expressing dismay at the cost of the ongoing process to build a new pair of planes to serve as Air Force One. (Perhaps not coincidentally, this was shortly after Boeing’s CEO … Continue reading →

Is Boeing’s custom Air Force One 747 getting too expensive for the next commander-in-chief? 1990- current, Boeing 747, VC-25A 1990 – current, Boeing 747, VC-25A By 2024, the current presidential jet used by President Obama comes to the end of … Continue reading →

OTTAWA – One of the longest and most contentious defence procurements in Canadian history will inch closer to conclusion Thursday when the federal government announces a replacement for the military’s ancient search-and-rescue planes. The decision comes 14 years after the … Continue reading →

It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump’s attention would turn to Boeing, the U.S.’s largest exporter and its second-largest defense contractor. One of Boeing’s biggest customers happens to be China, the country the president-elect seems most intent … Continue reading →

ALBANY – The state’s chief fiscal watchdog has rejected the no-bid purchase of a $12.5 million helicopter intended for the State Police but also to ferry Gov. Andrew Cuomo around the state. Cuomo administration officials, however, insisted that the purchase … Continue reading →

Many business jets have recently been depreciating faster than ever before. Some models whose value historically declined an average of 4 percent per year experienced losses in excess of 20 percent in 2015. Aircraft Value Reference Guide (Vref), for example, … Continue reading →