Originally published on AINonline on September 14, 2006 By Chad Trautvetter As anticipation builds over the pending certification of the first very light jet, the Eclipse 500, “There’s a new sense of legitimacy for the idea of personalized air mobility in the form of per-seat fleet operations [using VLJs],” according to NASA Langley advance planning …
Originally published on Venture Wire Alert on August 23, 2006 We’ve heard of VCs buying planes to fly or show off or both, but investing in them is a different story. DCM is an actor in that story now that it led a $93 million Series F round for Englewood, Colo.-based aircraft manufacturer Adam Aircraft …
Originally published on Business Week Online on August 22, 2006 By Christopher Palmeri With commercial service getting more expensive and time-consuming, maybe it’s time to start navigating the options for private air travel. You’re fed up with higher fares, declining service, and long security lines. Why not fly private? The business has been on a …
Posted by Abbi Hiller on Mon, Jul 31, 2006 LEXINGTON Ma, July 31, 2006– Linear Air, a premier jet-taxi operator that is transforming the private air travel industry, is celebrating FAA certification of the Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ) aircraft. Announced last Thursday at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, certification of the very first …
Originally published in The Albuquerque Tribune on July 28, 2006 By Erik Siemers By the end of the decade, William Herp’s small Massachusetts airline is expected to have a fleet of 300 planes. Already, he plans on 30 of them to be made by Albuquerque’s Eclipse Aviation. It could be more. “There’s no reason not to think they’ll be …
Originally published in The Patriot Ledger on July 15, 2006 Donald Staszko of Cohasset, a pilot and owner of Professional Airways LLC, has no plans to acquire an Eclipse. “It’s too small of an airplane,” he said. “I mean, you might as well get in a torpedo tube and go to Florida.” (AMELIA KUNHARDT/The Patriot Ledger) …
Originally published in Airport Business Magazineon June 30, 2006 By Jodi Richards LEXINGTON, MA — At the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting in Orlando last year, Linear Air, a charter company with its corporate office here, made the announcement that it had reached an agreement with Eclipse Aviation to purchase 30 Eclipse 500 …
Originally published in The New York Times on July 25, 2006 CHICAGO, Il— Jam-packed planes. Endless delays. Long security lines. Sprints through an airport to make a connecting flight. It is enough to make someone, particularly a business traveler, yearn for another option. Enter the air taxi, an idea whose time has come. At least …
Originally published in Business 2.0 Magazine on April 27, 2006 By Chris Taylor SAN FRANCISCO – Care to hail a jet? Two years ago, Business 2.0 predicted the advent of air taxis – small jet planes which will transport business travelers from airport to airport on demand. Now the business is cleared for takeoff. On Monday, DayJet, a Delray Beach, …
