Business Aviation Deliveries Fall 86.5 Percent Due To U.S. Shutdown

Strains from the U.S. government shutdown are starting to become more visible in the business aviation industry as the impasse drags on. This is especially so for aircraft deliveries, which have fallen 86.5 percent this month year-over-year, a decline attributable solely to the closure of the FAA’s aircraft registration office in Oklahoma City. According to…

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Government Shutdown Hits Business Aviation Hard

During day two of the U.S. government shutdown, 15,000 FAA employees were still off the job on furlough and the business aviation community appears to have found the early impact of the closure to be greater than anticipated with disruption to several important FAA functions that were not impacted by previous Federal government shutdowns. While…

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NBAA welcomes end of Government shutdown

National Business Aviation Association President and CEO Ed Bolen has issued a statement regarding the announcement that President Barack Obama has signed into law an agreement passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to address the nation’s debt ceiling and end the federal government shutdown. “For the past 17 days, the federal government…

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