Citation Latitude’s PW306D1 Engine, Embraer and NetJets Phenom 300 Orders, Chicago Tribune’s Mischaracterization of Business Aviation

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Second Largest Operator in World, Lawsuit to Preserve Business Aviation Access, NetJets Labor Dispute, EBACE

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Business Aviation Users Feel More Productive on Private Jets, Pilatus PC-24 Begins Taxi Runs, Gulfstream G500 and G600 New Wing Skin Supplier, NetJets Europe Prepares For First Challenger 350, Dassault Adds Second Falcon 8X to Test Program

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Bombardier and Cessna Win $9.6B Business Jet Order from NetJets

NetJets announced yesterday that it placed the largest general aviation aircraft order in history–for up to 425 Bombardier and Cessna jets worth as much as $9.6 billion. The deal includes a firm order for 75 Bombardier “Challenger 300 series” twinjets, and options on 125 more, with deliveries beginning in 2014; a firm order for 25…

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The real Buffett Rule: Tax cuts for corporate jets

President Obama, Democrats in Congress, and Obama’s billioinaire fundraiser Warren Buffett are talking this week about a tax hike proposal that is mostly about politics, but meanwhile, the IRS just issued guidance on changing tax law in a way that is mostly about increasing profits for corporate-jet owners and Obama’s billionaire fundraiser Warren Buffett, who…

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IRS Countersues NetJets, Seeking $367M in Excise Taxes

The IRS has countersued NetJets for more than $360 million in alleged uncollected excise taxes. In November, NetJets sued the federal government for what it said were wrongfully imposed taxes, interest and penalties totaling more than $642.7 million. NetJets claimed that as a manager of private aircraft, it was not required to pay a “ticket…

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Landmark and Signature Prepare for NetJets Dispute

by Curt Epstein – Aviation International News A legal battle is under way between the nation’s largest private aviation provider and two of the major FBO chains over whether NetJets’ aircraft charter and management arm, Executive Jet Management, can require the chains to provide fuel discounts to aircraft owners and operators whose aircraft are not part…

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