John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, John has been a private pilot for 34 years and won an award at EAA Oshkosh for his restoration of a vintage British Auster army spotter aircraft. He is currently building a 1920s Staaken Flitzer biplane from plans. John attended his first Farnborough Air Show in 1952, when just eight months old.
Today, winglets are almost de rigueur for any self-respecting business aircraft, from turboprop Beechcraft King Airs to Boeing Business Jets. They boost ramp appeal and improve performance as well. And for more and more aircraft they are an aftermarket add-on. But Cessna’s straight-winged Series 525 CitationJets have been left without the stylish turned-up tips. Until now.
SHANGHAI – The business jet fleet in Greater China is expected to grow by 74 aircraft this year, bringing the total number of executive aircraft in the region to 445 aircraft. That represents an 20% increase over 2013. That is the conclusion of Hong Kong-based Asian Sky Group in its latest and most in-depth report yet on business jet activities and trends in the region. The group, which offers services from brokerage to management of aircraft completions, released its findings during ABACE2014 in its “Greater China Business Jet Fleet Report.”
BBA Aviation and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) are exploring possibly merging certain parts of their businesses, a combination that, depending how much of the businesses would be merged, could create one of the largest independent engine and airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) entities worldwide, with annual revenues approaching $2.5 billion.
