The arrival of the -- much delayed -- Airbus A380 "super" jumbo aircraft, which is due to make its debut revenue-earning flight with Singapore Airlines later this year, heralds a whole new era of super private jet.
The most interesting part of this combination was the creation of a new super light jet category: Cessna joined their light jet wing with their midsize fuselage in an attempt to bridge the gap between light and midsize jets.
Recent weeks have also seen renewed hostilities over funding for the development of Airbus's new super-jumbo jet, the A3XX .
While the Challenger 300 was not the first super-midsize jet, it has dominated the category since it was first delivered in 2004.
FORBES: Business Jet Review: Challenger 300 Is Putting the 'Super' In The Super Midsize Jet Category
He now sees the Foxconn CEO as a fatherly figure, and spent Super Bowl weekend jet-setting to the Far East to play golf with his new business partner.
FORBES: Foxconn CEO Terry Gou On His Company's Growing Relationship With GoPro
What he opened in January 2012 is a super-upscale jet emporium complete with a full-size cabin mockup of an Airbus Corporate Jet and an array of technology to allow private jet newbies to personally select their new ride.
Kennedy airport, when an Air France Airbus A380 clipped the tail fins of a much smaller Comair flight CRJ700, observers and analysts have been asking questions about whether a similar accident could happen elsewhere, and just when a super-large jumbo jet is too big.
FORBES: How Big Is Too Big? The JFK Airbus Accident Prompts Questions
He of the classic pocket style, the effortless throwing motion, the three Super Bowl rings and enviable jet set glamour.
He bought a beach house, vacationed in Mexico, used a private aircraft to jet around, went to the Super Bowl, paid off debts and made some investments.
FORBES: Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Tax Pro and Former IRS Agent Pleads Guilty to Hiring Hitman
The respondents in aggregate accepted from brokers dozens of expensive trips, frequently by private jet, including excursions to the Super Bowl, family vacations to Bermuda, Nantucket and the Caribbean, golf outings at exclusive clubs in Florida and South Carolina, weekends in Las Vegas, lodging at fine hotels, and even an extravagant, three-day bachelor party for Bruderman in Miami.
FORBES: Springsteen, the Stones, the Red Sox: Trouble On Wall Street
As soon as Airbus announced it was to embark on a project to develop the first "super" jumbo in 2001, it received an order for a private variant of the jet (then known by its codename of A3XX) from a client in the Middle East.
应用推荐