Business aviation professionals believe that business aviation is set for recovery this year, rather than the 2012 turnaround predicted by most forecasters late last year. According to business aviation consultant Rolland Vincent, “The darkest days of this current downturn appear to be in the past.”
Federal Express has announced that it will open a hiring
window for pilots on January 15th, and it will last for 30 days.
This is great news for professional pilots across the country because of the
relative stability and history of reliable growth of the Uber-freight companies
such as FedEx, which operates one of the largest airlines in the world.
Bombardier Aerospace announced
that it has received firm orders for four CRJ700 NextGen regional jets from
SkyWest Airlines based in St. George, Utah. The purchase is valued at $148
million, and the 65 seat planes will be flown under the Delta Connection
banner.
This year is shaping up to be the most profitable year for
the airline industry in at least a decade. Operating profits for airlines in
the United States exceeded $7.1 billion in the first nine months of 2010, according
to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Transportation.