Business Jet Traveler » February 2012

A Market Filled with Bargains
February 1, 2012
The last few years haven't held much in the way of surprises for the used-jet market and I suspect 2012 won't, either.
A Dubai Showcase for High-end Yachts and Cars
February 1, 2012
The world's leading luxury yacht builders and shipyards will display their products and services at the 20th annual Dubai International Boat Show from March 13 to 17.
Can NetJets Europe defy the doubters?
February 1, 2012
Can NetJets Europe defy the doubters?
Fractional aircraft ownership is a great American entrepreneurial idea that arguably hasn't traveled well. Fifteen years after its main proponent, NetJets, brought the concept to Europe, that company remains the only one to have achieved any lasting traction in the international markets that supposedly have a massive appetite for business aviation.
Up Front: February 2012
February 1, 2012
AIN Publications, Business Jet Traveler's parent company, also publishes many other magazines, including on-site air show dailies in seven countries. During my years with the firm, I have traveled all over the United States as well as to Paris, London, Geneva, Dubai, Singapore and–as of March 2012–Shanghai.
Taxing Situations
February 1, 2012
Taxing Situations
What if there were no airlines?
A New Way to Shop for a Jet
February 1, 2012
A New Way to Shop for a Jet
A Company called The Jet Business is taking aircraft sales right to billionaire main street with the launch in London of what it claims is the only retail outlet of its type. The first store in the chain opened recently at Hyde Park Corner, right at the meeting point of three exclusive neighborhoods–Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Mayfair.
Two Star Generals - Volt for the future; CTS-V for old times’ sake
January 31, 2012
Two Star Generals
Nearly three years ago, many were writing off General Motors for dead. They would have been right had the U.S. government not decided that the company–or more correctly, its huge workforce and the employees of all the suppliers that depended on it–was too big to fail.
Now We’re Talking Turkey
January 24, 2012
I've hunted wild ducks, grouse, pheasants and other game birds with varying levels of enthusiasm for 40 years. But I had never seen anything like this: two resplendent four-foot-tall adult male wild turkeys, all bronze and black and iridescent, galloping on stilt-like legs across a cattle pasture the size of two football fields.

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“You want to make sure with a race in which you'll be flying home with other drivers that you don't crash into them. It's happened before, and it can make for a little bit of a tense situation.”

-Racecar driver Helio Castroneves