Editor's Desk: I’m A Numbers Guy
I’m a numbers guy, always have been. I can remember studying the stock quotes in The Wall Street Journal when I was a kid, scanning for companies I re
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It’s an interesting time to be taking over the editorship of a magazine, especially one called Business Jet Traveler. Warren Buffett, appearing on CNB
... Read NowEditor's Desk: Irrational exuberance? No, thank you
Business aviation has been taking it on the chin ever since Congress began pummeling the Big Three auto CEOs in December. Now any company that has tak
... Read NowAn Urgent Message from BJT's Managing Director
The cover story in this issue addresses one of the most serious events ever to hit our industry: the negative publicity that private aviation contin
... Read NowEditor's Desk: December 2008 - January 2009
News is 95 percent negative. I just made that up, but I’d bet my 401(k) that I’m within the statistical margin of error. Not that my 401(k) is worth c
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When we launched Business Jet Traveler magazine in October 2003, the stock market and the U.S. economy were struggling to recover from their spectacul
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In the same week in June, several airlines announced they would be grounding airplanes, reducing capacity and eliminating jobs, mainly because of soar
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“Peeling the onion” is such an overused metaphor that I hesitate to repeat it here. But it suits private air travel so well that I simply can’t resist
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People get into private air travel in many ways, and that’s one of the things that makes this business so interesting.I was reminded of this recently,
... Read NowEditor's Desk: April-May 2008
Air charter is the Rodney Dangerfield of private aviation. Operators can thank the FAA and fractional-aircraft companies for this. Don’t get me wrong.
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