Has Options For Two More Aircraft

On Monday, Bombardier Aerospace announced it has received one firm order and two options for Bombardier Challenger 604 widebody aircraft from the FAA for use in runway and airway calibration and other special missions. The new aircraft will join a fleet of three Bombardier Challenger 601-3R jets and six Bombardier Learjet 60 midsize aircraft currently being used by the FAA for civil and military runway calibration worldwide. It is scheduled for delivery in November 2004. The aircraft will be produced at Bombardier’s facility in Montreal, and outfitted with a special mission interior at a completion center in the United States. The FAA took delivery of its first of three Bombardier Challenger 601-3R for use in a multi-role

International business aviation specialist PrivatAir announced that it has added six aircraft to its charter and managed fleet. The aircraft include a Gulfstream IV SP based in Raleigh, North Carolina, a Gulfstream IV based in McMinnville, Oregon, three Gulfstream III; two based in Stratford, CT and one in Manassas, Virginia, and a Hawker 700 based in Nashua, New Hampshire.  All of these aircraft are available for charter through PrivatAir's charter sales network. PrivatAir's CEO Greg Thomas says, "With the addition of these aircraft, our fleet is becoming more specialized in the long-range category, which now accounts for fifty percent of our airplanes and enables us to meet the growing demand for large cabin aircraft within the charter market."