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ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 17, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] Business Jets today announced it has won seven orders for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 747-8. Undisclosed customers have ordered one 787-8, three 787-9 and three 747-8 airplanes specifically designated for the VIP market. These orders are already reflected on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website. Boeing does not reveal the identity of private owners at the request of its customers. "Boeing has a long legacy of providing jets to the VIP market," said Steven Hill, Boeing Business Jets President. "Boeing airplanes are renowned for their high reliability, comfort and advanced technology,...

Farnborough: UK prime minister rumoured to have tour of Airbus Corporate Jetliner for government jet UK prime minister Tony Blair is to take an evaluation tour of the Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) today at the Farnborough air show, speculation has it. The UK head of government is addressing the air show today at around 15:00 on the importance of aerospace to the UK economy. After this, he is understood to be offered a chance to look around a corporate interior version of the ACJ. Airbus does not have an ACJ on the static display at the show, where security...

PANYNJ Cheers Ban On Large Jets At Teterboro February 9, 2004 The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) cheered a measure passed by Congress that reinforces a ban on aircraft weighing more than 100,000 pounds from Teterboro Airport and ends a dispute that began when Boeing sought permission to land the BBJ there (BA, Jan. 5, 2001/). Congress included the measure in the transportation appropriations legislation that was adopted as a part of a much larger government-wide omnibus spending bill (BA, Jan. 26/35). The language, which prohibits FAA from using any of its funding to lift weight...