2008 Sponsors
The National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. For more information, visit www.nbaa.org.
Aircraft Title Insurance Agency, Inc. issues title insurance policies for owners and lenders of aircraft. All of our policies are underwritten by First American Transportation Title Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of First American Title Insurance Company. For more information, visit www.actitleins.com.
Bank of Utah provides a wide range of fiduciary services to all areas of the leasing and asset finance industry, specializing in aircraft trusts. Our services includes Owner Trustee; Indenture Trustee, Security Trustee and Collateral Trustee; Escrow, Funding and Paying Agent; Qualified Intermediary for 1031 Exchanges; and Connecticut Statutory Trustee. For more information, visit www.bankofutah.com.
Established in 1995 and based in Richardson, Texas, Bombardier Flexjet offers a turnkey program allowing individuals or companies to purchase a share in a Bombardier jet at a fraction of the full ownership cost. Flexjet owners select the aircraft type that best fits their needs, determine the number of hours per year they expect to fly, and purchase shares starting at 1/16th (equal to 50 hours of flying). Owners pay predictable monthly management and usage fees, while Flexjet manages aircraft maintenance, flight crews, hangars, fuel and insurance on their behalf. Flexjet fields an exclusive family of Bombardier business jets, including the Learjet 40 XR, Learjet 45 XR, Learjet 60 XR, Challenger 300 and newly redesigned Challenger 605 business jets. The Flexjet One program is an aircraft management service providing owners who purchase a whole Bombardier aircraft access to Flexjet’s entire fractional fleet, cost savings and a simple, worry-free solution to aircraft ownership. The Flexjet 25 jet card program, operated by Jet Solutions LLC, provides travel-by-the-hour on the Flexjet 25 fleet of Bombardier aircraft. For more information, visit www.flexjet.com or call 1-800-FLEXJET.
Crowe & Dunlevy is the largest and oldest law firm in Oklahoma. The Firm is a full-service law firm engaged in all aspect of the general practice of law, including Aviation Law. Crowe & Dunlevy’s Aviation Law Group has served the aviation industry for more than forty years providing an array of legal, registration and escrow services. The Firm’s aviation clients include a substantial number of U.S. and foreign airlines, lending institutions involved in financing commercial and private aircraft, aircraft leasing companies, the purchasers and sellers of aircraft and many of the world’s aircraft manufacturers. For more information, visit www.crowedunlevy.com.
GAMA is an international trade association headquartered in Washington, DC representing over 60 of the world's leading manufacturers of general aviation aircraft, engines, avionics and related equipment. GAMA's members also operate fleets of aircraft, fixed based operations, and pilot training and maintenance training facilities. For more information, visit www.GAMA.aero.
Sovereign Bank was founded in 1902 and is among the top 20 largest banks in the United States. Its Aircraft Lending Group has offices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and New Hampshire. This Group functions as an indirect lender providing funding for piston, turboprop and jet aircraft as well as helicopters to over a dozen independent aircraft finance brokers nation-wide. In addition financing is provided for borrowers who are purchasing shares of fractional aircraft from selected fractional providers. For more information, visit www.sovereignbank.com.
Attorneys in the Vedder Price Equipment Finance Group represent lessees, lessors, financiers and related parties, both domestic and international, in a broad range of equipment finance transactions, including those involving aircraft, railcars, locomotives, vessels, computers, medical equipment, industrial production equipment, satellites, cars and trucks. The EFG and its attorney members are consistently ranked among the very best aviation and maritime finance attorneys in the world. Offices in Chicago, New York City, Washington, D. C. and Roseland, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.vedderprice.com.
2008 Media Partners
World Aircraft Sales Magazine with its outstanding, ever growing, editorial content and its unrivalled circulation has matured into a world-class aviation sales support group - World Aviation Communications. Now, via the Internet (AvBuyer.com, AvBuyerAlert, and Digital Magazines), printed media (World Aircraft Sales Magazine and GA Buyer Europe), we offer a one-stop marketing solution for business aviation.
World Aircraft Sales Magazine has become ‘The Marketplace for Business Aviation’ along with its associated website www.AvBuyer.com – The Aircraft Market Online.
The Chicago Area Business Aviation Association (CABAA) is a Not-For-Profit Corporation founded in 1998. As a "grass roots" Professional Organization, CABAA was created to provide an interface among businesses that utilize Business Aviation, vendors that supply goods and services to Business Aviation, and the policymakers and officials whose decisions effect aircraft operations of our Membership; to bring those in the Chicagoland area together for the free exchange of ideas and concerns; and to foster both professional and educational opportunities that are available to members as a value-added benefit. Our members travel both domestically and internationally in their aircraft and they represent a significant portion of Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs and private individuals who utilize and serve business aviation in Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Northern Indiana. You can learn more about CABAA at www.cabaa.com
SpeedNews is the source for news and information for executives in the commercial, business, and military aviation industries. SpeedNews has published industry-leading newsletters of record written in easy-to-read formats since 1979, has organized annual industry-leading suppliers conferences since 1987, and has hosted the foremost B2B information Web site for the aviation executive since 1995.
We are a group of aviation professionals including flight department personnel, FBO managers, writers, students, training center professionals and many others. From our first meeting at the Women in Aviation, International Conference in 1993 to our growing organization today, we have networked and promoted career opportunities in business aviation. We are role models to the next generation of aviation professionals. For additional information, visit www.wca-intl.org
Contact the organizer, Cristin Singson at csingson@aircraftsymposium.com or at (925) 825-8738 for more information.
