The skies over Europe could soon get a little more congested. Manufacturers such as Cessna and Jet Bird will be releasing a new kind of private jet in the form of the “microjet”. Though these jets are much smaller than your run of the mill commercial jet, they claim to be better for the economy.

At a fraction of the cost of commercial airliners, these microjets will be more affordable for companies needing a quick way to shuttle their clients and staff from one place to another. Many of these jets will make as many as 3 trips per day. The downside to this new type of jet airliner is that they fly at the same altitude as commercial jets, yet their collision-avoidance systems aren’t nearly as sophisticated.

At one point, microjet makers assured Europe’s air traffic control officials, Eurocontrol, that they wouldn’t fly above 28.000. However, that agreement has been squashed by pilots who say that flying at such a low altitude burns up too much fuel, therefore making it to expensive to maintain. Eurocontrol officials are planning to do extensive testing in Budapest, which could lead to stricter regulations on these new little planes.

Up for sale is a sharp looking 2002 Beechcraft King Air B200 for sale. This airplane is being listed for sale by Fugate Aviation, which is an aircraft sales company located in Wichita, Kansas.

The 2002 Beechcraft King Air B200 offered up for sale is a one owner airplane with low total time from the midwest area. The King Air has no corrosion or damage and comes complete with factory logs.

The avionics and radios package is sweet. This paticular Beechcraft King Air B200 is equipped with the following:

• Collins EFIS 84 package with two tube presentation.
• EHSI-84 Course Indicator, and EADI-84 Attitude Indicator.
• Collins APS-65H Autopilot/Flight Control system with altitude pre-select, climb/descend mode, vertical and airspeed hold.
• Collins WXR-270 radar that displays on the Allied Signal MFD.
• TCAS 1. Collins Pro Line II Comms and Navs with .833 spacing.
• Dual Collins TDR-94 transponders.
• Dual DME-42s. Garmin 400 GPS approach certified.

The exterior color scheme is an overall white with black, silver and gold trim and is rated in excellent condition.

The interior of the Beechcraft King Air features charcoal leather seating for seven with two additional removable aft cabin jump seats all rated like new condition. You can view the full advertisement page including more detailed pictures and full specification on The Controller.

What is going on? Frontier Airlines is seeking out bankruptcy, making this the forth airlines this month to go out of business. Unfortunately this has now become a hard business to compete in dealing with the high prices of fuel. Frontier Airlines says that they will continue their normal operations as soon as they reorganize their business.

Frontier says it will continue operations as it reorganizes. Their bankruptcy was forced after their credit card processor claimed they would be withholding a larger share of money from ticket transactions.

Frontier Airlines file for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York which prevents the credit card processor from increasing their holdback charges.

Ironically, ATA Airlines, Skybus Airlines and Aloha Airgroup have all filed for bankruptcy within the last two weeks.