Content Archive: October 2006

FBOs

Swiss businesses upgrade facilities

The ExecuJet Aviation FBO at Zurich Kloten Airport has installed a WLAN high-speed communications connection for passenger and crew use.
FBOs

A battle for Brussels market looms

Brussels International Airport records more than 13,000 general aviation movements most years.
FBOs

Swissport adds Spanish facility to its network

Swissport Executive Aviation (SEA) is opening a new FBO at Spain’s Malaga Airport this month.
FBOs

Monopolies get state protection in Italy

Independent FBO groups are at last challenging cozy ground handling monopolies in Italy.

Flight-planning services boost European efforts

Along with the world’s two other leading flight-planning groups, Universal Weather & Aviation’s home is in Houston.

Middle East Business Aviation: Conference is bizav master class

The first Middle East Business Aviation Conference (MEBA) is to be held in Dubai on November 19, on the eve of the Dubai Air Show (November 20 to 24).

Region ripe for growth of bizav

The number of business jets registered in Middle Eastern countries has grown by about one-fifth over the past 10 years.

Jet Aviation launches service hub in Dubai

Jet Aviation’s new facility in Dubai is now operating as the first full-service FBO in the United Arab Emirates.
Regulations and Government

TSA Vet to Return as Agency Boss

President Bush has nominated Edmund “Kip” Hawley to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security in charge of the Transportation Security Administration (TS
FBOs

Spain continues development of business aviation network

Business aviation in Spain is a modest affair, with an estimated 70 executive jets for private use– very few for a country of 40 million people.