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FBOs

Amports to sell U.S. FBOs and airport interests

Associated British Ports of the UK is in negotiations with possible buyers of its American Port Services’ U.S.
FBOs

Jet Avition Zurich opens new PAX lounge

It looks like the VIP lounge at a top-flight FBO, but the new facility established in Terminal B by Jet Aviation in Zurich, Switzerland, is for business-cl
Airports

City takes over fueling at Arkansas airport

Fayetteville Air Service FBO is out and the city of Fayetteville, Ark., is in as far as fueling and other transient aircraft services are concerned at Drak
Regulations and Government

FAA delays report on stadium restrictions

The FAA has pushed back its final safety report on the Arizona Cardinals’ football stadium from September 11 until October 11, leaving the stadium builders
FBOs

London City Airport will build its own FBO

London City Airport (LCY) has decided to go it alone with the development of a new business aviation facility, having failed to reach agreement with any of
FBOs

FBO expands at Orlando airport

Marathon Flight Services broke ground recently on an 8,000-sq-ft FBO at Kissimmee Municipal Airport near Orlando, Fla.
FBOs

Slow going in Seattle

As an object lesson to those aviation advocates whose answer to airspace and airport congestion lies in the “more runways” solution, ponder the fate of Sea
FBOs

...and joins Shell Aviation

Shell Aviation and Avfuel have formed a marketing alliance under which each will accept the other’s charge cards, effectively doubling the number of accept
FBOs

Avfuel to buy Texaco business in 14 states...

Avfuel Corp., a leading independent supplier of aviation fuels and services, has entered into an agreement with Texaco to purchase its general aviation bus
FBOs

Mercury expands Hanscom field facility

Mercury Air Center dedicated a new hangar and tenant office on August 24 at its Hanscom Field FBO (BED) in Bedford, Mass.
Airports

Touching Bases: Stewart Airport assigns master plan duties

Stewart International Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, N.Y., has appointed Clough Harbor Associates of Albany, N.Y., to lead the completion of the airport’s mast
Airports

Touching Bases: Freeholder takes an unkind cut at bizav

Referring to regular operations at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport (TEB), Bergen County (N.J.) freeholder Anthony Cassano said, “This is nothing less than an atta
FBOs

Executive Fliteways asking, 'What downturn?'

With 13 aircraft in its stable, Executive Fliteways at Long Island McArthur Airport (ISP) in Islip, N.Y.
FBOs

Flying cloud expansion hearings this month

Minnesota’s Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is holding hearings this month concerning runway expansion and a project to build new hangars on the airport’s south
FBOs

San Francisco grapples with expansion plans

While New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) has been hogging all the airline-delay headlines, San Francisco is equally concerned that its international airport
FBOs

FAA holds informal meetings on ACK airspace

On August 20 and 21 the FAA held meetings at Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), in Hyannis, Mass., and Nantucket (Mass.) High School, respectively, to dis
FBOs

Dulles organization touts proactive study

A Washington Airports Task Force (WATF) survey last November showed that 90 percent of residents living close to Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) are regula
FBOs

ASOS station info can lag up to 2 minutes

Automated surface observation systems (ASOS) at airports without certified live weather observers have been a boon to pilots, but the information they disp
FBOs

Massport pushes Genav parkington to north ramp

At the request of airport authority Massport, Signature at Boston Logan Airport (BOS) relocated its aircraft parking area on August 10 from the south end o
Training and Workforce

Contract pilots’ group widens scope

Independent pilots have been joined by flight attendants and mechanics in the newly renamed Independent Contract Aviation Professionals of America associat
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna just says ‘no’ to PMA windshields

Cessna has instructed its Citation factory service centers not to complete phase inspections on Citations that have aftermarket Perkins Aircraft Services w
Avionics

J.A. Air Center Markets Ultimate Caravan Avionics Package

It may be easier to list what is not included in this avionics package for Cessna Caravan turboprop singles from J.A.
FBOs

Jet aviation ramps up its ramp space in Dallas

Jet Aviation at Dallas Love Field (DAL) has launched a project to increase its ramp and infield area by 50 percent.
Airports

Touching Bases: FAA investigating SMO's conformance program

Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport (SMO) has developed a “conformance program” for aircraft using the airport.
Airports

Touching Bases: Report on noise study cites comments

Public comments released last month on an FAR Part 161 noise study at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR) support a nighttime curfew (10 p.m.
Airports

Touching Bases: Five Hawaiian airports threatened

The governor of Hawaii, Benjamin Cayetano, has indicated five state-operated airports may close if contract operators cannot be found to administer them un
Security

Touching Bases: Navigance adds to security system

Navigance, a consortium of several security equipment manufacturers and service providers, has added features to its Safe system.
FBOs

Touching Bases: SouthAir lands customs deal in Keflavik

It just got a lot easier to clear customs in Keflavik, Iceland.

Touching Bases: ChevronTexaco workers aid needy children

In a cooperative agreement announced last month, ChevronTexaco Global Aviation (CTGA) employees will sponsor 22 children from around the world.
Airports

Touching Bases: Palwaukee group tackling noise issues

A noise study will be one of the first jobs of the new Palwaukee Airport Community Engagement Council (PACE), an airport/citizen group organized earlier th