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The recently merged business-aviation entity now known as Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated officially opened its new 18,000-sq-ft, $1.2 million hangar

Atlantic Aviation may be outdistancing its name, but don’t expect company president Lou Pepper to consider changing a brand that dates back almost to the d

FBO AvCenter at Burlington (Vt.) International Airport more than doubled the available hangar space on a portion of its leasehold earlier this year when it

According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the city of San Diego was out of line when it tried to take over the FBO concession at Mon

At press time, there was still one hangar left unspoken for at the Paradise Aviation Jet Hangar construction project at Las Vegas McCarran International Ai

Signature has confirmed that Beth Haskins, who took over as president of Signature Flight Support five years ago, will be leaving the company in September.

Don’t tell Albert Sotero that an FBO needs to be “sensibly Spartan” to survive.

Disgruntled neighbors of “Van Noise Airport” can blame their woes on the Communist menace.

 • Incentives/disincentives in rental rates.

The Los Angeles World Airport Authority (LAWA) recently awarded a $6.5 million, three- to five-year contract to Harris Miller Miller and Hanson (HMMH) of B

Contract fuel arrangements are a hot topic in the FBO industry and a widening avenue for cutting costs for aircraft operators.

Both sides claimed a measure of victory in the June 3 U.S.

It used to be Signature’s busiest location– by far.

Skyservice and Imperial Oil Aviation have expanded their relationship at the Calgary International Airport, with Skyservice now designated an Esso Avitat d

Ocean Air Aviation, in North Bend, Ore., began operations last month at its newly built 4,000-sq-ft executive terminal.

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Daytona Beach International Airport, Fla.

Aircraft towing technology has advanced markedly in the past decade, with towbarless tugs improving efficiency and lessening wear and tear on nosewheels.

Mercury Air Center LGB, a division of Mercury Air Group, has moved its operations into a newly built facility at Long Beach’s Daugherty Field.

And what’s it like when close to 10,000 airplanes descend on your airport? Toby Kamark and Jeff Wanke, co-owners of Orion Flight Services (CEO and presiden

The so-called “stealth” amendment passed Congress last month, granting the City of Rialto, Calif., special dispensation to sell its municipally owned airpo

BroadWare Technologies has been selected to implement a wireless video surveillance platform at Long Beach (Calif.) Airport.

NATA has expressed its pleasure that the House passed H.R.

Ross Aviation and Centre Partners finalized their acquisition of Scottsdale AirCenter last month.

Very light jets (VLJs) may well represent the tsunami on the horizon for the owner-flown turbine market.

The amateur-built market has been a crucible for avionics development for decades.

As he does with all VIPs arriving at AirVenture, EAA president Tom Poberezny greeted Honda’s Michimasa Fujino with warm words and great respect.

If giant airshows such as Paris, Farnborough, Asian Aerospace and Dubai–even NBAA– represent business aviation’s economic engine, then EAA AirVenture in Os

Just in time for this year’s ski season, Rifle Air has acquired Corporate Aircraft Services and The Rifle Jet Center, the two existing FBOs at Garfield Cou

North Bend Municipal Airport is about one-third of the way up the coast of Oregon, directly on scenic Coos Bay.