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Charter & Fractional

Down the Aisle…

While the composite structure, electrical harness and sub-assembly installation for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 will be done at its Querétaro facility in M
Regulations and Government

Quiet, Please

The full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed a bill that would ban in-flight cellphone use on U.S.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: September 2008

• When the dog days of August arrived, Congress adjourned for five weeks, leaving a number of major bills hanging fire.
Security

Family sells Jimsair to Landmark

The Bracamonte family sold the historic Jimsair Aviation Services FBO at San Diego International Airport to Landmark Aviation on July 18, bringing the Land
Security

Kaiserair adds Santa Rosa FBO

After managing and operating the Apex Aviation FBO at Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif., since January, Kaiserair has purchased the FBO and begun
FBOs

Jet Source buys Western

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Jet Source has purchased competing FBO Western Flight, adding another 30,000 sq ft of hangar space and the airport’s largest ramp to
FBOs

Atlantic renovates FBOs at Midway and Nashville

The freshly refurbished FBO terminal at Atlantic’s Chicago Midway FBO is now open, featuring an extensively redesigned passenger waiting area with improved
Airports

Bangor International celebrates 40 years

Maine’s Bangor International Airport celebrates four decades of commercial air service this year.
FBOs

Castle & Cooke tops list for new VNY FBO

The empty Garrett Jet Center at Van Nuys Airport should finally see a new tenant.
FBOs

JetSet signs up Jet Aviation

JetSet Media of Kansas City, Mo., has signed up Jet Aviation’s U.S.
FBOs

New Hangar under construction at Republic

The Northeastern group of companies, which bills itself as a “specialty services operator” because it isn’t an FBO (no fuel service), is building a new han
FBOs

...and Yosemite's green solar system

Fresno Yosemite International Airport is reaping 40 percent of its energy requirements from a solar panel installation at the airport, the largest such sys
FBOs

A new FBO for Livermore

The underutilized Livermore Airport near California’s San Francisco Bay Area might yet see development of a new FBO.
FBOs

Big Sky joins AvFuel network

Pilots can earn double Avtrip points from Avfuel’s new dealer, Big Sky Aviation.
Aircraft

Boeing To Consult on MRJ Project

Mitsubishi Aircraft has signed a support contract with Boeing under which the Chicago-based company will serve as a consultant on the 70- to 90-seat Mitsub
Charter & Fractional

FAA Fishing for Sentient/TAG Connection

The FAA Eastern Region counsel’s office is trying to find out if employees of the former Sentient Jet Holdings were connected via payroll and other systems
Safety

Fuel Icing Likely Culprit of 777 Crash at Heathrow

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) today issued an interim report for the January 17 accident involving a British Airways Boeing 777 that l
Regulations and Government

Settlement Reached in 1996 Gulfstream IV Accident

Years of litigation over a Gulfstream IV fatal crash at Palwaukee (Ill.) Municipal Airport (since renamed Chicago Executive Airport) in October 1996 finall
Safety

‘Watch Listed’ Pilot Returns to Work

Manassas, Va.-based regional airline Colgan Air has allowed pilot Erich Scherfen to return to work after he and his wife sued the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Dusseldorf is now a Piaggio service center

Piaggio Aero has appointed Jet Aviation Dusseldorf an authorized service center for the Avanti/Avanti II turboprop twin.
Maintenance and Modifications

JetCorp completes Challenger 604 eight-year inspection

The 96-month inspection of a Challenger 604 gave JetCorp’s St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ameco Beijing signs Lufthansa Technik service agreement

A two-year, worldwide logistic services agreement has been signed by Ameco Beijing and Lufthansa Technik Logistik (LTL).
Maintenance and Modifications

Metrojet gets Cayman

Metrojet’s MRO operation has obtained Cayman Islands Aircraft Maintenance Organization approval.
Maintenance and Modifications

StarPort named Honeywell 731 line maintenance service center

StarPortUSA, based at Orlando-Sanford International Airport, was recently named an authorized line maintenance service center for Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation breaks ground on expansion project

Precision Aviation Group recently began work on expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Global Aviation designated Bombardier service provider

Bombardier Business Aircraft has authorized Global Aviation of Portland-Hillsboro Airport to be an aircraft on ground/line maintenance facility (AOG/LMF) i
Maintenance and Modifications

Threshold Aviation does major Citation 650 repair

Threshold Aviation Group of Chino, Calif., recently completed structural repairs to the rear belly skin and bulkhead of a Citation 650.
Maintenance and Modifications

Harbour Air becomes Eclipse Service Center

Eclipse Aviation has selected Vancouver-based Harbour Air to be the first Eclipse 500 authorized service center in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications

Qantas & Lufthansa Technik partner on joint MRO venture

Australia’s biggest airline, Qantas Airways, and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider Lufthansa Technik of Hamburg, Germany, have joined forces