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October 22, 2009

Colt International Opens in São Paulo

Handling company Colt International (Booth No. 2211) announced here the grand opening of its new operations facility in São Paulo, Brazil. “With the opening of this facility, we’re making significant investments in Colt’s South American-based infrastructure,” said president Malcolm Hawkins. A local Portuguese- and Spanish-
speaking staff will operate the facility. Colt has poured � more

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CMC goes into new FronTier

By Harry Weisberger

CMC Electronics is buoyed by recent selections of its new infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS), satellite communications antennas and electronic flight bags (EFB) by airframe manufacturers, as well as by what it envisions as a promising business outlook. The Montreal-based subsidiary of Esterline is also here introducing its new president, Greg Yeldon, who this August moved into the top spot from more

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Crane System Holds Up to the Pressure

Crane Aerospace and Electronics (Booth No. 2810) of Redmond, Wash., is demonstrating its SmartStem system for wireless sensing of tire pressure and temperature. SmartStem uses a sensor built into a tire’s inflation stem to detect pressure, temperature and other stored information. The sensor sends this data to a control unit onboard the aircraft or to a handheld reader. Crane is also showing its more

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First Hawker 4000 in MidEast Available for Charter

Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group has become the first operator in the Gulf Cooperation Council to take delivery of a new Hawker 4000. The aircraft, along with all of Empire’s fleet, is offered for charter throughout Europe and the Middle East by Avinode (Booth No. 4438), which provides an online suite of tools to charter operators and users. With a range of 3,280 nm, the Hawker 4000 is ideally more

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Amstat Report Hints at Bizjet Sales Stabilization

According to a recent market update from Amstat (Booth No. 2218), the worldwide inventory of pre-owned business jets listed for sale decreased from 18 percent to 17.2 percent in September. “When we examine the past several months worth of market data, the trend does seem to indicate that it’s likely that we have seen the peak in terms of used business aircraft for sale,” said Amstat executiv more

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FAA Releases Final Order on 51-percent Rule

The FAA just released the long-awaited final order that revises the amateur-built aircraft certification policy and guidelines for how builders should properly certify every step of the building process (see page 42 of Tuesday’s edition of NBAA Convention News). While changes to the certification policy, better known as the “51-percent rule,” address a number of key points, two of the most c more

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Signature signs exclusive FBO services agreement with Gama Aviation

Signature Flight Support (Booth No. 4400) and Gama Aviation have signed a multi-year agreement for fueling, office space and hangar space for U.S. operations. As part of the agreement, Gama will establish a presence at Signature’s Teterboro facility, including 30,000 sq ft of hangar space and 4,000 sq ft of office space.

The Teterboro location is particularly attractive to Gama becau more

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Flight Options opts for Aircell’s high-speed Internet systems

By Stephen Pope

Flight Options plans to equip most of its fleet of fractionally owned business jets with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, a decision that will give the company’s aircraft owners and jet card customers in-flight Wi-Fi access anywhere over the continental U.S.

The first installations are due to begin later this year and continue through 2011. Flight Options owns and operates more more

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JSSI reflects on its 20 years

By James Wynbrant

JSSI, the hourly-cost airframe and engine maintenance provider, is marking 20 years since its founding and 20 years displaying at the NBAA Conventions. Company president and CEO Louis Seno took a moment to reflect on the changes he’s seen in aircraft maintenance programs over that span.

“When we started, there was only one competitor: Honeywell and its MSP [maintenance service plan] more

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Million Air wants to thrive, not just survive after the fall

By Kirby J. Harrison

Million Air (Booth No. 4671) has a “sustained strategy” for not merely making it through this recession, but coming out the other end stronger and in a position to take advantage of the recovery.

In a press conference here Tuesday, Million Air CEO Roger Woolsey made it clear that the FBO chain is focused on making that strategy work, from multimillion-dollar investments in new const more

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