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Mercury Opens Mega-size FBO in Kuwait
May 06, 2008
Mercury Air Group announced today that it has started flight operations at the Royal Terminal in Kuwait, the largest private aviation terminal in the Middle East. The three-story, 100,000-sq-ft FBO facility, owned by Royal Aviation Kuwait, cost $42 million to build and includes amenities typically “found only in the world’s most lavish hotels,” such as...
moreFBO Survey: Service Supremos
May 01, 2008
Business booms outside the Americas, but in some regions consolidation will probably follow expansion
moreMD54 provides gateway to downtown Baltimore
May 01, 2008
For Dan Naor, a helicopter owner and pilot and partner in the busy Baltimore Marine Center in the Maryland city’s downtown harbor, landing at the nearest airport was an inconvenience. “You can land at BWI or Martin,” he said, “but then it takes half an hour to get downtown.”Four years ago, Naor set up a small floating pier where he could land the company...
moreDestination Airports: Salt Lake City, Utah
May 01, 2008
Salt Lake City is where the Transcontinental Railroad first came together in 1869. Today, it retains its dynamism as one of the fastest-growing major metropolitan areas in the U.S. It has one of the youngest populations, enjoys a diverse economy and is only minutes from some of the finest outdoor recreation–and not just snow skiing–in the country. A banking...
moreSheltair adding Savannah FBO
May 01, 2008
Pilots who are wondering when a second FBO will open at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport finally have an answer. In late 2006, Liberty Ventures announced plans to build a second FBO, which will compete with the Signature Flight Support FBO, but the planned mid-2007 opening never happened. Liberty had signed a 20-year lease with the airport for...
moreFlorida airport for sale
May 01, 2008
The owner of a private airport in Tallahassee, Fla., has decided to sell the property and has set an asking price of $11.6 million. Tallahassee Commercial Airport has a paved 3,200-foot runway sited on a 200-acre parcel, and this is offered at $10 million. An adjacent 63-acre parcel is also available from another owner for an additional $1.6 million....
moreSanta Monica blasts FAA interference in noise plan
May 01, 2008
The City of Santa Monica, Calif., planned to implement its new ordinance prohibiting operation of category C and D aircraft at the city’s airport beginning April 25. The city enacted the ordinance because of “the dramatic increase in the number of faster airplanes using the airport,” according to a statement from the city. “The ordinance enhances safety by...
moreTotalFBO now web-enabled
May 01, 2008
Horizon Business Concepts’ TotalFBO software is now available in an online version. TotalFBOweb is hosted by Horizon servers and is accessible from any Web browser. Backups of all data are done daily, according to Horizon. Horizon Business Concepts, based in Broken Arrow, Okla., is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
moreKey Air expanding to Minneapolis
May 01, 2008
FBO and charter/management company Key Air is building a new FBO at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis. Key Air sister company Keystone Aviation Services operates a large FBO at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut, and the Minnesota FBO will also host Key Air charter/management, aircraft sales and maintenance operations. The Anoka FBO will begin...
moreNew runway opens at Houston executive
May 01, 2008
Privately owned and operated Houston Executive Airport, west of Houston, has completed a runway extension to 6,610 feet. “Our ability to support larger aircraft will be a real advantage to the aviation business community,” said Andrew Perry, the airport’s executive director. The new airport opened in January 2007 and recently completed a 26,000-sq-ft...
moreAir BP at more FBOs
May 01, 2008
Carlsbad, Calif.-based FBO Jet Source has selected Air BP as its primary fuel supplier. Jet Source offers 120,000 sq ft of hangar space, 35,000 sq ft of office space and, for visiting pilots, a state-of-the-art media room, as well as full maintenance, avionics, aircraft sales and charter/management services. Millville Jet Center in New Jersey also chose Air...
moreFBO Profile: Jackson Hole Aviation
May 01, 2008
Resorts draw crowds to Wyoming FBO
moreNew Branson Airport to open
May 01, 2008
A privately owned and developed airport is under construction eight miles south of Branson, Mo., designed to serve vacationers flying to the Branson area, including airlines and general aviation traffic. The developers of the new airport, Aviation Facilities of McLean, Va., have accepted no federal funds to build and operate the airport, according to...
moreDOT Names Aviation ‘Czar’ for New York
May 01, 2008
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has tapped Marie Kennington-Gardiner of Staten Island to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, created by the DOT last year as part of a coordinated effort to address chronic aviation delays in the New York region.As the aviation “czar,” Kennington- Gardiner will coordinate regional airspace issues and...
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