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Cutter Aviation Consolidates Business
October 01, 2008
The Cutter Aviation FBO chain will be integrating its maintenance, avionics, warranty service and support into a single business unit. The company’s goal is to “create an enhanced and more consistent customer experience at all Cutter service facilities, including its Hawker Beechcraft, Piper and Socata authorized service centers,” said Cutter president Will...
more9/11 Fuel Spill Causes No Damage
October 01, 2008
A valve left open on a fuel-farm tank at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on September 11 allowed nearly 10,000 gallons of jet-A to spill into a containment area. Landmark Aviation, the FBO in charge of the fuel farm, was able to shut off the fuel after an alarm alerted personnel to the spill. “There was no damage,” a Landmark spokesman told AIN, “and...
moreNo Damage from Fuel Spill at Sioux Falls Landmark FBO
September 16, 2008
A valve left open on a fuel-farm tank at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., late last Thursday allowed nearly 10,000 gallons of jet-A to spill into a containment area. Landmark Aviation, the FBO in charge of the fuel farm, was able to shut off the fuel after an alarm alerted personnel to the spill. “There was no damage,” a Landmark spokesman told AIN,...
moreNew Paris Terminal Opened for Regionals
September 12, 2008
Air France and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on September 8 inaugurated a new terminal designed to consolidate traffic operated by the flag carrier’s three regional subsidiaries and increase handling capacity of flights involving five European countries that do not require passport controls with France.Located east of terminals 2F and 2E, Terminal 2G will...
moreCutter Aviation Integrates Maintenance Operations
September 10, 2008
Historically the individual properties of the 80-year-old Cutter Aviation FBO chain have operated semi-autonomously under the guidance of local general managers, but with an increasing demand for maintenance the company is changing the way it does business. To effect this change, it tapped Dennis Constantine as its director of technical services, to oversee...
moreGulf Coast Airports Recover after Gustav’s Visit
September 02, 2008
Temporary flight restrictions remain in place around Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans Lakefront (NEW) and parts of Southeast Louisiana, following yesterday’s landfall of Hurricane Gustav. The Category II storm battered the Gulf Coast with 110-mph winds and prompted the FAA to issue TFRs throughout Louisiana, Alabama,...
moreCity Brief Says FAA Wrong about SMO Limits
September 02, 2008
The city of Santa Monica, Calif., expects that the next step in its ongoing battle over runway restrictions at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) will be oral arguments later this year or early next year. Last week the city filed a reply brief in the Ninth Circuit court challenging the preliminary injunction and FAA interim cease-and-desist order, which prevented...
moreNATA Miffed at FAA over Landing Performance ARC
September 02, 2008
In a letter sent on Wednesday to FAA Flight Standards Service director James Ballough, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) conveyed its concerns about the progress of the Part 91K/125/135 takeoff and landing performance assessment aviation rulemaking committee (ARC). While Ballough previously said the ARC was created for the FAA and industry...
moreJet Source buys Western
September 01, 2008
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 its holdings. Jet Source announced early last month that it had named Ken Curry its new president and COO, replacing Frank Milian. Curry is a former Air Force B-52 pilot and holder of the Distinguished...
moreAtlantic renovates FBOs at Midway and Nashville
September 01, 2008
The freshly refurbished FBO terminal at Atlantic’s Chicago Midway FBO is now open, featuring an extensively redesigned passenger waiting area with improved comfort and traffic flow features. The FBO’s café/vending area has doubled in size to provide visitors additional dining space, and Atlantic upgraded the pilot lounge with new work stations, Internet...
moreBangor International celebrates 40 years
September 01, 2008
Maine’s Bangor International Airport celebrates four decades of commercial air service this year. To help with the festivities, the airport shared some neat photos from the past, including some of Amelia Earhart and President Johnson, as well as a watercolor painting from the Maine Air Museum located in the airport’s former Cold War-era missile assembly and...
moreCastle & Cooke tops list for new VNY FBO
September 01, 2008
The empty Garrett Jet Center at Van Nuys Airport should finally see a new tenant. Local developer Castle & Cooke Aviation, which already operates a hangar and office facility at Van Nuys, has entered negotiations with Los Angeles World Airports to lease the Jet Center property and develop an FBO. Castle & Cooke does not have retail fueling rights at...
moreJetSet signs up Jet Aviation
September 01, 2008
JetSet Media of Kansas City, Mo., has signed up Jet Aviation’s U.S. FBO network for installation of JetSet’s free digital signage system. FBOs can install the free system, which includes a large plasma or liquid crystal display in their lobbies, in exchange for allowing JetSet to run advertisements on the units, which the FBO can approve in advance. The...
moreNew Hangar under construction at Republic
September 01, 2008
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 hangar at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y. The most recent addition was a $4 million, 35,000-sq-ft hangar, and next year the company’s fourth hangar should open, adding another 35,000 sq ft of hangar...
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