Travelers flying to Bush Field in Augusta, Ga., for the Masters Golf Tournament April 6 to 12 at the Augusta National Golf Club will be able to secure Avfuel Avtrip bonus points during the event. Avfuel dealer Augusta Regional Airport Aviation Services is city-owned and -operated but offers competitive fuel prices and all the amenities pilots expect to find at big-name FBOs.
Geography of Georgia
December 31, 2008 - 5:57am
The widening and repaving project at Cobb County-McCollum Airport in Kennesaw, Ga., was completed early last month, and the runway is now 6,305 feet long and 100 feet wide. The shoulders and infield sections of the airport were also graded and additional drainage installed.
November 3, 2008 - 9:06am
The second phase of a new Savannah Service Center for Gulfstream Aerospace is under way and slated to enter service by next year’s third quarter. According to Gulfstream, it will be the largest maintenance facility in the world built specifically for business jets.
October 27, 2008 - 8:13am
FlightSafety International has opened its newly expanded Gulfstream maintenance training facility in Savannah, Ga. The center is nearly twice the size of the existing facility and includes a hangar for hands-on training, an expanded customer lounge and more classrooms. It has the capacity to train 5,000 technicians per year, more than double the number that completed training last year.
September 30, 2008 - 9:17am
Gulfstream Aerospace, in late August, opened the second phase of its new R&D center in Savannah, Ga., dedicating the facility to the efforts of its research and development employees over the 50 years that took the company to its half century this year. Federal, state and local dignitaries joined Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics chairman and CEO Nicholas Chabraja and Gulfstream top management to participate in the opening.
September 5, 2008 - 6:37am
According to Jeff Zacharius, president of Savannah Air Center, the new 101,000-sq-ft completion hangar that opened in February is already at near capacity with a mix of 10 aircraft–Challenger 850s, Global 5000s and Global Express XRSes. All are part of green cabin completion work that now makes up a major portion of Savannah Air’s work.
July 30, 2008 - 9:48am
Three people were injured–one critically–during an explosion on July 2 at the Gulfstream Aerospace plant in Savannah, Ga. According to the company, two contractors were performing leak tests on oxygen bottles inside a building when a flash fire occurred. A Gulfstream employee who tried to help the two men also suffered burns.
July 30, 2008 - 5:18am
Gulfstream Aerospace parent General Dynamics late last month reported a 25-percent increase in profits during the second quarter, thanks in large part to climbing sales of Gulfstream business jets. The company posted a second-quarter profit of $641 million, up from $513 million in the same period a year ago, on sales of $7.3 billion.
July 29, 2008 - 7:06am
During the current economic climate, when many completion and refurbishment centers are struggling–some merely to survive–Savannah Air Center appears to be doing quite well. In fact, the Savannah, Ga. center is doing well enough to embark on construction of a new 12,500-sq-ft cabinetry shop and begin planning for an additional 70,000-sq-ft hangar.
July 28, 2008 - 11:34am
Stephanie Snyder, vice president of marketing and communications at Gulfstream Aerospace, resigned unexpectedly last month. She had been with the Savannah, Ga. manufacturer for more than six years. Snyder also served as an executive assistant to former Gulfstream president Bill Boisture, who left the company abruptly in April, to be replaced by then vice chairman Bryan Moss (AIN, May, page 1).
