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FBOs
Touching Bases: Van Nuys looking at stagee 2 phase-out
Los Angeles Worlds Airports (LAWA) first proposed phasing out jets that meet Stage 2 noise restrictions at Van Nuys Airport in 1990.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Rizon set to open Doha FBO next year
oMiddle East charter provider Rizon has begun work on a new FBO and hangar facility at Doha Airport in Qatar.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Banyan shows appreciation at Hangar63
Fort Lauderdale FBO Banyan Aviation held the third customer appreciation event at its Hangar63 aviation store in late April.
Charter & Fractional
Touching Baes: NetJets signs agreement with Volo
Volo Aviation’s five FBOs are now official service providers for NetJets fractional-share flights and flights by NetJets affiliates.
Regulations and Government
Touching Bases: Confusion over SPCC rules
The National Air Transportation Association is reminding FBOs and airports with fuel farms and trucks that compliance dates for new U.S.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Hiller Group rebrands with Phillips 66
The Hiller Group is rebranding FBOs in 12 central states as Phillips 66 fuel dealers under a new agreement with Conoco-Phillips.
FBOs
Touching Bases: New FBO at Tulsa International
Tulsa International Airport has a new FBO: Aircraft and Turbine Support’s multi-million-dollar complex.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Iniversal sells FBO manager software
FBO Manager software is now back in the hands of Michael Barron and Barry Kress, who used to work for Cornerstone Logic.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Fargo Jet joins Avfuel network
Fargo Jet Center at Hector International Airport in Fargo, N.D., has signed up as an Avfuel-branded fuel dealer.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Landmark officially opens Asheville
Landmark Aviation and the Asheville Regional Airport Authority celebrated the grand opening of the FBO chain’s FBO terminal at Asheville Regional Airport i
EBACE 2009 Report
It might surprise some to hear this, but the state of the economy was not on the minds of everyone at last month’s European Business Aviation Convention &
Ukraine’s AeroSvit Launches An-148 Service
Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service yesterday with the first Antonov
Accidents
French rescue org suffers third fatal EC 145 crash
A Eurocopter EC 145 operated by France’s emergency preparedness organization, Sécurité Civile, crashed on April 25 on the French island of Corsica, killing
Aircraft
Mock up shows military role for X2
Last month Sikorsky displayed a mock-up of a possible X2 Light Tactical Helicopter (LTH) design at the Army Aviation Association of America annual co
Rotorcraft
Conclusion in sight for UK’s SAR competition
Selection of a preferred bidder could emerge before the end of this year in the UK’s search-and-rescue helicopter (SAR-H) procurement process, which aims t
Aircraft
ASA Grounding Costs SkyWest $7.6M
Atlantic Southeast Airlines’ unscheduled grounding of 60 CRJ200s on March 31 for engine inspections lowered revenues at parent company SkyWest by $7.6 mill
Aircraft
Joy Air to Launch this Month
A new regional airline based in Xi’an, China called Joy Air plans to launch revenue operations this month with three Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) MA-60 turboprops.
Aircraft
Pinnacle Draws Nearer to Pilot Deal
Pinnacle Airlines CEO Phil Trenary last month reported “very good progress” in management’s negotiations with the airline’s ALPA-represented pilots for a n
Aircraft
Republic’s Hawaii Venture Advances
Republic Airlines injected another $2.5 million into its partnership with Hawaii’s Mokulele Airlines on May 1 and this month plans to send a fourth Embraer
Maintenance and Modifications
Worldwide MRO market to top $55 billion by 2015
epair And Overhaul (MRO): A Global Market Report, Global Industry Analysts provides a comprehensive review of the MRO industry and quantifies potential in
Rotorcraft
Italy’s Esperia Orders AgustaWestland Twin
Esperia Aviation Services, based at Rome Urbe downtown airport, has ordered one AgustaWestland AW109E Grand.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sikorsky Opens Korean Parts Depot
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has opened a regional parts facility with Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) at the Gimpo Aerospace Complex in Gimpo City, Gyong
Rotorcraft
Swiss Rescue Organization Posts Record Activity
Rega, the Swiss not-for-profit air rescue organization, last year for the first time surpassed 10,000 annual helicopter missions, at 10,425.
Rotorcraft
Columbia Chinook Fights Mexico Fires
Columbia Helicopters has dispatched one of its Boeing 234 Chinook tandem-rotor helicopters to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to assist with wildfire suppressio
Rotorcraft
Bristow Acquires More S-300s
Sikorsky Global Helicopters has delivered six more S-300CBi trainers to Bristow Academy’s existing fleet of 48 of the models.
Rotorcraft
Bell’s Profits Surge
Despite plummeting revenues and profits at parent company Textron, Bell Helicopter posted significantly improved first-quarter results compared with the sa
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintained in the USA? Aviation’s scary little secret
So here’s a pop quiz (true or false) for all you aviation enthusiasts: 1. All employees in safety-sensitive positions at U.S.
Safety
Legislation targets HEMS safety record
While the FAA develops new rules to improve the safety of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS), the ranking Republicans on the House Transportation
EBACE 2009
It might surprise some to hear this, but the state of the economy was not on the minds of everyone at last month’s European Business Aviation Convention &
Maintenance and Modifications
EADS, mas to create regional MRO
EADS, mas to create regional MRO MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System (MAS), and EADS SECA, a Pratt & Whi
