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Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream promises a quick fix for AOG clients

Promising less than an hour between the telephone call and wheels up, Gulfstream announced last month that it will fly parts and, if necessary, technicians
FBOs

Completionair merges with premier air center

CompletionAir, not even a year old and just beginning work on its first aircraft interiors, will expand dramatically with the upcoming merger with former r
FBOs

Signature requires, then withdraws, agreement

On September 24, Signature Flight Support began requiring customers at its worldwide chain of 46 FBOs to sign an “indemnification agreement for acts of war
Airports

Denver International Begins Building Sixth Runway

Denver mayor Wellington Webb fired up the first earthmover late last month as Denver International Airport (DEN) began construction of its sixth runway.
FBOs

Flight2ground.com is now online

Valley Oil Company (which distributes fuel to more than 400 FBOs) and Multi Service (an FBO credit-card company) have launched an online interactive schedu
FBOs

Exxon introduces FBO training program

EXXONMOBIL INTRODUCES FBO TRAINING PROGRAM It’s called PremierCare.

FAA-compliant employee checks from NATA

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is offering FAA-approved employee-background verification for FBOs and other airport service businesses.

New Bombardier unit faces ‘big decisions’ on big jets

Bombardier Aerospace has begun staffing its freshly established new commercial aircraft division outside Montreal as it looks toward the launch of a new 11
FBOs

'Sensitive personnel' held up to new scrutiny

All airport workers with access to airplanes and secure areas have been ordered to submit to new criminal background checks.

Republic Details IPO Plans

Indianapolis-based Republic Airways will soon issue five million shares of stock at between $14 and $16 each in its third attempt to take the company publi

Rhode Island Helistop Reopens for Limited Service

Shut down years ago for nearby construction, the Providence (R.I.) downtown helipad has reopened for dropoffs and pickups only (no parking).

ATR Launches Life-extension Bid

Franco-Italian turboprop builder Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) has launched a so-called aging structures program for its ATR 42 and ATR 72 family to e

Groen Bros. refocuses on government contract bids

In a major marketing change spurred by the fallout from September 11, Salt Lake City, Utah-based Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) recently announced it would
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Multiplies Hangar Space at Jeffco

Stevens Aviation has acquired a leasehold on an existing 25,000-sq-ft hangar at Jefferson County Airport (BJC, aka Jeffco) outside Denver.
Security

TSA Starts Conducting 12-5 Program Inspections

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of contacting air taxi operators regulated by the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program
Aircraft

AA Pilots Fail In Bid for CRJ700s

The May 1 deadline for the Allied Pilots Association to convince the other employee groups to accept pay cuts to allow the transfer of American Eagle’s 25
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Clean-water System for Detroit Pistons’ GIV

International Water-Guard Industries of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, has signed a contract to install its circulating potable water system on a Gulfs
Aircraft

Hainan Signs for 20 more 328JETs

A series of visits to Haikou, China, by AvCraft managing director Wolfgang Walter finally paid dividends last month, when Hainan Airlines placed a firm ord
Charter & Fractional

Frax Hiring on Track To Beat Last Year’s Numbers

According to aviation career specialist AIR Inc., six fractional operators this year hired 447 pilots through April.
Airports

Heads Up: MIA 9L Is Now the Center Runway

During construction of Miami International Airport’s new 8,600-foot Runway 8/26 (800 feet north of and parallel to existing 10,506-foot Runway 9L/27R), som

Pilot Deal Spells Relief for US Air

Under pressure to help their employer meet financing conditions set by regional jet lessor GECAS, the pilots of US Airways voted to ratify a new agreement
Maintenance and Modifications

Goodrich Wheel & Brake Center Opens in ICT

Goodrich has relocated and expanded its wheel and brake overhaul facility in Wichita.
Airports

It’s Position-and-hold for New Runway

Extending Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s Runway 13/31 is on hold.

RAA tempers optimism with concern over sticking points

Political and commercial agendas, both individual and collective, rarely allow for a wholly accurate assessment of the regional airline industry’s conditio
Airports

Capacity up at London City

The opening of a new runway hold point at London City Airport has increased the maximum number of hourly movements from 24 to 30.
Airports

Magazine Poll Supports N.J. Airports

An online poll in New Jersey Monthly magazine has apparently launched the pilots’ jungle telegraph into action.

Helo flown via synthetic vision for the first time

In an experiment reminiscent of Jimmy Doolittle’s trailblazing instrument blind flight in 1929, researchers at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) hav
Aircraft

Diamond DA-42 certification marks G1000 cockpit debut

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) last month certified the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system as part of the type certificate for the Diamond
Regulations and Government

FAA harassment lawsuit downed by federal judge

A federal judge in Kansas City, Mo., dismissed a $1 million lawsuit against the FAA over the 1999 fatal crash of a Cessna CitationJet.