Content Archive: October 2008

FBOs

Midcoast Aviation Opens New Hangar Doors

Midcoast Aviation opened its newest hangar at St.

FirstFlight Assumes Control of NY Heliport

Elmira/Corning, N.Y.-based FirstFlight assumed operational control of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport on November 1.
FBOs

Premier Aéreo Finds a Way Down

If your FBO has a runway on one side and a major highway on the other, and you can’t buy or lease the space on either side, what do you do to expand your h
Aircraft

SwiftJet Orders Five D-Jets

SwiftJet, an aspiring air taxi operator in Canada, has placed an order for five single-engine Diamond D-Jets, along with options for 10 more.
FBOs

Lider Aviation Puts Up New Hangar in Rio

Lider Aviação, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is investing $7 million in a new hangar at the Jacarepaguá Airport in Rio de Janeiro.

Mauricio Botelho Recognized at LABACE

Former Embraer president and CEO Mauricio Botelho was honored at the opening general session of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhib
FBOs

U.S. Pre-clearance Coming To Universal Aruba

Starting early next year, private aircraft traveling to the U.S.
Aircraft

Hawker Beech unveils 450XP, King Air 350i

Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i last month.
Accidents

NTSB Issues Update on S.C. Learjet 60 Crash

The NTSB yesterday released an update on its investigation of the Learjet 60 that crashed while taking off from the Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport ju

Gulfstream Smoothly Riding Out Economic Turbulence

Despite what General Dynamics chairman and CEO Nicholas Chabraja termed a “tumultuous period in the markets and dislocation in the financial services secto