Content Archive: June 2019

FBOs

I.A.M. Jet Centre FBO Landing at St. Lucia Airport

A new 7,000-sq-ft FBO will open at St. Lucia's Hewanorra International Airport by the end of the year.
Security

Are Your Safety Messages Getting Through to Your Employees?

Simply "sending an email" is usually not nearly enough to ensure vital safety information is received - and acted on.

NetJets: Behind the Fractional-share Curtain

A recent tour provided a look at the fractional giant as NetJets owners experience it.
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KAI Secures Thai T-50 Upgrades

The Royal Thai Air Force is upgrading its T-50TH fleet to an enhanced standard to take over the role carried out by the aging L-39 Albatros
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

S-70 Makes Debut Flight as NAPO Offers Reassurances on Su-34

Sukhoi’s S-70 UCAV flew for the first time recently and should the government order the type, production of it could replace that of the Su-34 fighter.
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Charter & Fractional

Aeroméxico Launches Private Jet Partnership

Mexico's flag carrier airline, has established private jet service with Mexican private jet operator Aerolíneas Ejecutivas, and Delta Private Jets.
Charter & Fractional

Luxaviation Expands at Zurich, Adds Four Jets in Europe

Luxaviation Group has added a new hangar at its ExecuJet Zurich facility, which more than triples its capacity at the Swiss airport.
Airports

Santa Monica To Begin Destruction of Excess Runway

The move would ensure the runway at SMO permanently remains at 3,500 feet and is a step toward permanent closure of the airport in 2028.
Airlines

South African Airways CEO Jarana Resigns

The embattled chief executive expresses frustration over the SAA’s board failure to meet his conditions of employment.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Clarifies Check Pilot Medical Requirements

FAA has issued an NPRM to clarify that medical certificates are not required for check pilots and instructors at commercial operations.