Matt Thurber

Encore FBO and private-equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner on November 22 entered a joint definitive agreement to acquire Landmark Aviation’s FBOs from Dubai Ae

In a December 13 amendment to Pogo Jet’s S-1 registration statement for its initial public stock offering, the company provided more information about its

Encore FBO and private-equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner announced late yesterday that they entered a joint definitive agreement to acquire Landmark Aviation’

Elliott Aviation is building a new $8 million FBO to replace its existing facility at Des Moines International Airport (DSM).

FBO chain Tac Air now owns 12 FBOs, having purchased the Southern Jet FBO at Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU).

Arcadia Aviation’s new 23,000-sq-ft hangar facility at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, W.Va., was finished in the middle of last mon

In addition to buying Carolina Air Center on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island in September, Signature Flight Support has also purchased Marathon Flight

Hamid Hashemi’s LAH Aviation Holdings purchased Avitat Boca Raton from Muvico Theaters on October 30.

Business jet operators in the Washington, D.C.

Up-and-coming FBO company Maguire Aviation is now the largest leaseholder at Van Nuys Airport in Southern California, having bought the former Million Air

Business Jet Center’s Oakland, Calif.

On October 16, Encore FBO’s Frederick, Md.

Cutter Aviation celebrated the opening of the new crew lounge and flight-planning/business center at its FBO at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Grob Aerospace chief test pilot Tore Reimers and test pilot Peter Weger made the first flight in the number three SPn carbon-fiber light jet on October 29.

ATG’s Javelin program has entered a challenging period, a time when the company is ready to move forward with the program but does not have the resources t

New on the In The Works list this month is Bombardier’s latest midsize jet, the Learjet NXT.

For the past four years, Bombardier designers have worked on a variety of design concepts for new airplanes.

There is general agreement that the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (notam) system is a conduit for often confusing information of marginal value and hopelessly wed

If you liked One Six Right, the documentary about Van Nuys Airport with awesome flying sequences set to inspiring music, you’ll enjoy the new companion DVD

In the northern hemisphere, it’s that time of year again, when clouds are full of ice and it’s time to dust off those icing training manuals and relearn th

We’re now in year two of the great “onslaught” of the very light jet, and soon these small two- and one-engine turbine-powered airplanes will be “darkening

Homeland security experts are considering new measures to tighten security for general aviation operators as part of an ongoing attempt to prepare for unkn

The FAA and TAG Aviation USA have settled “all matters” between them in an agreement that calls for TAG Aviation USA and its Swiss parent, TAG Aviation Hol

Arinc is increasing its investments in Middle East aviation infrastructure, including a major expansion of the company’s GlobalLink Acars VHF air-to-ground

Although avgas is expensive, there is no shortage in the U.S., and oil companies continue to support its production and distribution.

A small percentage–about 20 percent–of the piston-powered fleet requires 100-octane fuel.

Airplane programs traditionally began in one of two ways: either as a conceptual design, such as the Eclipse 500, which the manufacturer used to drum up de

The EASA granted certification to the Falcon 2000DX on September 19, and FAA certification followed on October 3.

Diamond’s second single-engine D-Jet made its first flight on September 14 in London, Ontario.

News reports of the death of the Ibis Ae270B program are premature, according to Frank Hong, director of the business management division at Taiwan’s Aeros