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Aircraft

In the works: Utilicraft Aerospace

FF1080-200ER/300ER Progress on the Utilicraft FF1080-200ER freight-feeder pro- totype is accelerating.
Aircraft

In the Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet

Excel-Jet is looking for a new home to continue with development of the single-engine Sport-Jet and is considering a move to Chennault International Airpor
Aircraft

In the works: Supersonic Business Jets

Supersonic Aerospace (SAI) and Aerion continue their quest to bring a speedy yet environmentally friendly supersonic business jet to market.
FBOs

Touching bases: PASSUR Offers fuel uplift info

Megadata added to its Passur FBO aircraft-tracking system a new feature that informs FBOs of fuel uplift requirements for incoming aircraft.
FBOs

Austin opening new airport

Ron Henriksen, developer of Houston Executive Airport, has purchased Bird’s Nest Airport, a small facility with a 2,700-foot runway 12 miles Northeast of A
Maintenance and Modifications

Court orders AvTrak to destroy mx data from former clients

The debate between Littleton, Colo.
Airports

Touching Bases: New hangar at Hong Kong

Business aviation traffic continues to grow at Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok International Airport, and to serve that traffic, Hong Kong Business Aviation Centr
FBOs

Touching Bases: Signature buys anothe FBO

Signature Flight Support purchased Carolina Air Center at South Carolina’s Hilton Head Airport on September 28.
FBOs

Touching Bases:Salinas site of new FBO

Central Coast Aviation announced plans to build an FBO facility, to be called Salinas Jet Center, at Salinas Municipal Airport near California’s Monterey P
FBOs

Touching Bases: New Jersey FBO expandsNEW JERSEY FBO EXPANDS

Ocean Aire is offering space in its new 20,000-sq-ft hangar at R.J.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Phoenix rises to serve

operators in the PACIFIC RIM Phoenix Fuel has formed Phoenix Japan Aviation Group, based at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, to provide ground-handling services fo
FBOs

Touching BAses: Jetscape eyeing expansion

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport FBO Jetscape Services has secured new investments that will help it launch and develop a chain of FBOs.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Sheltair upgrades three FBOs

SheltAir completed interior renovations at its St.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Wilson Air fuel trucks tally pounds/gallons

Always looking for new ways to serve customers, Wilson Air Center founder Robert Wilson came up with the idea to modify fuel trucks so that they can displa
FBOs

Touching Bases FBO profile: FBO provides a fuel stop for southbound U.S. pilots

Pilots looking for an alternative for clearing U.S.

UK firm invests in Sino Swearingen

Production activity at San Antonio-based jet developer Sino Swearingen Aircraft has not yet picked up since the company announced at the NBAA Convention th
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New to bizjet market, Embraer takes on Wichita heavyweight

It’s no secret that Embraer is rapidly adding new business jets to its product line, but what’s interesting about that is that the Brazilian company seems
Accidents

UA accident investigation yields safety recommendations

The NTSB’s first investigation of an unmanned aircraft accident highlighted a problem that many have worried about and that the FAA has yet to address: the
Aircraft

Production change halts deliveries of Texan II

As reported first in AINalerts on September 20, the U.S.
Aircraft

New Bizliners

As the normal business jet evolves to fill ever smaller niches in the market, it’s no surprise to see more airliner-derived VIP jets offered to an ever wea
Charter & Fractional

AMI certificate revocation spooks charter industry

AMI Jet Charter’s trouble with the FAA didn’t start on October 12, when the agency revoked AMI’s charter certificate, nor the week before, when it suspende
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Charter & Fractional

Sentient Flight Group acquires two more charter divisions

On October 23, Sentient Flight Group purchased Hawker Beechcraft’s charter/management business.

Production change halts Texan II deliveries

As reported first in AINalerts on September 20, the U.S.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Suspends AMI Jet's Part 135 Certificate

The FAA suspended AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate yesterday on an emergency basis, citing many problems with the Burlingame, Calif.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Rectrix

Rectrix Aerodrome Centers is attempting something that has bedeviled many an FBO over the years, trying to force an airport’s municipal owners to allow FBO
FBOs

Infinity buys Keyson at Nashua

Infinity Aviation Group has purchased assets of the former Keyson Airways and Keyson Enterprises FBO at Boire Field Airport in Nashua, N.H.
FBOs

Swiss airports offer co-op services during WEF

For travelers flying to Switzerland early next year for the World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Davos (January 23-27), St.
FBOs

Aero Toy expanding its Montreal facility

Aero Toy Store has begun construction on a 45,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility at Montreal’s Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International Airport.
FBOs

FAA adds airport advisories

The FAA has published two revised Advisory Circulars for airports.
FBOs

Buchanan and Byron see growth

Two San Francisco-area airports are growing, with new FBOs and hangars under construction.