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Castle & Cooke opening FBO in Hawaii

In the third quarter property development company Castle & Cooke will open a new FBO at Honolulu International Airport, sited on the 3.2-acre former Ci
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Universal Paris back to normal

Almost four months after suffering a damaging fire, the Universal Aviation FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport has been fully restored.
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Million Air Medford opens

The newly built Million Air FBO franchise at Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Ore., opened in January, and the new FBO terminal was unveiled
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Landmark, Enterprise sign rental car deal

Finding a rental car at an FBO will be much easier soon as Enterprise Rent-A-Car signed an agreement to serve customers at Landmark Aviation’s 34 North Ame
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Tac Air giving away 'timeless' Chris-Craft

Visitors to Tac Air FBOs can qualify for the chain’s annual NBAA giveaway contest, which features a rare Chris-Craft Capri runabout named Timeless.
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Unique fuel deal at Carroll County FBO

American Pilot Services, a new second FBO at Carroll County Regional Airport north of Washington, D.C., is offering visiting aircraft operators the opportu
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Jet Aviation Geneva: Different challenges for European, U.S. Facilities

One of the great challenges for an FBO company seeking to build a chain is to strike gold not only with facilities in the U.S.
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Million Air moves to Paris

Million Air president and CEO Roger Woolsey and partner FlyingGroup celebrated the opening of the Million Air FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport.
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Houston Executive under way

Groundbreaking for the FBO at Houston’s newest airport, Houston Executive, took place on June 11.
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Charleston gets second FBO

Ken Allison, owner of a growing chain of Million Air FBOs, has added a seventh facility to his stable, Million Air Charleston at South Carolina’s Charlesto
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Signature, NetJets Europe sign handling agreement

NetJets Europe tapped Signature Flight Support as its Europe-wide “preferred handler.” The agreement covers Signature FBOs in Belgium, France, Greece, Irel
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NATA warns of more SMO problems

The California State Assembly voted to approve Assembly Bill 700, a requirement for the City of Santa Monica to measure emissions of aircraft using Santa M
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Esco EMAS installations growing

Aircraft arresting system manufacturer Esco has completed its first Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) installations outside the U.S., at China’s
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Encore adds Frederick FBO

Encore FBO bought the sole FBO at Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Md., the chain’s fourth U.S.
Airports

TEB facing weight limits?

It’s too soon to know the fate of the so-called user-fee bills working their way through the sausage-making legislative apparatus in Washington, D.C., but
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Liberty Air still coming to Savannah

The planned Liberty Air Ventures FBO at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) has encountered some site delays, according to president and CEO M
Accidents

Maintenance faulted in 2005 Chalk’s crash

The crash of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard on Dec.
Training and Workforce

Opinicus readying Eclipse simulators

Simulator manufacturer Opinicus is in the final stages of completing four full-motion simulators and one fixed training device for the Eclipse 500 very lig
Training and Workforce

Industry makes progress on VLJ training standards

Mentoring, where a more experienced pilot flies for some time with a new very light jet buyer until the owner gains confidence and experience, is receiving
Charter & Fractional

Air-taxi operations steal spotlight at VLJ conference

Air-taxi operators and potential operators used a recent VLJ forum, “Business Models for VLJs and Light Jets,” to outline their plans for using the new cla
Aircraft

In The Works: Epic Aircraft Elite

Epic’s Elite VLJ made its maiden flight on June 7 from Redmond, Ore.’s Roberts Field.
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In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace SSBJ

Recent news reports that Gulfstream plans to build a prototype supersonic business jet (SSBJ) by 2013 are inaccurate, according to a company spokesman.
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In The Works: Utilicraft Aerospace FF1080-300ER

Design of Utilicraft’s prototype FF1080-200 twin-engine freight-hauling turboprop has been finalized, and the airplane is scheduled to fly in January, acco
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In The Works: Comp Air 12

Comp Air is firming up plans to certify the single-engine turboprop Model 12, having agreed to work with Downing Aviation Associates “to secure funding, en
Aircraft

Bombardier: NextGen RJ will have lower costs

Bombardier Aerospace is showing its CRJ900 NextGen regional-jet here in 76-seat guise and the uniform of Northwest Airlines subsidiary Mesaba Airlines less
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Heico gets BA’s first PMA parts order

Aftermarket parts manufacturer Heico has jump-started sales of FAA-approved PMA replacement parts to airlines with a new agreement it signed with British A
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OEMs turn attention to single-engine jets

The race is on; the first manufacturer to certify, build and deliver a single-engine jet that offers reasonable performance and price might have the market
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Macquarie's expensive expansion

The most recent Securities and Exchange Commission quarterly 10-Q report filed by publicly traded Macquarie Group revealed that the company is paying $85 m
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Santa Monica neighbors want shorter runway

According to NBAA, during the last week of April, the Santa Monica, Calif., airport commission voted to adopt a proposal to create runway safety areas usin
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Afton FBO supports Airpark

An alternative airport is now available for those flying near Jackson Hole, Wyo.