Sheltair (Booth No. 4253) wants NBAA attendees to know more about its property leasing opportunities, development and construction services. Since the mid 1980s Sheltair has developed, constructed and now manages more than 60 percent of all hangars and airside commercial office space at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE), one of the busiest general aviation airports in the U.S. Sheltair said that to date it has built more than 3 million square feet of aviation-related space at 19 properties in Florida, Georgia and New York. The company opens its 15th U.S.
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October 5, 2012 - 2:10am
Officials in California have unanimously approved an environmental plan that could make March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, Calif., much more accommodating to private aircraft operators by 2014. The base, which features a 13,300-foot primary runway, has permitted private aircraft operations with prior approval only since 2008 and has a rudimentary trailer-based FBO to supply the few private aircraft arrivals with jet-A, the only fuel currently available.
October 5, 2012 - 1:10am
Facing 100-percent hangar occupancy at Atlanta’s Cobb County Airport/McCollum Field, the Atlanta Executive Jet Center (AECJ) has completed its Corporate Row Hangar Project, a $7 million development. Occupying a six-acre plot leased by AECJ in 2010, it consists of 100,000 sq ft of corporate hangar space along with 240,000 sq ft of new ramp at the airport. The new complex is expected to generate $9 million a year for the local community.
October 5, 2012 - 12:15am
Dialog over the propriety of competition from airport-sponsored FBOs ratcheted up when several members of Congress submitted a letter to acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta expressing their concern about the use of federal funding provided by the agency for airport development.
October 1, 2012 - 3:20pm
Effective October 30, the FAA has added Newark Liberty International (EWR) and San Francisco International (SFO) to a group of airports allowed to operate simultaneous approaches to parallel runways with as little as 1.5 nm of diagonal separation, even though those surfaces are located less than 2,500 feet apart. A change to the FAA’s ATC policy handbook in November 2008 permitted Boston Logan International (BOS), Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE), Philadelphia International (PHL), Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA), Memphis International (MEM) and St.
September 27, 2012 - 3:35pm
Volo Aviation announced today that it has been awarded a five-year contract to manage Sebring Flight Center, the municipally owned FBO at Sebring Regional Airport in Central Florida. To increase traffic at the field, the company plans to reach out to commercial and corporate clients who might be able to take advantage of Sebring’s designation as a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone. According to Volo, this designation allows operators departing Sebring on international flights to uplift fuel without having to pay federal excise taxes.
September 20, 2012 - 3:53pm
Signature Flight Support officially opened its FBO at Chicago O’Hare International Airport yesterday. The FBO chain’s newly built 9,150-sq-ft facility includes a large lobby area, management offices, a conference room, crew lounge, VIP lounge, ground support equipment maintenance bay and supporting restroom and locker room facilities.
September 13, 2012 - 4:18pm
Signature Flight Support and NetJets broke ground today on a 10,000-sq-ft dedicated passenger terminal solely for NetJets customers at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. The $13 million facility, which will open in the second half of next year, is being developed under a partnership between the FBO chain and fractional provider. Attending the event were Signature and NetJets executives, local elected officials and a half dozen students enrolled in the aviation program at the nearby Boynton Beach Community High School.
September 10, 2012 - 2:25pm
A federal grand jury in Philadelphia indicted Joseph Picklo on August 23, charging him with possession of an explosive in an airport and carrying an explosive on to an aircraft. Federal investigators said that on March 29 this year Picklo attempted to pass through security screening with explosives in his backpack at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Airport security officials searched the backpack and confiscated two M80-style fireworks, flash-powder in a concealed container, a lighting wick and a flammable lighter.
September 4, 2012 - 4:50am
Signature opened its new facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last month. The previous Signature location (built in 2003) was knocked down as part of the airport’s runway expansion project. The new $3 million FBO occupies a 151,600-sq-ft footprint, more than 25 percent larger than the previous facility’s area. It includes a 9,150-sq-ft terminal with a large lobby, management offices, a conference room, VIPlounge, crew lounge with showers, and a ground support equipment maintenance bay.
