Airports

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

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DOT and local paper support PA. airports

Sometimes it’s tough to know where your friends are.
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Judge set to decide Van Nuys noise dispute

Following a three-day trial without jury in mid-July, a federal district court judge in Southern California was set to decide a lawsuit filed by NBAA, the
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Unsnarling La Guardia tops N.Y. meeting agenda

Business aviation tried to avoid getting caught in the crossfire of rhetoric at the July 16 House aviation subcommittee hearings on air-traffic congestion
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TAG busily reshaping Farnborough Airport

Work has begun on TAG Aviation’s major redevelopment of Britain’s Farnborough airfield as a dedicated business aviation airport.
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Comments due on LGA congestion proposals

Operators have until August 13 to comment on the FAA’s proposed long-term
solutions to the serious congestion and delay problems at New York La Guard
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Taxi diagrams to be added to airport/facility directory

The FAA’s Airport/Facility Directory now includes a new section that contains taxi diagram charts for selected FAR Part 139 airports.
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Cannes-Mandelieu set to begin slot system trial

France’s DGAC civil aviation authority has imposed slot coordination at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport in the south of France beginning May 23 under a trial peri
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Lyon Bron airport plans building spree while eyeing new operators

Representatives of Lyon Bron Airport (Booth No.
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FAA considers airport noise-compatibility program

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for San Antonio International Airport.
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Safety Board wants stricter night limits at mountainous U.S. airports

Would a broader aeronautical definition of “night” have helped to prevent the fatal crash of a Gulfstream III last year? The NTSB has not yet released its
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London City to become even more bizav friendly

Next month London City Airport (LCY) will officially open its purpose-built Jet Centre for business aircraft.
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New Jersey steps in to save Solberg Airport from closure

The long and bitter battle over the fate of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., may finally be over.
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Redbird Airport to be renamed Dallas Executive

To more closely reflect its primary customer base of business aviation, the city of Dallas is changing the name of Redbird Airport to Dallas Executive Airp
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FAA considers airport anti-noise programs

The FAA is reviewing proposed noise compatibility programs for Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington, N.M., and Lake Charles Regional Airport in Loui
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Naples, Fla. reinstates Stage 2 ban

The authority for Naples Airport in Florida implemented a ban on Stage 2 aircraft starting last month, although operators may be able to obtain temporary w
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Presidential action crucial to DCA access

Last month’s announcement that Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is being permitted to resume its pre-September 11 airline schedule on April
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Chicago Meigs Airport deal not yet set in stone

A bill moving through Congress that would dramatically expand Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) would also protect tiny Meigs Field (CGX) for the
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New operator sought for Midway Atoll airport

Early last month Midway Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix Air Group of Cartersville, Ga., and the U.S.
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El Toro backers will fight Measure W

California’s March 5 primary vote that nixed plans for a civil airport at the former El Toro Marine Air Station was a body blow to the FAA’s Operational Ev
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HAI Joins the Meigs Chorus

Helicopter Association International (HAI) president Roy Resavage has written to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to press for an
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Garrett Santa Barbara to shut down

General Electric will close its Garrett Santa Barbara (Calif.) completion center this month, a result of a downturn in “current market conditions.” At pres
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Centennial Airport OKs scheduled service

In what could be the last episode of a long, contentious drama, the authority for Denver Centennial Airport (APA) on April 11 rescinded its ban on schedule
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Haneda opens to international bizav flights

Japan has opened Tokyo Haneda Airport to international general aviation flights via 16 slots per hour, available between 11 p.m.
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SFAR expected for GA access to DCA

General aviation continues to make some, albeit slow, progress towards regaining at least limited access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
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City takes over fueling at Arkansas airport

Fayetteville Air Service FBO is out and the city of Fayetteville, Ark., is in as far as fueling and other transient aircraft services are concerned at Drak
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News Note: Gloucestershire Airport looking for new FBO

Gloucestershire Airport in the southwest of England wants to attract a new FBO to handle its increasing volume of corporate aircraft traffic.
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Touching Bases: Freeholder takes an unkind cut at bizav

Referring to regular operations at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport (TEB), Bergen County (N.J.) freeholder Anthony Cassano said, “This is nothing less than an atta
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Touching Bases: Stewart Airport assigns master plan duties

Stewart International Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, N.Y., has appointed Clough Harbor Associates of Albany, N.Y., to lead the completion of the airport’s mast
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Milan’s trio of airports each sing their own song

Commuting from the central business district of Milan, Italy, to its three airports, the advantages of Linate and its eight-minute ride become obvious.
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Touching Bases: Palwaukee group tackling noise issues

A noise study will be one of the first jobs of the new Palwaukee Airport Community Engagement Council (PACE), an airport/citizen group organized earlier th