Airports

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

Airports

Touching Bases: Report on noise study cites comments

Public comments released last month on an FAR Part 161 noise study at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR) support a nighttime curfew (10 p.m.
Airports

Touching Bases: FAA investigating SMO's conformance program

Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport (SMO) has developed a “conformance program” for aircraft using the airport.
FBOs

Jet aviation ramps up its ramp space in Dallas

Jet Aviation at Dallas Love Field (DAL) has launched a project to increase its ramp and infield area by 50 percent.
Airports

New Jersey’s Trenton Airport emerges as a haven for bizav

In New Jersey a sleeping giant of an airport is beginning to awaken.
Airports

Can't see the runway for the trees?

The FAA has said it might raise decision heights on instrument approaches at Hanscom Field, Boston’s primary general aviation reliever airport in Bedford,
Airports

LCY’s location draws crowds despite its high parking fees

Location, location, location is the premise on which London City Airport (LCY) has built its new Jet Centre, and it is on the same premise that it will cha
Charter & Fractional

London City enters exec charter business

The London City Airport operator has entered the executive charter market with a new Dassault Falcon 900EX.
Airports

Bizav hub looks ahead at ‘green’ challenges

When an airport considers environmental impact on neighbors, noise is usually the top concern, but dealing with water- and air-pollution issues is becoming
Airports

Lull in Global Express sales trickles down to Marshall Aero

Marshall Aerospace, now finishing its sixth Global Express completion for Bombardier,
is having to find alternative work for its Cambridge, UK facili
Airports

Regionals Update: Toronto City Center to host new regional airline

As part of a plan to develop Toronto City Center Airport into a viable commercial hub, the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) has entered negotiations with a loc
Airports

French GA airports may lack operators’ support

Several French secondary airports are facing threats of closure within two years.
Airports

More former military airports eligible for conversion funds

Five former military airports have been added to the Military Airport Program (MAP), which provides financial assistance to the civilian sponsor of militar
Airports

Santa Monica access restrictions proposed

The Santa Monica (Calif.) Municipal Airport Commission has proposed an “aircraft conformance program” (ACP) that would effectively ban certain larger busin
Airports

Flying into Mexico won't get easier soon

Efforts to relieve congestion at Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport were dealt a blow last month when the Mexican government abandoned plans t
Airports

Texas granted $500K for new genav airport

Central Texas, near the capital city of Austin, may yet get the general aviation airport it has so desperately needed for the past several years.
Airports

Bombardier To Sell Belfast City Airport

Bombardier is trying to sell Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland.
Airports

Banyon acquires Cav-Air at Fort Lauderdale Exec

Banyan Air Service president Don Campion announced earlier this year his FBO has acquired the assets and adjoining leasehold formerly owned by Cav-Air at F
Airports

GE flight calls Stewart ‘home’

“It was definitely our second choice, but it turned out to be a good one.” That’s how corporate air transport manager Rich Sismour characterized GE’s move
Airports

Who ya gonna call?

Bird-X’s GooseBuster uses alert and alarm calls recorded by actual Canada geese, which the company says the geese recognize and respond to instinctively.
Airports

New Branson Airport to open

A privately owned and developed airport is under construction eight miles south of Branson, Mo., designed to serve vacationers flying to the Branson area,
Airports

DOT Names Aviation ‘Czar’ for New York

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has tapped Marie Kennington-Gardiner of Staten Island to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, created
Airports

Destination Airports: Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is where the Transcontinental Railroad first came together in 1869.
Airports

Florida airport for sale

The owner of a private airport in Tallahassee, Fla., has decided to sell the property and has set an asking price of $11.6 million.
Regulations and Government

Santa Monica blasts FAA interference in noise plan

The City of Santa Monica, Calif., planned to implement its new ordinance prohibiting operation of category C and D aircraft at the city’s airport beginning
Airports

New runway opens at Houston executive

Privately owned and operated Houston Executive Airport, west of Houston, has completed a runway extension to 6,610 feet.
Airports

FBO Survey: Service Supremos

At face value, there has never been a better time to be in the international FBO business.
Airports

French Bizav airports impose slot system

Slot coordination was imposed at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport in the south of France under a trial period that will run from May 23 through October 25.
Regulations and Government

Tempelhof Airport Vote Fails; Field Poised To Close

The citizens of Berlin showed little interest on Sunday in keeping historic Tempelhof Airport open.
Regulations and Government

Santa Monica nixes large jet ban

On April 10, Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport director Robert Trimborn sent a letter to airport users advising them that beginning April 24, “only aircraft in
Safety

AOPA to Pilots: Be Careful!

Two high-profile violations of the capital’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) have prompted the AOPA Air Safety Foundation (ASF) to send bright orang