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

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Dassault Falcon Jet gets cash support

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) has pledged $8.5 million to assist Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ) in its renovation and upgrade plans at New Castle
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Security curbs ops at D.C. heliport

The Air Pegasus of D.C.-South Capitol Street Heliport in downtown Washington is fighting to avoid a death by proximity–proximity to Capitol Hill, that is.<
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Mercury expands Hanscom field facility

Mercury Air Center dedicated a new hangar and tenant office on August 24 at its Hanscom Field FBO (BED) in Bedford, Mass.
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Avfuel to buy Texaco business in 14 states...

Avfuel Corp., a leading independent supplier of aviation fuels and services, has entered into an agreement with Texaco to purchase its general aviation bus
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...and joins Shell Aviation

Shell Aviation and Avfuel have formed a marketing alliance under which each will accept the other’s charge cards, effectively doubling the number of accept
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Slow going in Seattle

As an object lesson to those aviation advocates whose answer to airspace and airport congestion lies in the “more runways” solution, ponder the fate of Sea
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FBO expands at Orlando airport

Marathon Flight Services broke ground recently on an 8,000-sq-ft FBO at Kissimmee Municipal Airport near Orlando, Fla.
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London City Airport will build its own FBO

London City Airport (LCY) has decided to go it alone with the development of a new business aviation facility, having failed to reach agreement with any of
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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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Massport pushes Genav parkington to north ramp

At the request of airport authority Massport, Signature at Boston Logan Airport (BOS) relocated its aircraft parking area on August 10 from the south end o
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ASOS station info can lag up to 2 minutes

Automated surface observation systems (ASOS) at airports without certified live weather observers have been a boon to pilots, but the information they disp
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Dulles organization touts proactive study

A Washington Airports Task Force (WATF) survey last November showed that 90 percent of residents living close to Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) are regula
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FAA holds informal meetings on ACK airspace

On August 20 and 21 the FAA held meetings at Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), in Hyannis, Mass., and Nantucket (Mass.) High School, respectively, to dis
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San Francisco grapples with expansion plans

While New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) has been hogging all the airline-delay headlines, San Francisco is equally concerned that its international airport
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Flying cloud expansion hearings this month

Minnesota’s Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is holding hearings this month concerning runway expansion and a project to build new hangars on the airport’s south
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Executive Fliteways asking, 'What downturn?'

With 13 aircraft in its stable, Executive Fliteways at Long Island McArthur Airport (ISP) in Islip, N.Y.
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Touching Bases: SouthAir lands customs deal in Keflavik

It just got a lot easier to clear customs in Keflavik, Iceland.
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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.
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Execair opens its first FBO in the Caribbean

Last month, Execair completed a new $700,000 FBO on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.
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Universal Weather opens Sydney operation

Universal Weather & Aviation opened a business aircraft handling operation at Sydney (Australia) Kingsford Smith International Airport on November 11.
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Wisonsin Aviation to open new terminal

On December 2, Wisconsin Aviation is expected to open its new $2.5 million general aviation terminal on the east side of Dane County Regional Airport in Ma
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Touching Bases: Business Jet Center Doubled Market Share at Dallas Love Field

In the two years since it began a $15 million rebuilding program at Dallas Love Field (DAL), Business Jet Center has more than doubled its market share on
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Touching Bases: Clay Lacy, Joe Clark Buy Flight Center at BFI

A fixture at Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport (VNY) for decades, Clay Lacy Aviation now has a second location.
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Touching Bases: New Jersey Pilot Takes Atlantic's $10,000 Prize

Ken Weber, an Astra pilot based at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport (TEB), won Atlantic Aviation’s “Top-off=$10,000” drawing at last month’s NBAA Convention in Orl
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Touching Bases: Avion Jet Center Joins Avfuel Network

Avion Jet Center at Orlando Sanford (Fla.) Airport (SBF) has signed on as an Avfuel-branded dealer.
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Touching Bases: South Texas Airport Spends $2.1 Million

With its 5,000-ft runway, Weslaco (Texas) Mid Valley Airport (T65) may not be a beehive of jet activity, but the local authority recently spent $2.1 millio
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Touching Bases: TAC Air Takes Over Krystal Restaurant FBO

Deciding that it wanted to return to the meat and potatoes of its core business, hamburger restaurant chain Krystal has divested its FBO at Chattanooga (Te
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Touching Bases: Wright Bros. Memorial Facility Breaks Ground

Pilots visiting the site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., near Kitty Hawk will soon have more than a minimalist line shack i
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Touching Bases: Wal-Mart-Owned FBO Offers Grade-A Service

Operators of some posh FBOs sometimes complain that pilots are “looking for Wal-Mart prices.” At Beaver Lake Aviation at Rogers (Ark.) Airport (ROG), that’
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Execair enjoys above-par Ryder Cuo

Execair’s Birmingham FBO handled the lion’s share of corporate aircraft traffic flying in for the Ryder Cup golf tournament between September 27 and 29.