FBOs

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

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Stop calling JeffCo tower

Following the name change of the former Jefferson County Airport in Broomfield, Colo., to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport last October, the tower’s app
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New GA hours, gateway for DCA

Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass., is now a gateway airport for companies that want to fly into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
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Wilson Air hosts VLJ exhibit

When big crowds transit through Wilson Air Center’s Charlotte, N.C.
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Second BWI FBO still pending

Although Mercury Air Centers/Corporate Wings won the bid to build an FBO at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) early last y
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Runway shortening opposed

NBAA and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) have submitted comments to the FAA about the proposed shortening of Santa Monica, Calif.’s sing
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Florida FBO focuses on amenities

Florida FBO focuses
on amenities
Plenty of FBOs at popular destinations offer movie rooms with giant projector screens, comfortable seating an
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Michigan FBO OK’d for Part 145 insrument and radio work

Riley Aviation of Kirsch Municipal Airport in Sturgis, Mich., has received FAA certification as a Part 145 repair station for limited instrument and limite
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Aircraft Broker To Appeal Fraud Conviction

Mach 1, a Southern California aircraft broker, and two of its principals, Brian Doherty and John Mouyos, plan to appeal a jury’s decision that they are lia
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Garrett Consolidation Includes Closing Facilities

To clarify the consolidation effort under way at Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated, as reported in Tuesday’s AINalerts, a company spok
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Allied finalizes deal for Mercury’s FBOs

Allied Capital, a Washington, D.C.-based business development firm, last month finalized a complex, controversial $81 million deal (including closing costs
Charter & Fractional

california fbo plans development to accomModate growing charter operations

During the Cold War in the 1950s, squadrons of North American F-86 Sabres and, later, F-100 Super Sabres stood guard over the West Coast secreted in hangar
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Still awaiting permits, Million Air VNY spiffs up

Million Air Van Nuys (VNY), Calif., still awaiting final approval to begin construction on its permanent facility upgrade, has completed a $750,000 interim
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Business Jet Center expands at Love Field

Business Jet Center recently completed a $5 million expansion project at its Dallas Love Field (DAL) facility.
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Lenmar Aviation opens refurbished digs at GON

Lanmar Aviation has opened its newly refurbished facility at the Groton-New London Airport (GON), Conn.
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EPA extends SPCC compliance deadline

Back in June, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) expressed relief with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to propose a 12
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Tac Air wants to 'give you the bird'

The headline on the current TAC Air FBO chain’s direct-mail publicity campaign reads, “Showing you our love by giving you the bird.” But “the bird” in this
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Sump dumper takes the pain out of draining fuel

Since the EPA crackdown on dumping sumped fuel on airport ramp surfaces, draining fuel has become a problem for aircraft operators.
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New Terminal To Follow New Hangar

Guardian Jet Center, an FBO and Avfuel dealer at Ontario International Airport, Calif., last month opened a 22,000-sq-ft hangar and adjoining 2,000-sq-ft o
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European jet club picks PrivatPort at Geneva

Club Airways, a members-only scheduled business jet charter operation in Europe, has chosen PrivatPort to provide ground handling for its flights from Gene
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Mercury FBOs To Be Added to Atlantic Aviation

Publicly traded Macquarie Group, the Australian company that owns the Atlantic Aviation chain of FBOs, is purchasing the FBOs owned by private-equity firm
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Dubai Firm Proposes To Buy Landmark Aviation

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-Carlyle Group to acquire Landmark Aviation, and in particular its MRO businesse
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Customer is the loser in LGA FBO brawl

Management teams at Signature Flight Support and Fort Lauderdale Jet Center are locked in a war of words over the right to operate the sole general aviatio
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Schiphol stalls on new bizav terminal

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has shelved long-standing plans to build a new business aviation terminal on the east side of the Dutch gateway.
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Best takes the helm of Signature’s Euro office

Signature Flight Support has signaled serious intent to expand its FBO chain outside North America by adding a managing director for Europe.
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Mercury Air deal hits a speed bump

A source close to Mercury Air Group’s top-level management team has told AIN that the sale of the company’s FBO division, Mercury Air Centers, has been del
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SheltAir Aviation Services sets up shop at La Guardia

For the past month, business aircraft operators flying into New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) may have been surprised to see a fresh new name going on the
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Transairco upgrades Geneva FBO

TSA Transairco has refurbished its lobby and passenger/crew lounges at Geneva Airport.
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Columbia Air Services celebrates 25 years

With six locations in the Northeast, Groton, Conn.-based Columbia Air Services celebrates 25 years in business this year with some landmark developments.
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WSI inks systemwide deal with Signature Flight Support

WSI, of Andover, Mass., announced that its WSI Pilotbrief Pro system will be installed at all 41 Signature Flight Support FBOs across the U.S.
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Jet Source remodels its terminal at Carlsbad, Calif.

Jet Source completed its remodeling project last month at McClellan-Palomar Airport, Carlsbad, Calif., including fresh paint, carpet, leather furniture and