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FBOs

Municipally Operated Avitat Upgrading at Shenandoah Valley

Gregory Campbell, executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission, has high hopes for the airport-operated Avitat FBO.
FBOs

Signature expands at Le Bourget, upgrades at BOS

Signature Flight Support has acquired the former PrivatAir terminal at Paris Le Bourget Airport and has broken ground on a major refurbishment of its Bosto
Airports

FAA levies fines on Chicago; stiffer penalties possible

One year ago this month, the FAA said it would take legal action against the city of Chicago because officials failed to notify the agency 30 days before c
FBOs

Airports and FBOs start cleaning up

Dial the number for Million Air at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW) and there is nothing on the other end.
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Katrina’s effect on fuel prices still unfolding

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the surge in auto-fuel prices–with the per-gallon increases lagging just hours behind the rising flood waters–was at the f
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Training and Workforce

Operators embrace service training for corporate pilots

The late Randy Kennedy, who wrote a chapter or two in the book for corporate pilots in the U.S., once said, “Don’t tell anyone, but you can teach monkeys t

NBAA Moves Convention to Orlando

As Hurricane Katrina blew into world headlines for the human misery it caused on the U.S.
FBOs

A Landmark Deal Reached At HPN

Management at Landmark Aviation, the newly named entity that includes the former Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated alliance, wasted no time climbing on
Airports

Mayor’s Midnight Raid Ignites Meigs Firestorm

It has been more than a month since Chicago mayor Richard Daley’s midnight raid on the city’s lakefront airport, Meigs Field.
FBOs

FBO Survey 2002 - A home away from home for passengers and crew

The state of the aircraft service industry eight months after September 11 can best be described as guardedly optimistic.