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Regulations and Government

Kollsman Agrees To $17 Million Settlement with IS&S

Elbit Systems U.S.
Charter & Fractional

FlairJet Plans Phenom 100 Air Service in UK

British air-taxi operator startup FlairJet yesterday announced plans to enter service next May with a pair of Embraer Phenom 100s.
Charter & Fractional

Drug trafficking

Although the recent economic downturn has led to a drop in charter activity among legitimate business travelers, the head of the U.S.
FBOs

Fargo Jet remodeling complete

Fargo Jet Center’s major remodeling and expansion is finished.
FBOs

Visit Galaxy MCO, get a gift card

Galaxy Aviation is offering Visa gift cards to pilots who visit the company’s new FBO terminal and hangar facility during this year’s NBAA Convention (Octo
Charter & Fractional

With latest acquisition, Gama spreads its wings

The charter industry has seen a flurry of acquisitions and mergers in the past year, and by all accounts the activity will continue.
Charter & Fractional

Savannah Air Center’s New Hangar Already Full

According to Jeff Zacharius, president of Savannah Air Center, the new 101,000-sq-ft completion hangar that opened in February is already at near capacity
Charter & Fractional

Muirhead Offers New Luxury Leather

The Scottish firm of Andrew Muirhead & Son is introducing a luxury leather called Arisaig, named after a section of Scotland’s west coast renowned for
Charter & Fractional

Texas Aviation Gets Tampa Police Mod Contract

Texas Aviation Services has been awarded a fourth contract from the police department of Tampa, Fla., to modify one of the city’s new law enforcement helic
Charter & Fractional

Ultraleather Spells Fuel Savings

Noting that “every ounce counts,” Tapis is promoting its Ultraleather as a fuel saver.
Charter & Fractional

Down the Aisle…

While the composite structure, electrical harness and sub-assembly installation for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 will be done at its Querétaro facility in M
Regulations and Government

Quiet, Please

The full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed a bill that would ban in-flight cellphone use on U.S.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: September 2008

• When the dog days of August arrived, Congress adjourned for five weeks, leaving a number of major bills hanging fire.
Security

Family sells Jimsair to Landmark

The Bracamonte family sold the historic Jimsair Aviation Services FBO at San Diego International Airport to Landmark Aviation on July 18, bringing the Land
Security

Kaiserair adds Santa Rosa FBO

After managing and operating the Apex Aviation FBO at Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif., since January, Kaiserair has purchased the FBO and begun
FBOs

Jet Source buys Western

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Jet Source has purchased competing FBO Western Flight, adding another 30,000 sq ft of hangar space and the airport’s largest ramp to
FBOs

Atlantic renovates FBOs at Midway and Nashville

The freshly refurbished FBO terminal at Atlantic’s Chicago Midway FBO is now open, featuring an extensively redesigned passenger waiting area with improved
Airports

Bangor International celebrates 40 years

Maine’s Bangor International Airport celebrates four decades of commercial air service this year.
FBOs

Castle & Cooke tops list for new VNY FBO

The empty Garrett Jet Center at Van Nuys Airport should finally see a new tenant.
FBOs

JetSet signs up Jet Aviation

JetSet Media of Kansas City, Mo., has signed up Jet Aviation’s U.S.
FBOs

New Hangar under construction at Republic

The Northeastern group of companies, which bills itself as a “specialty services operator” because it isn’t an FBO (no fuel service), is building a new han
FBOs

...and Yosemite's green solar system

Fresno Yosemite International Airport is reaping 40 percent of its energy requirements from a solar panel installation at the airport, the largest such sys
FBOs

A new FBO for Livermore

The underutilized Livermore Airport near California’s San Francisco Bay Area might yet see development of a new FBO.
FBOs

Big Sky joins AvFuel network

Pilots can earn double Avtrip points from Avfuel’s new dealer, Big Sky Aviation.
Aircraft

Boeing To Consult on MRJ Project

Mitsubishi Aircraft has signed a support contract with Boeing under which the Chicago-based company will serve as a consultant on the 70- to 90-seat Mitsub
Charter & Fractional

FAA Fishing for Sentient/TAG Connection

The FAA Eastern Region counsel’s office is trying to find out if employees of the former Sentient Jet Holdings were connected via payroll and other systems
Safety

Fuel Icing Likely Culprit of 777 Crash at Heathrow

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) today issued an interim report for the January 17 accident involving a British Airways Boeing 777 that l
Regulations and Government

Settlement Reached in 1996 Gulfstream IV Accident

Years of litigation over a Gulfstream IV fatal crash at Palwaukee (Ill.) Municipal Airport (since renamed Chicago Executive Airport) in October 1996 finall
Safety

‘Watch Listed’ Pilot Returns to Work

Manassas, Va.-based regional airline Colgan Air has allowed pilot Erich Scherfen to return to work after he and his wife sued the U.S.