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FBOs

Elliott builds FBO at DSM

Elliott Aviation is building a new $8 million FBO to replace its existing facility at Des Moines International Airport (DSM).
FBOs

Tac Air adds 12th FBO

FBO chain Tac Air now owns 12 FBOs, having purchased the Southern Jet FBO at Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU).
FBOs

New Arcadia hangars completed

Arcadia Aviation’s new 23,000-sq-ft hangar facility at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, W.Va., was finished in the middle of last mon
FBOs

Signature adds FBO in Florida

In addition to buying Carolina Air Center on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island in September, Signature Flight Support has also purchased Marathon Flight
FBOs

Avitat Boca gets new owner

Hamid Hashemi’s LAH Aviation Holdings purchased Avitat Boca Raton from Muvico Theaters on October 30.
FBOs

ProJet opens at Winchester

Business jet operators in the Washington, D.C.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Maguire Aviation

Up-and-coming FBO company Maguire Aviation is now the largest leaseholder at Van Nuys Airport in Southern California, having bought the former Million Air
FBOs

Oakland's BJC adds new hangar

Business Jet Center’s Oakland, Calif.
FBOs

Encore FBO welcomes high schoolers

On October 16, Encore FBO’s Frederick, Md.
FBOs

Cutter PHX offers new amenities

Cutter Aviation celebrated the opening of the new crew lounge and flight-planning/business center at its FBO at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Midcoast Offers the BlackBerry Connection

Midcoast Aviation in East Cahokia, Ill., is offering customers BlackBerry connectivity.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Cabin System Picked for Challenger 300

German interiors specialist Lufthansa Technik will be providing its network integrated cabin equipment (Nice) system to Bombardier as standard equipment on
Aircraft

AvCraft finds bargain in 328 program deal

Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft last month signed a contract to buy the Fairchild Dornier 328 program and its associated support businesses.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Out With the Old, In With the New

Elliott Aviation recently completed its first transformation of a Hawker 700A cabin into an 800XP equivalent.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Alto Aviation Wins Audio Contract for Legacy 600s

Embraer Executive Aircraft has selected Alto Aviation of Leominster, Mass., as the baseline cabin entertainment audio system for all the Brazilian manufact
Cabin Interior and Electronics

B/E Offers an Executive Seat Designed for Bliss

B/E Aerospace has begun deliveries of its new UltimateComfort executive seat with adjustments ranging from “comfortable” to “bliss.” The Miami-based compan
Aircraft

Mesa takes first CRJ900

Bombardier last month delivered the first production example of its newest regional jet, the CRJ900, to Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Coming To America: An Aircraft Interiors Show

Reed Exhibitions’ Aircraft Interiors Expo team is launching a new event for the Americas.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Versace Executive Seat Fits Bizliner

In collaboration with TAG Aircraft Interiors, Italian design house Gianni Versace of Milan continues to move into the business aviation cabin.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Arinc Direct Expands Broadband Service

Arinc Direct customers will soon be discovering new horizons.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Steecon Offers Swinging Door

Steecon Enterprises has developed a bulkhead swinging door.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AirCell Axxess Satcom Gets EASA OK for Challengers

AirCell has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its Axxess EZ satcom system on Bombardier’s Challenger 600, 601 and 604.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Wins First 747-8 Completion Order

Lufthansa Technik has won a contract to do the first interior for an executive version of Boeing’s new 747-8.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Millennium Gets Kodiak Interiors Order

Interiors development and certification specialist Millennium Concepts of Wichita has received an order from Quest Aircraft for follow-on production interi
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Down the Aisle…

BaySys Technologies in Accomac, Va., has been contracted to build and install an executive interior in a green Airbus A340-200 for a Middle Eastern custome
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Brilliance marks CareJet treatment

An exterior paint job on a Gulfstream G550 will typically cost in the neighborhood of $150,000 and, with proper care and maintenance, will last about five
Safety

NTSB Boss Urges Focus on Safety

While corporate aviation has an enviable safety record, one comparable to that of the airlines, some flight departments operate on a shoestring budget with
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: December 2007

• At press time, appropriations for the 12 government agencies were still in the holding pattern.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Caravan pilot did not get WX briefing

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Naches, Wash., Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet not aligned properly

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.