Houston Executive Airport Builds World’s Largest FBO Arrival Canopy
/In a state known for wildcatters and big ideas, Texas aviation enthusiast and businessman Ron Henriksen is once again making aviation headlines with the construction of the world’s largest FBO arrival canopy.
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Gama Aviation Riding High With FBO Services At Sharjah
/Gama Aviation plans more investment at Sharjah International Airport to enhance customer experience with fixed-base operation, or FBO, facilities next year, a top official said.
Read MoreABSG Facilitates FBO Sale of Sittman Aircraft Company
/Aviation Business Strategies Group (ABSG) has successfully facilitated the sale of the Sittman Aviation fixed base operation (FBO) facilities at Hawkins Field Airport (HKS) in Jackson, Mississippi, to All About Planes, LLC.
Read MoreWorld Fuel Services Corporation to Acquire Assets of Multi Service Corporation
/World Fuel Services Corporation announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire select assets of Multi Service Corporation (“Multi Service”) for a purchase price of approximately $137 million. Multi Service is a global transaction management company specializing in fleet, government and commercial payment programs primarily through closed-loop networks. The purchase price will be principally funded through the company’s existing credit facilities.
Read MoreNBAA's First S&D Chairman to Receive Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will present Gerald Grady, who served as the inaugural chairman of the Association’s Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Committee, with the 2013 Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award.
Read MoreJet Aviation Opens New Dubai World Central FBO
/Jet Aviation has opened a new FBO at Dubai World Central to take the pressure off its facility at Dubai International Airport (DXB), which at certain times of the day is unable to obtain slots for airplanes to land.
Read MoreJetex Plans Aggressive FBO Expansion in 2013
/Jetex Flight Support, which provides business aircraft handling services around the world and operates two FBOs in Europe, is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy that could see its FBO holdings triple over the next year, the Dubai-based company revealed at MEBA 2012.
Read MoreBusiness Aviation Centre Cologne Joins the Air Elite Network
/World Fuel Services announced Wednesday that Business Aviation Centre Cologne (BACC), located at Cologne/Bonn airport (GMBH) in Cologne, Germany, joined the growing Air Elite Network while attending MEBA.
Read MoreSt. Thomas Jet Center & Lehigh Valley Aviation Services Join The Air Elite Network
/World Fuel Services announced Tuesday that St. Thomas Jet Center located at Cyril E. King Airport (STT) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Lehigh Valley Aviation Services located at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) in Allentown, PA have joined the growing Air Elite Network in the month of October.
Read MoreNBAA Urges Quick Action to Preserve Accelerated Depreciation
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has joined a number of other organizations in strongly urging Congressional leaders to continue stimulating capital expenditures among businesses, big and small, by extending their ability to speed up depreciation schedules for a wide variety of major capital investments. That process, known as accelerated, or “bonus” depreciation, is set to expire at the end of this year.
Read MoreBanyan’s Mobile Avionics Team Outfits Another Charter Fleet
/Banyan Air Service, based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, recently completed the second of two Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft with the Aircell AGT-4000 Gogo inflight internet system.
Read MoreHawthorne Global Aviation Services Reopens FBO At Lakefront Airport (KNEW)
/Avfuel-branded Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has reopened its premium FBO facility at Lakefront Airport (KNEW) in New Orleans, following an extensive renovation after Hurricane Isaac caused damage to the airport earlier this fall.
Read MoreBluebook Perspectives: Facing the Nation
/Vol. 25, No. 4 | December 7, 2012 | Go to Charts
IN THIS ISSUE
Bluebook Perspectives: Facing the Nation
Into the Blue: Aircraft Bluebook At-a-Glance, Cessna 152 Series
Ask Aircraft Bluebook: In the aircraft base average lines in the Bluebook we always see the “No Damage History” as a standard requirement, but if there is damage how does the Bluebook reflect this in terms of value?
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Is Selling Your FBO A Perilous Process?
/By John Enticknap, President, Aviation Business Strategies Group
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” - Niccolo Machiavelli
According to Machiavelli, selling your FBO can be a perilous process. But in my experience, you can even out the bumps and curves by developing a logical plan, well enough in advance, that will lead you to a successful transaction.
Dubai's Business Aviation Operations To Move To DWC
/Dubai World Central is to become the new business aviation hub for Dubai as early as next year.
Rashed Bu Qara'a, the chief operating officer, of Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC) revealed the decision at a Dubai Airports briefing ahead of MEBA – the region’s business aviation premier event.
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Business Jet Access Adds Two Aircraft
/Business Jet Access (BJA), a leading aviation services provider, has recently added a Citation Sovereign and an Embraer Phenom 100 to its charter and management fleet.
Read MoreBahamas Civil Aviation Announces Exemption From Mandatory 406MHz Emergency Locator Transmitter
/Bahamas Civil Aviation announces that effective February 1 2013, the installation of 406 MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will not be mandatory for all general aviation aircraft flying to and within The Islands Of The Bahamas.
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