NBAA Meeting & Convention Prize Roundup

We have heard about a few giveaways at the NBAA trade show next week.

Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) is giving away a Palm Pre or a Connie model in booth No. 4113.

Horizon Business Concepts, which produces TotalFBO business management software, is running a drawing for two $500 Carnival cruise gift certificates at booth No. 2653.

FuelerLinx, a fuel purchasing software company, is giving away a netbook at booth No. 4649.

Business Jet Center locations at Dallas Love Field, (ConocoPhillips booth No. 2613) and Oakland International (ExxonMobil booth No. 4621) will be giving away a total of five $1,000 Jet A Fuel Certificates and 10 Visa $50 gift cards. .

Flight Display Systems is giving away 20 pairs of noise-canceling headphones.

Air BP will hold drawings for high-end entertainment gear on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Alto Aviation, the leader in superior cabin sound systems, will be giving away iPod Nano’s at their NBAA Booth # 4838. Registration and drawings will be held at their booth.

King Aerospace, booth #3489, is giving away a sporting weekend at Texas El Lobo Ranch. Value of $5,000 and includes domestic commercial airfare for two, ground transportation, bunk house accommodations. 

See you at the show!

Limo Nationwide Driven by Quality

Every month, a Limo Nationwide staff member drives to Long Island, picks up fresh seafood at a client’s favorite restaurant and brings the seafood back to Teterboro, N.J., for the client’s trip. Limo Nationwide — formerly known as A Super-Limo Nationwide — is an extremely quality-oriented limousine company. “We always go beyond the call of duty,” CEO and president Stephen Edwards says.

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Hangar 10 Project Enters Phase II at MKC

The new Hangar 10 aviation services complex at the Kansas City, Mo., Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) broke ground on Phase II of its construction project and was awarded a $3.5 million tax credit by the State of Missouri.

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How Are Business Aviation Companies Doing in This Economy?

Q: AC-U-KWIK has a unique relationship with FBOs; airports; and catering, limousine, and charter companies in the aviation industry. What is AC-U-KWIK hearing from these companies about how their businesses are doing in this economy?

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NBAA, NATA Coordinating Two January Events to Deliver More Value

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today announced plans to coordinate, in San Antonio, TX, NATA's 2010 FBO Leadership Conference, taking place January 25-26, 2010, with NBAA's Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, on January 26-29, 2010.

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ACSF Meets with NTSB Leadership

This week, Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) executives met with National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman and Vice Chairman Christopher A. Hart, to discuss a wide range of aviation safety issues impacting the air charter and shared aircraft ownership industries.

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Flight Display Systems to Give Away 20 Noise Canceling Headsets

Flight Display Systems, booth No. 4484, is giving away 20 of its high-performance noise canceling headsets (one every hour). The lightweight, compact headsets (valued at $145 each) are capable of filtering out 85% of ambient noises and are perfect for in-flight iPod use.

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NATA Releases Results of Survey on FAA Inconsistencies

A survey conducted by the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) to gather data on the significance and predominance of inconsistent FAA regulatory interpretations has yielded troubling, yet expected, results.

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NBAA Responds to Biased, Distorted News Coverage of General Aviation

As big news outlets and the big airlines took a gratuitous and uninformed slap at general aviation today, The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) issued a statement underscoring the value of all general aviation – including business aviation – to the nation’s citizens, companies and communities.

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Avfuel Corporation and Aviation Company Pentastar Aviation Announce Branding Alliance and Fuel Supply Agreement

Avfuel Corporation announced that premier aviation services company Pentastar Aviation of Oakland County International Airport (PTK) has joined the Avfuel-branded network of dealers, which means Avfuel supplies fuel and related aviation services to the fixed-base operation.

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