Village Requests Proposals to Provide Aircraft Services at CZG

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The Village of Endicott, located in New York's Southern Tier is offering an opportunity to provide pilot and aircraft services at Tri-Cities Airport (CZG). In addition to the base opportunity to provide these services, there are bid options to lease and operate the fuel farm, manage the Village-owned T-Hangars and maintain the airport.
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TotalFBO Complies with PCI Credit Card Security Standards

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Horizon Business Concepts, a leader in aviation business management software development, has announced its popular TotalFBO product is the first aviation business management software program to become compliant under the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Council’s new industry security standards for processing credit cards. The announcement comes as major oil companies begin enforcing deadlines over the next several months on FBOs and other service providers to cease use of non-PCI-compliant software and hardware.
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Advertisers, Please Approve Your Artwork for 2010 AC-U-KWIK Directories

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Attention, AC-U-KWIK advertisers! We have sent ad proofs for approval. Please make sure you review and approve the artwork for your ads in the 2010 AC-U-KWIK airport/FBO directories.

Our artwork approval deadlines are:

  • July 31 for the 2010 North American edition
  • August 21 for the 2010 International edition

Also, if you have not already turned in a signed insertion order, please do so as well.

For more information about advertising, contact Jennifer Shafer.

Bolen Expects Strong NBAA Convention

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NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said he is expecting the 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention to be a strong show despite stiff economic headwinds. “We are currently tracking at about 80 percent of where we were at this point last year, which is outstanding, since last year’s show set all-time records for the number of exhibitors and booth sales,” Bolen said.
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NBAA Seeks S&D Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Award Nominations

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Through Aug. 31, NBAA is accepting nominations for the second NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Award. The award recognizes an individual who shares outstanding business aviation industry expertise, provides extraordinary service, exhibits leadership and has made significant contributions to the scheduling and dispatching function.
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JetEx Opens Luxurious FBO at Le Bourget in Paris

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JetEx opened its newest luxury FBO at Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) in Paris on June 15. The new facility boasts 2 VIP lounges, crew rest rooms, full Internet access, quick and easy entrance from the apron and the largest amount of parking for executive aircraft in all of Paris. The ample parking can accommodate aircraft as large as the new Airbus A380.
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Odyssey Aviation Construction Well Underway at New Orleans Lakefront (KNEW)

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Construction on Odyssey’s new, world-class jet center at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (KNEW) is now 25 percent complete. Odyssey has come a long way since Katrina when, back in 2005, owner Ken Allison faced destruction and an uncertain future for his New Orleans FBO. Recently, Odyssey celebrated the groundbreaking on its new permanent location at the main entrance to Lakefront. By year’s end, visitors will be welcomed by a contemporary FBO in place of today’s temporary facility.
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Trip Quotes Provides Instant Air Routing International Quotes

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Air Routing International has launched Trip Quotes, a new online service that enables charter operations and flight departments to quickly receive a comprehensive trip quote with instant and accurate results. This online international trip quote service provides flight departments the around-the-clock ability to swiftly determine Air Routing arrangement fees, international third-party charges and estimated fuel costs before planning a trip.
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Avtrol/Opti-MIM Now Interfaces with Air BP’s Compass

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Liquid Automation Systems (LAS) has announced that the Avtrol/Opti-MIM aviation fuel truck management system now directly interfaces with Air BP’s Compass Transaction Processing System. The completion of this interface means that Air BP distributors can now improve customer service, management efficiency and accuracy of aviation fuel accounting by automatic entry of fueling data from the fuel truck into Compass.
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New Non-Profit Gives Autistic Children a Chance to get the Medical Attention They Need

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It may sound like an adventure travel company, but Autism Escapes offers much more than a smooth ride to the traveler’s destination. The non-profit company, founded by the parents of a child with autism, arranges air travel on private jets for children with autism and their families as a means to visit medical specialists in the field of autism.
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