Smyrna Air Center (MQY) Joins the Avfuel Network of Branded FBO Dealers on Offering Aviation Fuel and Services

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Avfuel Corporation announced that Smyrna Air Center has joined the Avfuel-branded network of FBO dealers in offering fuel and related services to the corporate and general aviation industry. In addition, Smyrna Air Center has expanded its aviation-related services to offer engine conversion capabilities through its Power90 King Air program.
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Christopher Wray Leads Banyan into Falcon Maintenance

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Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport has hired Christopher Wray as its new Falcon crew leader. "Banyan is extremely pleased to welcome Chris Wray to our team as our new Falcon crew leader," director of maintenance Dave Valenta said. "With his more than 35 years experience in the service, inspection, maintenance and operations of corporate aircraft, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience."
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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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Flight Trak Offers Free Trials of Web Hosted Aviation Scheduling Software

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Now flight departments can test drive the full version of Flight Trak’s FT Scheduler Web Hosted software. This 30-day trial offer will yield much more information and experience than just a demo. Flight departments will use Flight Trak to schedule, dispatch, track and report on actual trips, complete with access to AC-U-KWIK data.
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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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