December 5, 2012: Updated Fuel Prices Now Available
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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.
Read MoreSW England’s Primary Business Aviation Facility Set For Huge Growth
/The Bristol Flying Centre (BFC) Group is on track for a massive upturn in passenger numbers in 2013 with the award of two large handling contracts and a doubling in size of its FBO.
Read MoreTAC Air’s Salt Lake City and Provo FBOs Join Phillips 66® Aviation
/On the doorstep to legendary downhill skiing, two of the newest TAC Air fixed base operations, TAC Air Salt Lake City (SLC) and TAC Air Provo (PVU), are now part of the Phillips 66® Aviation-branded dealer network.
Read MoreNBAA Welcomes Final Passage of EU-ETS Prohibition Act
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) thanked President Barack Obama and members of both houses of Congress for their work in passing the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) Prohibition Act.
Read MoreNovember 28, 2012: Updated Fuel Prices Now Available
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Flexjet Receives FAA Authorization For iPads as Paperless Cockpit Solution
/The company said phase 5 authorization comes after six months of validation testing of the device across Flexjet's fleet of aircraft and acceptance of its standard operating procedures. The company's complete transition from paper to electronic navigational charts is planned for January 2013.
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NetJets Launches FBO, Business Jet Service
/A Berkshire Hathaway company, NetJets Inc., launched a fixed-base operator (FBO) facility at Atlanta's DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK). The private business jet charter and aircraft management company based in Columbus, Ohio, has signed a long-term lease with Atlantic Aviation for the 2,800-square-foot facility.
Read MoreHistoric Hangar to be Saved by Museum
/Members of the Connecticut Air & Space Center Museum have begun the process of cleaning and restoring the historic Curtiss Hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport. According to museum officials, the Curtiss Hangar is an integral part of Connecticut’s aviation history, a site visited by aviation pioneers such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes and Igor Sikorsky.
Read MoreBusiness Jet Center Facilitates Dolphin Transfer
/With only a 30-minute window to accomplish their task, Business Jet Center employees at Oakland International Airport recently transferred a live dolphin from a charted DC-9 aircraft to a truck headed to Six Flags in Vallejo, Calif.
Read MoreNovember 14, 2012: Updated Fuel Prices Now Available
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World Fuel Services Launches Ascent
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With the backdrop of the 2012 NBAA Meeting and Convention, World Fuel Services officially launched the new Ascent global fuel brand for FBOs. With a new logo and enhanced programs and benefits, Ascent offers a strong branding option for FBOs built on supply reliability along with high-quality aviation fuel products and services.NetJets(R) Opens Exclusive-Use FBO at Atlanta's DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK)
/NetJets(R) Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway(R) company and the worldwide leader in private aviation, announced the opening of a new exclusive-use facility at Atlanta's DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK). NetJets has signed a long-term lease with Atlantic Aviation for the 2,800 square-foot facility which includes customer and crew lounges, a conference and business center and flight planning facilities.
Read MoreThe Future Of Insurance Rates: Good News or Bad News? How to make the most of what’s to come!
/By Jim Gardner
As the saying goes, there is good news and there is bad news. Which would you like to hear first?
First, let’s look at the good news for the FBO Operator. We are in the continued midst of a soft aviation insurance market that began in 2006. Since then, aviation insurance rates have declined to their lowest point in history.
Now, the potentially bad news, beginning in the winter of 2010, many in the aviation insurance industry are predicting a return to a Hard Market.
What is a Hard Market? It is generally characterized by fewer underwriters bidding on a particular risk - resulting in fewer options, increased rates and premiums, decreased limits of liability and less ancillary coverage offered. In addition, there are more stringent underwriting requirements on training with less flexibility for the operational managers.
Odyssey Aviation Welcomes Shervin Penn as Exuma Station Manager
/Odyssey Aviation Exuma, the company’s newest full-service FBO, has appointed Shervin Penn to the position of Station Manager.
Read MoreSheltair Announces New FBO Operations at Albert Whitted Airport
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Sheltair, Florida’s largest, privately-owned group of fixed base operations (FBOs), announces its newest FBO and property leasing location at Albert Whitted Airport, St, Petersburg Florida (Sheltair SPG). As of November 1, 2012, Sheltair SPG commenced operations as the sole service provider on the airfield.Rectrix Aviation Launches Business Operations at Worcester Regional Airport
/On the November 1, 2012, Rectrix Aviation became an official service provider to Worcester Regional Airport for business aviation, the company has established a fixed based operation at the airport.
Read MoreIndustry Wakes Up To Rising Bizav Demand In Africa
/Visitors to the Africa Aerospace & Defence show (AAD 2012), held in September at South Africa’s Waterkloof Air Force Base near Pretoria, might have been excused for thinking that they had arrived at a business aviation convention. While the exhibition halls groaned under the weight of armored vehicles, the outside static aircraft display was dominated by an impressive array of corporate and private jets.
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