Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

Having a smokestack on the runway centerline was problematic, but could an SMS program have helped prevent an accident?

A South Carolina airport is facing encroachment from a high-density housing development nearby—with 274 homes on the short final.

Bombardier employees are continuing their strike after a failed round of negotiations between the manufacturer and Unifor.

The two-parcel, roughly 11-acre property is called the FXE Gateway Complex.

Negotiations are underway at Bombardier’s Global aircraft production facility in Toronto, where 1,350 union members are on strike.

Plans call for providing the FBO with a “consistent supply” of SAF, delivered about once every two months, or once every 10th delivery of jet fuel.

Business aviation can—and should—decarbonize faster than commercial aviation, according to the director of Paris’ business aviation-focused airport, Le Bourget.

The average price of Jet-A in the U.S. in June declined 13 cents compared to May, settling at $6.74 per gal.

Textron Aviation is expanding its facilities in Australia as it increases parts availability for Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft in the region.

Deutsche Aircraft has begun construction of a final assembly line for its 40-seat turboprop aircraft.

Daher’s board of directors has appointed Didier Kayat as the group’s chairman of the board to succeed Patrick Daher, who is retiring.

Sky Valet, a European fixed-base operator (FBO) provider, announced the expansion of its Sky Valet Connect network in France and Greece.

The expansion by the specialist African private aviation trip support provider General Aviation Services was received well at EBACE 2024.

The two are exploring adapting the Microliner electric regional airplane for air ambulance operations and plan to collaborate on the aircraft’s maintenance.

The bizav services operator at Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports would pay customers €1,000 per ton of SAF they buy at the airports.

The near-term UAM market will take time to mature and scale, but regional air mobility enjoys a large addressable market today.

The market remains positive, despite elevated aircraft values and challenges posed by the supply chain, technology and security.

If the sector seems to be pinning its hopes on unproven technologies coming to the rescue by 2050, its PR problems may only just be beginning.

London's main business aviation airports will not be able to accommodate ad hoc flights this summer, and biz av aircraft can no longer park on the Greek islands

Luxaviation announced its acquisition of Sky Valet, adding 17 fixed-base operations (FBO) to its global network.

Lannie O’Bannion is Textron Aviation’s senior vice president of sales and flight operations.

The London Heliport has faced a constant struggle for its own existence, as property developments edge ever closer to the site’s FATO.

The average price for a gallon of Jet-A rose 15 cents in May when compared to a year ago but declined 8 cents from April 2024 to settle at $6.87, according to a fuel survey of U.S. FBOs by the Aviation Research Group.

Signature’s blended SAF offering at LAX includes 30% Neste MY SAF and 70% conventional Jet-A.

The airport is offering SAF at two blend levels—10% and 30%—with correspondingly different price points.