Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

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.

Europe’s Luxaviation Group said May 7 that it has introduced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Paris-Le Bourget Airport fixed-based operation.

A lack of negotiations with Airbus over repricing shipsets for the European OEM—if not also a sale of related business units—is proving more harmful.

The first FAA-approved 100-octane unleaded aviation gasoline is unavailable at the pump.

Icon Aircraft has selected SG Investment America as its proposed “stalking horse bidder” for the company in connection with the bankruptcy process.

The corporate hangar facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport is just a 20-min. to 30-min. flight to New York metropolitan area airports.

The European business aviation sector is experiencing greater utilization of private aircraft than before the pandemic struck four years ago.

The firm order is valued at $326.4 million based on list prices at the time of signing.

Bombardier hosted thousands of employees and their families to inaugurate its new purpose-built production facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Elista International Airport is the farthest of the closed airports from the Ukrainian border.

Community concerns over noise and emissions have slowed new development at Van Nuys Airport in metropolitan Los Angeles

In the first quarter, the Canadian aerospace company delivered 20 business jets, down from 22 a year ago, and posted $1.3 billion in revenue.

Textron Aviation delivered 36 Citation business jets and 20 commercial turboprops during the first quarter (Q1) 2024.

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered 24 business jets during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, including 21 large-cabin and three mid-size cabin aircraft.

Embraer reported its highest backlog volume in seven years and a 67% increase in aircraft deliveries in the first quarter (Q1) 2024 year-over-year.

Wheels Up announced plans to open a new 40,000 ft² facility at Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI).

Elixir Aircraft, based in La Rochelle, France, is adding two new facilities, including a third production site in Aytre, France, and its first site in the U.S.

Fuel Survey Report for the month of April 2024

Fixed-base operator (FBO) Sonoma Jet Center in Santa Rosa, California, will host a Green Fuel Day Celebration April 18.

G100UL unleaded avgas lacks a product specification from ASTM International—something industry has historically relied on when introducing new fuels, NATA says.

Listen in as Aviation Week Network speaks with Gene Conrad, president and CEO of Sun ‘N Fun Aerospace Expo, as he provides a glimpse into the 2024 show.