Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream plans to construct a new $70 million, 225,000-sq.-ft. service center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, its first facility in Arizona.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
The FAA has authorized continued use of the remote air traffic control tower at Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia, supplier Saab announced Nov. 8.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Michael Bruno
Avantus Aerospace has sold off its remaining composite business lines to other private equity investors and to Latécoère so it can focus on fasteners and C-class parts for the metal-friendly narrowbody production ramp-up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Airport development and management company Propeller Airports has acquired the Castle & Cooke fixed-based operation at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Modern Aviation, based in New York, has signed an agreement to acquire five Sheltair Aviation fixed base operations in New York, subject to government approval. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021. Modern Aviation is backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a private equity fund.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
Collins Aerospace on Oct. 7 announced a new “Izon” information technology platform that will integrate various flight planning and other services available to business aviation operators into one mobile-capable interface.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
The business aviation bounce back following the easing of COVID-19 lockdowns is affecting all parts of the sector, but the increasing levels of business are having outsize impacts in certain places.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

BCA Staff
The FAA has released a Notice to Airmen with revised air traffic procedures for aircraft operating in the vicinity of Las Vegas during the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Oct. 12-14, 2021.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

Rob Mark
Not all jet cards are created equal. Here's what you should consider before buying.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Dassault Aviation has opened a new 28,000-sq.-ft. facility at its plant in Bordeaux-Merignac, France, dedicated to the design and development of its civil and defense business and after-sales support teams.
Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
A new app-based service has been launched in the UK in an attempt to tackle a long-standing problem in private air charter.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
4AIR has launched an online interactive map that depicts locations where business aviation operators can find sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation flights in North America were flat in August compared to July, but higher than August 2020 and up 10% from August 2019.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

BCA Staff
Recent software and mobile app launches have made flight planning, tracking, scheduling and booking easier and more accessible.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
Seven people were injured Sept. 9 when a Cape Air Cessna 402 left the runway and crashed into nearby woods while landing at Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC)
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
For years, Wichita State University’s research and development arm, the National Institute for Aviation Research, has tried to recruit a large maintenance, repair and overhaul facility to Wichita.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Through its partnership with Western Technical College in El Paso, Texas, students will be able to transition directly from the school to the bizjet MRO provider's workforce.
MRO

By Molly McMillin
Attorneys for Million Air White Plains, a provider of private aviation services, is asking a Federal District Court to reject a motion for dismissal of Million Air’s $30 million lawsuit by Westchester County, New York.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Jet Luxe, based in Dubai, has launched a global private business jet charter, aircraft management and travel management company, with regional bases in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the U.S.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
MySky Quote is available currently in Europe with plans to expand to the U.S in late 2021.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
IBAC environment director Bruce Parry says it is critical the offsetting be part of a larger plan to reduce operators' carbon footprint and not be used as a “free pass” to ignore other environmental reduction measures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The move follows Aerion's disclosure in May that it was shutting down operations after failing to secure the large new capital requirements needed to continue to develop the AS2 supersonic business jet
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Cirrus Aircraft will continue its expansion—and what it terms an “aggressive” recruitment drive—with the opening of a third new facility in the U.S. this fall.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s largest supplier, celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art Global Digital Logistics Center on Sept. 2, which Spirit says puts it years ahead of the competition.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
The Netherlands aerospace center Royal NLR is conducting a series of flights with an electric aircraft under an initiative to help airports gain knowledge on the feasibility, potential and handling of electric-powered aircraft.
Emerging Technologies