FORT WORTH, Texas – A new day has dawned at Meacham International Airport, thanks to a public/private partnership between the City of Fort Worth and FBO American Aero FTW. On Jan. 24, 2017, city officials cut the ribbon on a new, 85,000-square-foot administration building for the 91-year-old airport. American Aero FTW will be the prime tenant […]
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Infinity Aircraft Services expands at KGYY
Infinity Aircraft Services (IAS), an FAA 145 Repair Station, continues to expand in 2017, adding maintenance and repair capabilities at Gary/Chicago Airport (KGYY) in Indiana. IAS technicians are now on site at B. Coleman Aviation, based at the Gary/Chicago Airport (KGYY), providing the same full-service competencies found at the company’s Palm Beach headquarters location. The expansion of Infinity’s […]
Jet Aviation acquires IAD FBO
Jet Aviation has acquired Ross Aviation’s FBO at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). The company already operates more than 20 FBOs worldwide, including nine in the U.S. Jet Aviation’s Washington Dulles facility encompasses six hangars, 10 acres of ramp space, and a newly renovated FBO terminal building that includes on-site Customs and Immigration clearance, VIP lounge, […]
Cessna 172 donated to A Different Point of View
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — FBO ACI Jet has donated a Cessna 172 to A Different Point of View’s (ADPOV) Aviation Career Program. ADPOV is Santa Barbara-based non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to “engage, inspire and transform youth using flight lessons as a launching pad.” Using a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)-based approach, ADPOV offers youth programs […]
Duncan Aviation opens San Diego avionics location
Duncan Aviation has opened a new San Diego, California, avionics work-away location. With a dispatch office at the McClellan-Palomar Airport, Joe Vittling, Satellite Crew Lead, and Christian Ramirez, Satellite Avionics Technician, will travel to owner’s aircraft and hangars at McClellan-Palomar, as well as other area airports, including San Diego International, Montgomery Field, Brown Field Municipal, Gillespie, Long […]
Jackson Jet Center expands service
BOISE, Idaho — Jackson Jet Center at Boise Airport has been named an authorized service facility for the Beechcraft King Air 90, 200/250, 300/350 and Cessna Caravan turboprops, as well as the Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza piston aircraft. Jackson Jet Center has been a Cessna authorized single engine piston service facility since 2015.
Jet Aviation takes off at VNY
Earlier this year, Jet Aviation was awarded a 30-year lease for a 17-acre site by the City of Los Angeles to establish an FBO at Van Nuys Airport (VNY). The company has since been granted approval by Los Angeles World Airports to begin operating, and is now offering FBO services from an interim terminal. Offerings include […]
Ross Aviation acquires Long Beach FBO
Ross Aviation has successfully completed the purchase of the AirFlite FBO at the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, California. The AirFlite facilities, built by Toyota in 1989, consist of a four-story executive terminal with a pilot’s lounge, conference rooms, VIP lounge, flight planning room, passenger lobby, crew rest area, computer work stations with wireless […]
Hillsboro Aviation holds grand opening for new facility
HILLSBORO, Ore. – Hillsboro Aviation celebrated its new facility with a grand opening soiree, An Evening of Classics, at its Portland-Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) headquarters in mid-October. The event was in honor of the new corporate headquarters and hangar that formally opened in May 2016 as the company enters its 37th year in business. Company officials welcomed 450 […]