AJS/Elite Limousine Service, Inc - Ryders Cup Rates 

Please be advised that Thursday, September 18, 2008, through Sunday, September 21, should be marked as a Special Event. This is the 2008 Ryders Cup Event in Louisville, Ky. Below is an enclosed a price list. Services include the 10-hour daily rate, 20 perent service charge and $300.00 parking fee. Any additional hours more than the 10-hour minimum will be additional. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact Mike Monroe at 800-638-3929....

Red River Turbines Awarded FAR Part 145 Certificate  

Red River Turbines (RRT), a leader in turbine engine overhaul, has been awarded an FAR Part 145 Repair Station Certificate. In making the announcement, Steve Woolstenhulme, President of Red River Turbines, said the repair station certification would greatly enhance the process of completing an engine overhaul and returning repaired aircraft engines to service. ...

NorthAmerican Flight Services Now Participates in Avfuel Contract Fuel 

NorthAmerican Flight Services and Avfuel Corporation have jointly announced that the Avfuel Contract Fuel program is now available for jet-fuel savings at the Saratoga Count-based fixed-base operation (5B2). As part of this alliance, NorthAmerican will also offer qualified pilots AVTRIP points on fuel purchases....

CHARTER OPERATORS AND FBOS SEEK TO SCOOP UP AIRLINE FLIERS 

Marsha Barancik

At the 2008 NATA Air Charter Summit last month, various speakers and participants agreed that the charter industry could greatly benefit from service cuts made by ailing commercial carriers. Executive travel remains a necessity in the global economy, and charter operators are positioned to capture the business that airlines are dropping, said Charles Priester, one of the event's speakers and chairman and CEO of Priester Aviation....

CUSTOMS HOTLINE CHANNELS MORE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO SO-CAL FBOS 

Marsha Barancik

FBOs around San Diego are receiving more overseas flights. The area's new user fee customs service enables certain flights to clear customs at FBOs without having to land at busy international airports....

July Highlights from ATC Reform News 

Robert W. Poole, Jr.

Replacement Controllers: Too Few or Too Many?
Until recently, the frequent refrain coming from controllers’ union NATCA was that the FAA was failing to recruit and train enough new controllers to replace the coming wave of retirements of controllers hired after President Reagan’s mass firing of striking controllers in 1981. But now that the agency has massively expanded hiring and training, today’s complaint is that operational facilities—centers, TRACONs, and towers—are being overwhelmed with developmental controllers, to the point where needed on-the-job training cannot be fully accommodated....

Banyan to Exhibit at LABACE 

Banyan Air Service, Inc., based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Florida, will be exhibiting at LABACE (Booth 3005) August 14-16, 2008, at the Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil....

El Aero Aviation Has A New President 

Kathy Gilbert will be flying in new circles soon, as she bids goodbye to Nevada. Serving the aviation community for the past 23 years, she rose through the ranks of the company from Controller to President of the company in 1991. She successfully managed El Aero aviation businesses in Ely, Carson City and Elko, Nev....

ENERGY/AIR SERVICE SUMMIT TACKLES FUEL CRISIS 

By Marsha Barancik

To mobilize the aviation community and government agencies on air service issues related to rising fuel costs, a handful of government, aviation and energy leaders will meet July 10 at a formal Energy/Air Service Summit in Washington, D.C....

GAMA AND NBAA PUBLICLY ATTACK COMMENTS ON GA  

By Marsha Barancik

Both the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) this week publicly refuted claims about GA recently broadcast by external parties. In both situations, the private aviation sector was inappropriately positioned, GAMA and NBAA said....

June Highlights from ATC Reform News 

By Robert W. Poole, Jr.

Crandall Says Airline Deregulation Has Failed
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. As intended, the legislation led to sweeping changes, opening up both fares and routes to competition. Previously, under the misguided belief that airlines were essentially public utilities (like electricity, gas, or water), both fares and routes had been set by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which limited the number of carriers on each route and set identical fares that reduced airlines to competing on things like who offered better meals and pillows. The cost of that cartelization of the industry was fares that only the relatively well-off could afford. One of the best characterizations of what airline deregulation wrought was “the democratization of air travel.”...

Kelly Cannell Named President of New Aviation Group  

Schuler Development, a North Texas real estate development company, appointed Kelly Cannell as President of the newly formed Aviation Group. The new Schuler Development Aviation Group includes aviation holdings at both the Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas, and the North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas. ...

Servion of Waco (CNW) Fixed-Based Operator Completes Renovations  

New Avfuel-branded fixed-based operation Servion of Waco has announced the completion of its new facility. Designed with form and function in mind, the FBO now gives pilots and passengers a streamlined, sophisticated atmosphere to rest, relax and prepare for the next flight. ...

Choice Aviation, LLC, is Now Open For Refueling and Fixed and Rotor Wing Maintenance 

Choice Aviation’s much-anticipated fuel and maintenance facility is in full operation at Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD), providing fuel and maintenance services via its staff of certified, experienced, and well trained linemen and mechanics. Extensive maintenance capabilities, new fuel storage facilities, Avfuel-brand aviation fuels, a newly renovated customer terminal and onsite flight training make Choice one of the most well-equipped FBOs in the region. Choice also offers Avfuel’s popular pilot refueling incentive program, AVTRIP, as well as Avfuel’s Contract Fuel purchasing program for jet fuel savings....

UFS-Aero (CXY) Welcomes Pilots With Bonus Rewards As Part Of New Alliance With Avfuel 

UFS-Aero of Capital City Airport (CXY), located near Harrisburg, Penn., is the most recent full-service fixed-base operation (FBO) to join the Avfuel family of branded dealers. As part of this new alliance, UFS-Aero will be offering double AVTRIP points from now until August 31, 2008. UFS-Aero also offers Avfuel Contract Fuel for jet fuel savings. AVTRIP points are available on all Avfuel Contract Fuel purchases. ...