2015 Kentucky Derby to Affect Traffic at SDF, LOU and JVY

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The FAA has released a NOTAM about special air traffic procedures around the Kentucky Derby. The three airports specifically mentioned in the NOTAM are:

For more information, refer to NBAA's page, which includes a link to the PDF of the individual NOTAM or the FAA's Notices to Airmen page, which includes the full PDF of all NOTAMs.

FBO Success Seminar: Take Time to Sharpen Your Axe

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By John L. Enticknap and Ron R. Jackson, Principals ofAviation Business Strategies Group
- Facilitators of NATA’s FBO Success Seminar and Authors of the forthcoming book: FBO Survival: 10 Tips to Keep Your Operations Lean, Mean & Profitable

 

FBO operators, managers and supervisors often find themselves dealing on a daily basis with situations that need immediate attention. These are the bugs and gnats that creep into our schedule unannounced and take away from quality time needed for planning, preparation and, quite frankly, sharpening the axe.

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FBO Connection Bloggers Appearing at 2015 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference

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The team at Aviation Business Strategies Group and FBO Connection bloggers, John Enticknap and Ron Jackson, will be attending the 2015 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference next week in San Jose, Calif., and would love to touch base.
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Streamline OPS Offers Flight Arrangements for SPIEF

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The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will be held on May 22-24 despite the fact that some US-based companies reported their inability to attend. A good number of incoming flights is expected and the airport authorities have confirmed readiness for the event.

All the traffic is expected to be served at the Pulkovo-1 newly finished terminal, which became fully operational in December of 2013. The total area of the terminal exceeds 110,000 square meters and it has a maximum capacity of 17 million passengers per year. Business aviation passengers will be served by the two business aviation terminals, opened a year ago and now fully operational.

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Congrats to our NATA FBO Success Series Winners!

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Congratulations to our 2 winners! Peggy Zaun and Sandy Walker have won a free registration to the upcoming FBO Success Seminar which will be held on March 24 & 25 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. The NATA FBO Success Seminar is for FBO owners, operators, general managers, new managers, finance personnel and other key FBO employees who are interested in building a more successful FBO. Attendees will be exposed to new FBO management techniques and gain essential aviation operational and service knowledge while sharing experiences with new friends in the FBO industry.

Aaron Thayer Wins NATA FBO Success Seminar Registration

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Aaron Thayer, Operations Manager, Cleveland Jet Center, is the winner of a drawing for a free NATA FBO Success Seminar registration.

The drawing, co-sponsored by NATA and AC-U-KWIK, was conducted at the NBAA Schedulers and Dispatcher Convention held recently in San Antonio, TX.

The registration, valued at $650, is good for the next NATA FBO Success Seminar to be held March 11 and 12 in Las Vegas, NV.

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Historic Hangar to be Saved by Museum

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Members of the Connecticut Air & Space Center Museum have begun the process of cleaning and restoring the historic Curtiss Hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport. According to museum officials, the Curtiss Hangar is an integral part of Connecticut’s aviation history, a site visited by aviation pioneers such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes and Igor Sikorsky.
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NBAA Recognizes 2012 Flying Safety Award Recipients

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will recognize four Member Companies for outstanding safe flying achievement during its upcoming 65th Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2012) in Orlando, Fla., as well as hundreds more companies that have collectively compiled thousands of hours of safe flying during the past year.
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