AC-U-KWIK Premium Offers Web and Email Addresses

Penton Aviation Media announced today the official launch of AC-U-KWIK Premium, an enhanced service option for www.acukwik.com subscribers. The introduction of AC-U-KWIK Premium includes more than 13,000 web & email addresses for FBOs, handlers, fuel providers, and ground service suppliers around the world. The new subscription opportunity provides pre-flight planning specialists with the resources and tools to complete tasks more efficiently.
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Bluebook Perspectives: Heat - Thunder and Politics

From a weather perspective, the first quarter of 2012 in Kansas City, wasn’t so bad. What should have been snow and ice, turned out to be an early Spring. Second quarter April showers brought some May flowers, but after that it got hot, really hot – Arizona hot. Or, in the words of Airman Adrian Cronauer in the film Good Morning Vietnam, “It’s hot!” With the heat came … nothing. Mother Nature dried her tear ducts. A severe drought not only ensued, but is still in progress. Not to say there haven’t been occasional claps of thunder, but nothing apart from hit and miss precipitation. The only thing in abundance is politics. As everyone knows by tuning into their favorite media outlet, it is the Olympics of American politics.
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Million Air Interlink Appoints Dolores Johnson Director of Sales and Marketing

Million Air Interlink has appointed Mrs. Dolores Johnson as Director of Sales and Marketing. As a key member of the management team, Johnson will be responsible for collaborating with current and future customers while working with the individual FBOs to support growth and business development.
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Jetscape FBO (FLL) Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

After 10 years, Jetscape is proudly looking back on successful business marked by continuous growth and consistency. During this time, Jetscape has not only increased fuel sales and maximized ramp/hangar capability, but also has established itself in a volatile industry by embracing challenge and adapting to change.

Jetscape would like to thank all of its customers, partners and companions for their cooperation and trust to make Jetscape what it is now: “10 Years of Success.” Magic is in the air as it continues plans for the years to come.

“We have seen many milestones and changes, survived slowdowns and celebrated successes,” said Troy Menken, President of Jetscape. “There is no limitation to what we can accomplish with our Jetscape Services team; it’s been quite a ride.”

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Bolen Tells Congress of Aviation's Support for 'NextGen,' Outlines Concerns

Federal efforts to achieve a next generation air traffic control system (“NextGen”) require a consensus among all aviation segments in order to succeed, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen said in testimony today before a House subcommittee hearing on the progress of NextGen initiatives.
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Is Your FBO Data Driven? If not, how do you know what's really going on?

By John Enticknap, Aviation Business Strategies Group

The goal is to transform data into information, and information into insight.” - Carly Fiorni: President Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005

Do you really know what’s going on at your FBO? It seems many businesses operate on a day-to-day, crises-to-crises basis with the managers just along for the ride.

This has validity in numerous market segments, not just in the aviation services industry. During our NATA FBO Success Seminar, scheduled in Dallas on September 12, 13 and 14, we will discuss this and many other topics. However, for this blog post, let’s concentrate on data collection and what we can do to improve our financial numbers. Then, turn it into insight we can act on to operate our businesses more profitability.

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