Atlantic Aviation Adds Second FBO in the Caribbean (MBPV)

Atlantic Aviation Adds Second FBO in the Caribbean (MBPV)

Atlantic Aviation has expanded its FBO footprint in the Caribbean sands with the closing of its acquisition of Blue Heron Aviation at Providenciales International Airport (MBPV) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The purchase of Blue Heron’s facilities at MBPV expands Atlantic Aviation’s presence in the region, as it also serves business aviation clients in George Town (MWCR) and Cayman Brac (MWCB), Cayman Islands.

Read More

Fargo Jet Center Flight School Expands Aircraft Training Fleet

Fargo Jet Center Flight School Expands Aircraft Training Fleet

Fargo Jet Center’s (FJC) flight school welcomes four Cessna 172R aircraft to their training fleet. Like FJC’s current models of Cessna 172S aircraft, these Cessna 172Rs are also equipped with Garmin G1000 avionics, providing modern technology and giving student pilots improved situational awareness and enhanced safety while flying.

Read More

NATA Promotes Berry and Welcomes Popovich and Hantz to the Safety 1st Team

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce several staff changes as the Association continues its leadership as the gold standard in aviation business safety education and training. Recently, Steve Berry was promoted to Managing Director of Safety and Training. Joining Steve as the newest members of the NATA Safety 1st team are Brandon Popovich as its Manager of Safety and Training and Victoria Hantz as its first in-house Instructional Designer.

Read More

Revv Aviation Named FBO Operator at Huron Regional Airport in South Dakota

Revv Aviation Named FBO Operator at Huron Regional Airport in South Dakota

Huron Regional Airport (KHON), in Huron, S.D., is the latest fixed-base operation to be a part of the Revv Aviation family. Located in the east-central part of the state, Huron is the county seat of Beadle County and is world renowned for pheasant hunting. Huron is the seventh FBO and the ninth operating location for the Revv family.

Read More

Atlantic Aviation and Ross Aviation Complete Business Combination

Atlantic Aviation today announced it has added significantly to its network presence and operational leadership with the completion of its combination with Ross Aviation. In addition, the Company has acquired three former TAC Air fixed-base operations (“FBOs”) at Omaha, Nebraska (OMA); Raleigh- Durham, North Carolina (RDU); and Hartford, Connecticut (BDL). The combined companies and new locations will operate under the Atlantic Aviation brand name and will build upon their shared cultures of safe, efficient and friendly FBO services across North America.

Read More

Fargo Jet Center Earns FAA STC on Newly-Developed Universal Retractable Sensor Mount

Fargo Jet Center Earns FAA STC on Newly-Developed Universal Retractable Sensor Mount

Fargo Jet Center (FJC) has earned a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on a newly-developed universal retractable sensor mount (RSM) for special mission aircraft operations. This STC is approved for the Kodiak 100 aircraft and will be amended to certify on other aircraft platforms as needed.

Read More

Avfuel Invests in Clean Tech Company Alder Fuels, Powering Largest Global Business Aviation Sustainable Fuel Agreement in History

Avfuel Invests in Clean Tech Company Alder Fuels, Powering Largest Global Business Aviation Sustainable Fuel Agreement in History

Avfuel to purchase 1 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years—the largest publicly-announced SAF commitment to serve business aviation. Alder partnering with Avfuel to leverage its global network for supply, logistics and carbon services, accelerating worldwide SAF adoption.

Read More

Desert Jet Partners With Coachella Unified School District

Desert Jet Partners With Coachella Unified School District

Desert Jet, the premier full-service business aviation company based in Greater Palm Springs, California, partnered with the Coachella Valley Unified School District and Desert Mirage High School located in Thermal, California, to provide high school seniors enrolled in the school’s aviation program, an opportunity to experience different aviation jobs firsthand through the company’s shadowing program.

Read More

Avfuel Helps Aviators Hedge Amidst Market Volatility

Avfuel Helps Aviators Hedge Amidst Market Volatility

It’s a question Avfuel’s experts have received with increased frequency of late: How can today’s volatile market be managed?  

The simple answer is to plan. The most effective solution is to hedge against price uncertainty; a solution Avfuel provides to its customers through its Price Risk Management Program.  

When Avfuel introduced the program at the end of 2020, the industry was experiencing 10-year lows on fuel prices; as analysts anticipated at the time, prices have continued to rise to exceed pre-pandemic levels. Analysts do not anticipate a letup anytime soon—Goldman Sachs recently projected crude oil to exceed $125 per barrel over the next few months.

Read More

Jetex London to Wow Private Jet Flyers

Jetex London to Wow Private Jet Flyers

London is a natural next destination for Jetex, an award-winning global leader in executive aviation, and it becomes the brand’s 35th international FBO location. Jetex entered in an agreement with Avia Solutions Group to operate the FBO at Hangar 510 at Biggin Hill Airport (EGKB/BQH). The airport rightfully holds a pride of place in British History. Opened in 1916, the property was vacated by the Royal Air Force in 1992 and has operated as a privately-owned civilian airfield dedicated to business and civilian aviation ever since.

Read More