Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) released its Business Aviation Index for the first quarter of 2017. The latest report indicates an overall increase in global business flight activity compared with the fourth quarter of 2016. Average utilization of aircraft in the first quarter of 2017 represented the highest level of flight activity for any first […]
Author: Kim Stevens
Duncan Aviation’s New EMEA Aircraft Sales Office Secures Its First Two Aircraft Consignments
Tim Barber, Duncan Aviation’s London-based Aircraft Sales Rep, is pleased to announce that he has had good interest and inquiries since joining Duncan Aviation this spring, and in just six weeks secured the company’s first listing in Europe, followed swiftly by a second within 8 weeks. “Having the Duncan Aviation brand is a big benefit […]
Duncan Aviation’s Austin Satellite Facility Receives FAA Certification
Duncan Aviation announced that its Austin, Texas, workaway station is now a full-fledged, FAA-certified, Duncan Aviation Satellite Avionics Shop. Reginald Rutley, who has been a familiar face at the Duncan Aviation Satellite Shop in Dallas and at the workaway station at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for the last 13 years, has accepted the position of […]
Conklin & de Decker Announce 2017 Release of MxManager™
Conklin & de Decker has announced its latest release of MxManager (“MxM”). As a leading aviation maintenance software tool, Conklin & de Decker has completely integrated maintenance management, tracking, inventory, work orders and reporting into the one MxManager solution. The comprehensive MxM tool was developed to manage the most demanding challenges that maintenance organizations face […]
Air Canada Adds Six New Routes to Australia, South America, Caribbean and USA
Air Canada announced on May 3rd the continued expansion of its international network with the addition of six new routes for the winter season: Vancouver-Melbourne, Vancouver-Orlando, Toronto-Belize*, Toronto-St. Vincent*, Montreal-Lima* and Montreal-Phoenix. Flights are now available for purchase at aircanada.com and through travel agents. “Air Canada is continuing its strategic, global expansion with a diverse range of exciting new non-stop routes this winter to Australia, South America, […]
FAA Issues Study on UAS Human Collision Hazards
What might happen if a drone hits a person on the ground? What’s the risk of serious injury? Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can’t yet definitively answer those questions, studies by a consortium of leading universities have made a start toward better understanding the risks of allowing small unmanned aircraft – or drones – […]
SIU Aviation Technologies Signs Agreement with Chinese University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Aviation Technologies program and Shenyang Aerospace University (SAU) in China will begin an articulation agreement in fall 2018. The 2+2 project, approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education, will likely bring 50 to 60 students to Carbondale beginning in 2020. The academic concentrations will be on avionics and maintenance with a […]
American Airlines Voted Cargo Airline of the Year by Air Cargo News Readers for Third Year in a Row
American Airlines was named Cargo Airline of the Year for 2017 by readers of leading industry publication Air Cargo News at a gala event in London on April 22. This is the first time in the awards’ 34-year history that a U.S.-based airline has been recognized with the honor for three consecutive years. American was […]
Brewers to Open Second Location at Yuma Airport
An exciting new opportunity has opened for Brewers Restaurant & Sports Bar owners, Jeff and Courtney Gapp as they announce their opening of a second Brewers location at Yuma International Airport in June 2017. the Gapps own and operate Brewers Restaurant & Sports Bar on Avenue B and 24th Street, and have been considering opening […]
Hawaii DOT Cuts Energy Usage in Half at Island Airports
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has entered the second phase of its Energy Savings Performance Contract with Johnson Controls to provide high-efficiency lighting at 11 Hawaii airports and solar photovoltaic systems at Honolulu International Airport. The total guaranteed energy savings at Hawaii’s airports is more than $606 million over a 15-year period with the […]