The Phoenix Deer Valley Airport was recently presented the 2012 Airport Safety Award by the Aviation Safety Advisory Group of Arizona (ASAG). The award is one of many handed out each year during the organization’s annual awards banquet held in Phoenix. In January 2012, the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport set out to create a “Culture […]
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New FAA Phoenix Field Office Set for December Opening
By Scott Malta A new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Phoenix Field Office is set to open sometime in December 2012 gand is part of the FAA Airports Division’s geo-balancing effort to both standardize and right-size their field offices across the country. The new Phoenix Office is the only new office to be opened in the […]
13th Annual Conklin & de Decker Aircraft Acquisition Seminar is CAM Approved
Conklin & de Decker will host their 13th Annual Aircraft Acquisition and Planning Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 5-6, 2012 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. This seminar was recently certified by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) to be a Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) accepted program allowing attendees to receive CAM credit for participating […]
Phoenix Deputy Aviation Director Wins Prestigious Award
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s Deborah Ostreicher, Deputy Aviation Director for Public Relations, is the recipient of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 ATHENA Public Sector Award. The ATHENA Awards recognize women in the public and private sectors for their professional accomplishments, strong commitment to the community and mentorship of women. Ostreicher (shown at […]
Conklin & de Decker to Hold 13th Annual Aircraft Acquisition Seminar in Scottsdale
Conklin & de Decker will host their 13th Annual Aircraft Acquisition and Planning Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 5-6, 2012 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. Unique from other seminars and workshops, the Conklin & de Decker Aircraft Acquisition Planning Seminar is the only seminar that is designed to help the aircraft buyer, aircraft owner […]
Frontier Airlines to begin passenger service at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
Frontier Airlines will begin daily non-stop service between Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Denver International Airport Nov. 15. Frontier will be the third airline to service Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and the first to carry daily daytime service to a major metropolitan airport and international hub. Scott Smith, Mesa Mayor and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Board Chair […]
McCall Stepping Down in Sedona
Mac McCall has announced that he is stepping down from his position as manager of the Sedona Airport. In a message to all of his family, friends and co-workers in aviation, McCall said his contract to manage Sedona is at an end, so he decided to retire after 37 years in airport management. McCAll said […]
PHX Sky Train™ First to Ride High over Taxiway
The PHX Sky Train™ at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, became the first transit system in the world to cross an active taxiway. This is yet another major milestone for the PHX Sky Train™ project as it took its first official ride on the bridge over Phoenix Sky Harbor’s taxiway “R” while aircraft […]
Tucson Airport Hires Bewley as Director of Operations
The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) in Tucson, Arizona, announced last week that Danette Bewley has joined TAA as director of operations, a position that was newly created. Bewley’s 23-year airport management career has taken her around the nation. She recently served as assistant director of airport economic development for the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. Bewley, […]
Air Race Classic Takes Off from Lake Havasu City
Mercedes Eulitt, left and Pamela Flesher on the ramp with Li’l Red, a Grumman AA-5. (Photo by Kim Stevens) Women pilots from around the country took off from Lake Havasu City, Arizona on Tuesday, for the first leg of the 36th Annual Air Race Classic 2012. With more than fifty teams registered the pilots began […]
