Pilot Proficiency, a new pilot training business providing 24/7 simulator access has taken delivery of a Frasca RTD simulator and is open for business at their first pilot recurrency training center located in Lisle, Illinois. The company offers FAA approved Frasca AATDs (advanced aviation training devices) in locations convenient to pilots and available 24/7. Pilots […]
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KCAC Aviation Opens Pilatus Sales Office in Chicago to Serve Four-State Region
KCAC Aviation, an Authorized Sales and Service Center for Pilatus Aircraft, has announced the opening of a Pilatus Sales Office at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, IL. Keith Plumb, who was recently appointed to Regional Director of Pilatus Sales for KCAC, will be responsible for new and pre-owned sales in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. […]
OxfordSaudia to use FRASCA Flight Training Devices at New Training Center
OxfordSaudia, a CAE Authorized Training Center has placed an order for two Level 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) from Frasca International, Inc. The two FTDs will be configured as DA40NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be located at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Both FTDs will feature high fidelity cockpits including Garmin G1000 NXi, […]
JSSI Business Aviation Index Reports Flight Activity Surges in 2018
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has released the JSSI Business Aviation Index for the fourth quarter of 2018 and reports year-to-date growth of 4.9 percent and an increase of 4.7 percent over the same period in 2017. The index tracks utilization of approximately 2,000 business aircraft worldwide and reports average flight hours flown on a […]
American Airlines Celebrates New Maintenance Hangar at O’Hare
Photo courtesy of Brooke Collins/City of Chicago American Airlines celebrated the opening of a new hangar at its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a U.S. congressional delegation from Illinois joined David Seymour, Senior Vice President of Integrated Operations; Franco Tedeschi, Vice President of ORD Hub Operations; Jamie Rhee, […]
JSSI Welcomes Francisco Zozaya as New Latin America President and Senior Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has appointed business aviation veteran Francisco Zozaya to the new role of president of JSSI Latin America. Zozaya will also serve as senior vice president, business development & strategy for JSSI corporate. “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Francisco for many years. In his role at ALE he was […]
Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Passenger Terminal Project Moving Forward
Collaborative efforts amongst local and federal officials, has yielded results in their continued work to improve transportation facilities for the Springfield community. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an Airport Improvement Program grant in the amount of $6,625,171 to support the Springfield Airport Authority’s passenger terminal improvement and modernization project. Springfield Airport Authority Board […]
JSSI Names Jake Gerstein Chief Information Officer
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), has announced that Jake Gerstein has been named chief information officer. Gerstein brings to the company more than two decades of experience across the financial, communications and professional services sectors. At JSSI, he will be responsible for leading the company’s technology initiatives and objective of bringing enhanced data and insight […]
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Breaks Ground on Major Capital Improvement Projects
Ground was broken recently on nearly $10.5 million worth of capital improvements coming to Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. Local officials gathered together to commemorate the start of construction on general and business aviation facilities and roadway and parking lot improvements for the main passenger terminal complex. Springfield Airport Authority Board Chair, Frank J. Vala, […]
Swift Fuels’ Unleaded Avgas Now Offered in Illinois at Rochelle Municipal Airport-Koritz Field
Rochelle Municipal Airport-Koritz Field announced that it has finalized details with Swift Fuels, LLC, and has begun selling Swift’s unleaded UL94 aviation gasoline for its piston aircraft customers. The nationwide transition to unleaded aviation gasoline continues to pick up momentum for Swift Fuels, which produces and sells the only commercially-available UNLEADED avgas in the United […]