Above photo – Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM. Henderson Engineers, the lead engineer on the New Terminal at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), designed an all-electric power system for airport operations that places the facility at the forefront of sustainability. Spanning just over one million square feet, the newly opened $1.5 billion single terminal is […]
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Kansas City to Open First New Airport Terminal in 50 Years on Feb. 28
Kansas City will officially open its new 1-million-square-foot terminal on Feb. 28. As the largest infrastructure project in Kansas City’s history, the new $1.5 billion single Kansas City International (MCI) terminal will be one of the most inclusive in the U.S. With features including a sensory room, all-gender restrooms with adult-sized changing tables, and an […]
NAHF Announces New Board Leadership
The National Aviation Hall of Fame announced its Board of Trustees has elected aviation and aerospace attorney James E. Cooling as board chair and business aviation leader Douglas Schwartz as vice chair. With the organization engaged in the transformation of its Heritage Hall and Education Center in Dayton, Ohio, and working at the forefront to […]
New Columbia Regional Airport Terminal Creates Opportunities for Columbia, and Central Region
Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is celebrating the recent opening of its new $23 million terminal. The Columbia City Council gave support for a new terminal in December 2018. Work on the project began in May 2020 and was completed last month. The first flight to the new terminal arrived the night of Tuesday, Oct. 25, […]
Newly Minted Missouri Flight School Chooses Guimbal Cabri G2
Charles Beesley and his family has announced the Guimbal Cabri G2 as the primary training platform for Icarus Aviation located at Warsaw Municipal Airport in Missouri. According to Beesley, founder and owner of Icarus, “the initial focus of Icarus will be helicopter flight training, but we plan to become an aviation academy with fixed wing […]
Flying Colours Appoints Joe Thurman as General Manager at Spirit of St. Louis Operation
Flying Colours Corp., the international maintenance, repair, overhaul, and completions company, has promoted Joe Thurman to General Manager at its St. Louis, MO, location. Thurman’s promotion underscores Flying Colours intention to align St. Louis operations more closely with its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario. Optimizing the facilities and talent in St. Louis allows the company to […]
Springfield Airport and American Airlines Open New Hangar
A new aircraft maintenance hangar officially opened December 14 at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. It will be used by Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines. Envoy has had an aircraft maintenance operation in Springfield since the late 1990s but has outgrown its current maintenance hangar. To make sure that the facility stays […]
Henderson Engineers Shapes Innovative Travel Experience at New KC Int’l Airport
Henderson Engineers, a national building systems design firm, is leading the charge on cementing the new single terminal Kansas City International Airport (MCI) as a world-class facility. As the lead engineer on the $1.5 billion project, the firm is working closely with project partner Siemens to equip MCI with innovative technology for a cutting-edge experience […]
Mente Group Appoints Aviation Industry Executive as Managing Director – Midwest
Mente Group, a leading aviation advisory and brokerage firm, has appointed aviation industry veteran Jay Bushouse as Managing Director – Midwest. He has an office in Kansas City. Prior to joining Mente Group, Bushouse was a sales director for Textron Aviation, selling new Beechcraft and Cessna Citations. At Textron he was awarded multiple president’s club […]
Jviation Expands with New Office in St. Louis
Jviation, a Woolpert Company, has opened an office at 4625 Lindell Blvd. near Forest Park in St. Louis. Jviation is an airport planning, survey, architecture, engineering and construction management firm that now has three offices in Missouri and 10 across the country. Woolpert Senior Vice President JD Ingram said this new St. Louis office will […]
