Base Operations at Page Field has been ranked in the top 5 percent of fixed-base operators in an international survey conducted by Aviation International News (AIN). This is the 10th consecutive year Base Operations at Page Field has been named a top fixed-base operator by AIN. Base Operations ranked first in the Fort Myers/Naples area […]
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SC Aviation Association Announces 2022 – 2023 Executive Committee, New Directors
South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) has announced its new directors and executive committee. Executive Committee members include President Terry Connorton, Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport Director; Vice President Kevin Howell, Senior Vice President/COO of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport; and Secretary-Treasurer Ryan Hounshell, Operations Manager at Holt Consulting Company. This is the second year of the Executive Committee’s […]
First Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 Enters Service Following FAA Certification
Textron Aviation is celebrating the first delivery of the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet, following the completion of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification. Elite Team Offices, headquartered in Clovis, California, recently took delivery of the first production Citation M2 Gen2. The milestone comes less than six months after Textron Aviation announced the latest […]
Salina Airport Authority Encouraged by Air Service Update
Salina Regional Airport leaders and advisers are hard at work securing a future for scheduled air service in north-central Kansas. Aware of vital steps necessary in coming days and weeks, Salina Airport Authority board members gathered in a special meeting Thursday morning, mulling over relatively few options in the wake of actions last month that […]
GAMA Announces Staff Additions
Today, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced two additions to its staff: Joan Serra as Regulatory Affairs Manager – Europe, and Megan Brien as Manager of Meetings and Member Engagement. “We are proud to welcome both Joan and Megan to the GAMA team. They are both filling newly created positions to help us better […]
Steven Baldwin Associates Adds Rion Haley to Team
Steven Baldwin Associates (SBA) has announced the hiring of Associate Rion Haley. Ms. Haley is a seasoned content professional with more than 30 years of business experience researching, writing, and editing articles, presentations, and marketing collateral. At SBA, she is responsible for project related research, the development of content material for client deliverables and presentations. […]
Textron Begins Delivering Skyhawks to Growing Flight Training School at Kansas State
Textron Aviation is celebrating the delivery of five new Cessna Skyhawk piston aircraft to the Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, expanding the school’s fleet and supporting the university’s growing enrollment in its pilot training programs. The Cessna Skyhawk is designed and manufactured by Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company. The […]
STV Joins Delta Airlines at LAX for Phase 1 Opening of Delta Sky Way Project
Photo above – L to R: STV Project Director Bruno Piana, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction President Clay Morel and Executive Vice President Frank Roetzel, STV Senior Vice President and National Aviation Practice Lead Joe Thompson. On March 30, 2022, STV joined Delta Air Lines and Los Angeles World Airports to celebrate the official opening of […]
Unleaded Aviation Fuel Introduced at Santa Monica (SMO)
Aeroplex Group Partners—the project management and consulting division of Aeroplex/Aerolease Group—has announce the successful transition to unleaded aviation gasoline, Swift UL94, at Santa Monica Airport’s (SMO) self-service fuel station. In support of the national effort to reduce lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft, the City of Santa Monica-owned airport is the first in the region to […]
National Aviation Hall of Fame Receives Education Grant from FedEx
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is honored to share that their educational program, Discovering Flight: Learning With The National Aviation Hall of Fame, will be supported by a generous $5,000 grant provided by FedEx. NAHF President and CEO Amy Spowart said, “This donation is a tremendous show of support from a worldwide leader […]
