TX – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines faces a federal investigation into whether it violated its own legally required customer service plan amid a blizzard of flight cancellations that ruined plans and angered travelers over the Christmas holiday. In a statement late Monday, officials at the U.S. ...
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OR – United Airlines Ventures’ (UAV) investment in Houston-based Next Renewable Fuels will support a so-called flagship biofuel refinery in Port Westward, Oregon, production at which Next expects to begin in 2026. Next expects the biorefinery to produce up to 50,000 barrels of Sustainable Aviation Fuel ...
TX – Sheltair Aviation, AIN’s top-rated FBO (Fixed Base Operations) network, has announced the acquisition of the US Jet center at Denton Enterprise Airport (DTO). The network’s latest FBO addition will set its first Texas-based FBO location and second west of the Mississippi. Sheltair will ...
TX – FBO operator Jet Access has begun construction on an 80,000-sq-ft FBO complex and MRO facility on the southwestern side of Dallas Executive Airport through a partnership with developer Burchfield & Partners and the city of Dallas. The 14-month-long project calls for the construction ...
AR – Passenger enplanements at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Fayetteville/Bentonville are projected to be between 825,000 and 830,000 for 2022, representing about 90% of 2019, the highest on record at 922,500. Airport management said enplanements earlier in the year were on track to ...
Stennis International Airport (HSA) in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, recently completed the construction of two hangars and purchased an existing hangar. The three hangars total nearly 50,000 SF including 2,500 SF of offices and are fully leased. One of the new hangars is 24,000 SF ...
Galaxy FBO recently welcomed the opening of its newest location in Texas at Addison Airport (ADS) in Dallas, joining FBO bases at Houston William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) and Conroe/North Houston Regional (CXO). The company also operates the private-use-only Black Forest Heliport in The Woodlands ...
AR – The Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK) has been making a concerted effort and doing extra work in recent years to become more accessible and attract more passengers, and those efforts paid off when the airport was named the 2022 Arkansas Airport of the Year ...
LA – The Louisiana Tech University’s Department of Professional Aviation has a storied history going back to its establishment in 1967. The department is accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI), offering two 4-year degrees as well as a FAA Part 141 flight school, ...
TX – Atlantic Aviation acquired Textar Aviation at the Dallas Love Airport (DAL). Atlantic Aviation has been looking to operate at the Dallas Love Field Airport for some time now since DAL is one of the country’s top three busiest business aviation airports. This acquisition ...