TX – The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) will add 80 new positions to help support increased traffic at the airport. The Austin City Council recently approved a budget amendment to allow for the job postings as an increase in domestic and international flights to AUS ...
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TX- Volato has acquired Gulf Coast Aviation as the company drives efforts to serve a larger share of the North American business aviation market. According to Volato, owners in Volato’s fractional program along with the company’s charter customers will now have access to an increased ...
USA – Red Bull’s Paper Wings contest is back for 2022 and is the world’s largest paper airplane championship. Students across the globe are invited to fly a plain sheet of paper as far, as long, or as artistically through the air as possible. Three ...
OK – Oklahoma State University has officially opened the Ray and Linda Booker OSU Flight Center. The new complex includes an 11,500-square-foot building that provides twice the amount of space available to students and flight instructors compared to OSU’s previous aviation facilities. The facility is ...
TX – Southwest Airlines is celebrating 15 years of the company’s Medical Transportation Grant Program. The program enables families, including patients and caregivers, to travel for free across North America. This year, Southwest will donate more than $4 million in transportation to 76 grant recipients. ...
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) reported a 55 percent increase in passenger traffic in 2021 compared to 2020. According to the airport, 562,384 people traveled through BTR last year. The airport was the second largest in the state by passenger volume in 2021. TSA ...
The King Aerospace Commercial Corporation (KACC) has signed a lease agreement for two hangars at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) to support the company’s modification services operations. KACC will utilize the hangars for specialized modifications such as upgraded airborne defense systems along with maintenance, ...
The El Paso City Council has approved the city’s Air Service Development Incentive Program to promote non-stop service to new locations from the El Paso International Airport (ELP). The City of El Paso will offer incentives for a new airline and non-stop route to help ...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) is the third-largest recognized tribe in the U.S. with more than 200,000 members living in every state and in all walks of life. Only about 85,000 actually reside in the tribal lands in 11 southeastern Oklahoma counties. Because of ...
As most readers know, laser strikes on aircraft are highly hazardous to pilots and flight operations. In recent years, such incidents have been on the rise and are illegal at the federal level, punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both. Many but not all states also ...