GA – Bill Gates founded Breakthrough Energy and has recently announced that its first Catalyst project funding will come in the form of a $50 million grant to Lanza Jet’s Freedom Pines Fuels sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Soperton, Georgia. Breakthrough Energy Catalyst is a unique program that ...
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TN – The grand opening for Memphis International Airport’s Consolidated De-Icing Facility was held on Tuesday, November 29. Dignitaries and leaders from Memphis and Washington, D.C., joined the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority in celebrating the facility, which was completed just in time for the heavy ...
S.C. – Boeing’s impact on South Carolina is best summarized with an analogy: the manufacturing giant is to S.C. aerospace what BMW is to the state’s auto industry. Both are linchpins in the state’s industrial sector, with each employing thousands of workers and relying on ...
FL – Million Air, the Houston, Texas-based FBO network, has added its 34th location by acquiring the former Marathon Jet Center at Florida Keys Marathon International Airport (MTH) in Marathon, Florida, roughly in the middle of the Florida Keys. This is Million Air’s fourth Florida ...
Canadian French business jet manufacturer Bombardier announced the official opening of its new state-of-the-art Service Centre at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF). The new facility is the latest indication that reinforces Bombardier’s commitment to the U.S. and Latin American markets while creating another key element ...
The completely rebuilt runway at Cullman Regional Airport (CMD) in Vinemont, Alabama, has been in full daily operation since construction was finished in January, but airport management wanted to wait to dedicate it until landscaping and other aesthetic and functional finishing touches were completed. The ...
FL – Southern Sky Aviation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, has entered into a 30-year lease agreement with the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District to build and operate an FBO at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) in Panama City. The lease includes options ...
AL – Gulf Shores International Airport-Jack Edwards Field (JKA) in Gulf Shores, Alabama, has signed a contract to build and manage a new passenger terminal. The terminal will be a temporary facility built and managed by TBI/VINCI Airports, operator of more than 50 airports in ...
KY – A long-awaited expansion is coming to Muhlenberg County Airport (M21) in Greenville, Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear spoke at the August groundbreaking ceremony, thanking everyone involved in bringing the project to fruition and echoing the excitement of the surrounding communities. The airport is building ...
TN – Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus Aircraft first established their presence at Knoxville’s McGhee-Tyson Airport (TYS) in 2015 with the construction of a $2.4 million Aircraft Factory Service Center and the company shows no signs of slowing down. With sales of Cirrus aircraft projected to increase ...