TN – The 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting in June for their new $31 million aircraft hangar at the joint public/military McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base and Airport (TYS) 10 miles south of Knoxville. Construction of the ...
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FL – APP Jet Center has acquired its second Florida FBO operation at Witham Field Airport (SUA) in Stuart, Florida. The acquisition expands its existing network which includes FBOs at Treasure Coast International (FPR), Fort Pierce, Florida, Manassas Regional (HEF), Manassas, Virginia, Hayward Executive (HWD), ...
KY – The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected a need for a growth rate of 13% in commercial and airline pilot employment over the next ten years. As many of you know, an ongoing shortage of pilots has begun making a noticeable impact ...
GA – Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY) in Albany is building a four-hangar complex representing one of the airport’s newest upgrades. The $10 million project is being financed in part by funds received via the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act during the ...
KY – FEAM AERO, the nation’s largest provider of aircraft line maintenance services, announced last month it will build a second hangar at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The state-of-the-art facility will be built from the ground up as a 3-bay, wide-body hangar enclosing 150,000 ...
FL – For the fourth year in a row, Sheltair has been recognized by its business aviation customers with the highest rankings in the 2022 Aviation International News (AIN) FBO Survey. The Tampa location tied for the top spot, and an additional eight Sheltair FBOs ...
TN – Steve Davis played football and majored in business at the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville. After working in the General Electric lighting division for six years in Oakbrook, Illinois, he followed his entrepreneurial spirit and founded The Will Group, named in honor ...
FL – Spirit Airlines recently raised $1.5 million for nonprofit organizations across South Florida at The Spirit Charitable Foundation’s fifth annual golf event. The event was sponsored by NexGen Aero, Airbus, and Pratt & Whitney. Last year, the Spirit Foundation donated over $500,000 to 29 ...
FL – American Airlines announced it will add more than 600 jobs in Miami. The new positions will be home-based reservations jobs. According to American Airlines, there are currently 200 new representatives in training and the airline expects to hire more than 400 representatives in ...
GA – Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has secured $100 million of funding to help complete the development of the company’s first aircraft called Quarterhorse. The funding will also help to support flight services operations and the development of its follow-up aircraft called Darkhorse which will ...