FL – Jet Linx recently opened its first South Florida base location at Jet Linx Miami at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF). The OPF location marks the company’s 21st base location. Jet Linx also acquired Southern Jet at Boca Raton Airport (BCT) for its second ...
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GA – SIMFlightATL offers a Redbird FMX simulator at the company’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) location. The Redbird FMX is a full-motion FAA-certified AATD. Students can utilize the Redbird FMX simulator to log time toward their Instrument ratings, while instrument-rated pilots can use the simulator to ...
KY – The Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) is one of six recipients of the 2022 Airport Business Projects of the Year award from Airport Business Magazine for the airport’s Runway 4-22 rehabilitation project. LEX was named as the winner in the Airfield category for the ...
The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) reported another record-breaking year for cargo handling in 2021. GSP marked an increase of more than 48 percent from 2020 with 96,800 tons of cargo handled at the airport. International freight accounted for 43,800 tons and was valued at $5.01 ...
The Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has committed to net-zero carbon by 2050 with the release of its first carbon policy. ATL has also committed the airport to achieving the city of Atlanta’s goal of reaching 100% clean and renewable energy by 2035. The ...
The Orlando International Airport (MCO) finished last year as the busiest airport in Florida with over 40 million passengers. The passenger count was up 86 percent from totals in 2020. MCO moved from ninth place to the seventh busiest airport nationwide. MCO resumed international service ...
The Florence One School District’s Advantage Academy launched its brand new Aviation Program in December 2021 when two local pilots took several students on discovery flights from Florence Regional Airport (FLO) in Florence, South Carolina. Thanks to a $339,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration ...
Rapidly-growing fractional ownership and charter provider Volato announced in early January it had placed an order for 15 HondaJets to add to its fleet. Volato started up in September 2021 with a single, four-passenger HondaJet Elite S, then added two more in December and currently ...
When the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (MKAA) embarked on the reconstruction of runway 5L/23R at McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), they soon realized it would grow into the largest component of the even larger Airfield Modernization Plan they had envisioned. Not only would the runway be ...
Northeast State Community College’s Aviation Technology program has moved into its new home in a hangar at Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) in Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, Tennessee. Classes and training operations moved in last month and the Department Head, Richard Blevins, expects it to be totally finished and furnished ...