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Business Aviation

Volato | March 23, 2022

Volato, the most efficient way to own a private jet, today announced that it has acquired aircraft management company Gulf Coast Aviation (GCA), a fixture in the Houston private aviation market for the past 25 years. GCA is strategically located at Atlantic Aviation, William P. Hobby International Airport (HOU) in Houston, Tx. The combined companies will serve a larger share of the North American business aviation market. GCA is rated Argus Platinum and Stage 3 IS-B...

FlightGlobal | February 07, 2020

Airlink is to continue operating in its own right four of the routes being axed by its franchise partner South African Airways at the end of the month. The business rescue practitioners appointed to lead cash-strapped SAA – after it was placed in formal restructuring in early December – announced on 6 February that the Star Alliance carrier would drop a string of flights as part of a wide-ranging streamlining of its network....

Boeing | June 23, 2020

News surfaced today which indicates that Boeing has requested that supplier Spirit AeroSystems reduce 2020’s 737 production to just 72 shipsets, from 125 planned earlier. The news came via Reuters. The Kansas-based manufacturer issued a public statement earlier this month warning of an impending reduction but was unable to disclose the number at the time....

Air Transport

The Port Authority | October 30, 2020

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will start handing out US$50 fines to people using their facilities who don’t wear face masks. The Port Authority runs three big airports, JFK, Newark Liberty, and LaGuardia Airports. However, the new rule covers all Port Authority facilities, including trains stations, bus terminals, in addition to airport terminals....