ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS&STRUCTURES Inc. is appealing NASDAQ's decision to de-list its Class B warrants. NASDAQ notified the Long Beach, Calif. Jetcruzer 500 developer that the Class B warrants did not meet minimum trading requirements. AASI requested a hearing to review that claim, but said the warrants will remain listed pending the outcome of a hearing. AASI's Class A warrants will remain listed.
BRIAN KEITH SHAW was promoted to director of human resources for Dallas Airmotive Inc. Shaw, who joined Dallas Airmotive in 1998, formerly was human resources manager. He also held a number of human resources positions with Raytheon Aircraft, including employee relations manager, labor relations representative and human resources administrator.
CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is soliciting letters of interest for airport-related development of city-owned real estate at Burke Lakefront Airport. The letters of interest are due March 30. For more information, contact Louis Rice, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3913; fax (216) 265-6021.
AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION sent letters to its 360,000 members last week seeking contributions to the AOPA Political Action Committee to fight a new proposal for privatizing the nation's air traffic control system.The proposal, from the Reason Public Policy Institute, was developed by the major airlines, AOPA charged. "If we let these airlines have their way, and allow their plan to become law, safety will be sacrificed to give the powerful airlines a tax break. And ultimately GA pilots will pay," the letter warns.
COYNE found a strong interest among operators in Florida in the new genre of entry-level business jets in development, such as the Eclipse. The operators, particularly those currently flying twin-pistons, were attracted to the idea of owning a fractional share in a million-dollar jet, he said.
BOMBARDIER'S CRJ900 regional airliner made a successful first flight of two hours, 54 minutes Wednesday from Montreal's Mirabel International Airport. The aircraft that flew last week is the first of two to be used in the test program. The aircraft, originally CRJ700 S/N 10001, was stretched by inserting two fuselage plugs measuring 90 inches and 62 inches. The first all-new CRJ900, S/N 15001, is scheduled to fly later this year.
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NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION President Jim Coyne, returning from his first round of visits to four of the "100 Most Needed Airports," was encouraged Friday that those meetings generated significant dialog in the community about the importance of a local airport (BA, Feb. 19/83). He said an overriding theme of the four communities in Florida visited last week was that "there isn't anyone to stand up and be an advocate" for the local airports.
L.J. AVIATION of Latrobe, Pa. signed an agreement with a second Pittsburgh-area company to manage a Bombardier Continental business jet the firm just ordered. L.J. Aviation signed its first Continental management contract with another Pittsburgh company late last year. The Latrobe, Pa. aircraft management and charter operator currently manages 13 aircraft for owners in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio and also operates a corporate shuttle in Tennessee.
MERCURY AIR CENTERS is hoping to lure corporate pilots to its chain of fixed-base facilities with a new Internet-based reservation system. Mercury said pilots or dispatchers can use its new Easy Turn system to make advance reservations for fuel and other services at any of Mercury's 19 locations by going to the Mercury web site and notifying a particular FBO of aircraft arrival and departure times and detailing any special requirements.
DPI LABS announced availability of "the world's first 20-watt, color-corrected halogen light" for aircraft cabin interiors. The company, based in La Verne, Calif., said the new 20-watt light delivers four times the brightness of typical incandescent lamps, noting that it comes with a diffusion filter to improve readability for passengers by softening the light cast around the edges of the reading area.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION, a victim of the success of its annual convention and trade show, now finds itself with only three cities able to accommodate the show's requirements for convention space, hotel rooms and an airport that can handle the growing aircraft static display. See article below. The association also has rejected the idea of stretching the annual event beyond the traditional three-day format.
CHARLOTTE IVEY was named sales representative for the Learjet division of Professional Aviation Associates. Ivey previously spent 22 years with AAR Distribution as branch manager, outside sales and as a sales representative.
BBA GROUP PLC completed the acquisition and alliance agreements announced earlier with Gulfstream Aerospace for $43 million paid in cash by BBA (BA, Jan. 22/39).
MARSA HIGHTOWER BOUNDS was named corporate director of quality assurance for Dallas Airmotive. Bounds formerly was senior manager of quality assurance, helping the company achieve ISO 9002 certification in 1998.
TAG AVIATION opened a fifth aircraft acquisition and sales office and named a veteran Bombardier executive to head the new operation in Southern California. James S. Ross was named regional vice president of TAG's Aircraft Acquisitions and Sales Division, where he will assist the company's aircraft management clients in acquiring and selling aircraft, providing acquisition and sales services for outside clients and assisting with the inventory and resale of aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded more than $400 million to a California contractor to do architectural and engineering work at a number of FAA facilities nationwide. Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, Calif. will receive $404 million to provide architectural and engineering (A&E) design and design-build services nationwide for air route traffic control centers, terminal radar approach control facilities and airport traffic control towers as well as other FAA facilities.
BOMBARDIER is introducing an electronic trouble-shooting system on its new Continental business jets. The Canadian manufacturer said the "SmartFix" system will accelerate fault isolation routines and reduce aircraft downtime and spare parts requirements. SmartFix is powered by ClickFix, a diagnostic and problem resolution tool from Click Software, a provider of service chain optimization solutions for service organizations.
The ban on Stage 2 aircraft at Naples, Fla. Municipal Airport is unreasonable and the Naples Airport Authority is in violation of certain grant assurance agreements, FAA said in a strongly worded letter to NAA Chairman Eric West. The Feb. 16 letter was the second such notification issued to the authority in recent months.
Aviation General, Inc., reported its "best" financial results ever for the year ended Dec. 31, 2000. Revenues for the Bethany, Okla. manufacturer were up 23 percent, from $13.6 million a year ago to $16.8 million in the most recent period. The company had net income of $450,033, compared with a net loss of $384,818 in 1999, representing a turnaround of more than $830,000.
National Business Aviation Association, facing growing demand from exhibitors who want to show their wares at the group's annual convention and a limited number of sites able to accommodate the annual show, is now restricted to holding the convention in just three cities - New Orleans, Orlando and Las Vegas - over the next eight years.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Norman Mineta will be the speaker at the March 22 joint luncheon of the Aero Club of Washington and the International Aviation Club. For more information, contact the Aero Club at (703) 327-7082.
THE NORDAM GROUP was selected to provide its NORTRAK interior liner system for two Airbus Corporate Jets that the French government will operate. Nordam will design the interior shell and parts of the cabinetry for the aircraft and ship the components to Toulouse, France for installation. Nordam affiliate World Aviation Associates in Toulouse will provide technical support during the installation. The first Airbus ACJ VIP interior is slated for delivery June 1 with the second scheduled Aug. 1.
General aviation groups last week expressed frustration that a national think tank reopened the air traffic control funding debate with another recommendation to cordon off the nation's ATC system into a non-profit organization and fund it with user fees. The Reason Public Policy Institute, flanked by past FAA Administrators, unveiled its latest report on How to Commercialize Air Traffic Control, providing a blueprint of user fees that could almost double the tax burden of some business jet operators.
