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Notes from Orlando -- The NBAA Convention
- Monday November 7, 2005ORLANDO On the heels of the annual convention of the National Business Aviation Association being held here this week, there lies the underlying question: Will the move to Orlando from New Orleans have a significant impact on the dynamic of the show? Based on all indications thus far, probably not. Walking through the halls of the trade show set-up, it appears the dynamic that is the NBAA convention is intact. The aircraft static display a mainstay of the event being held at Orlando Executive Airport is expected to host some 150 aircraft, coordinated by Showalter Flying Service and Sheltair Aviation Services. Heading into the annual event, a few of the companies/trends to watch include: - Landmark Aviation This is the new name of the... -
Song of the Airlines
- Tuesday November 1, 2005Last week, Delta Air Lines announced it will phase out its carrier-within-a-carrier, Song, by May, 2006. The Song fleet of 48 Boeing 757-200 aircraft will be reconfigured with first-class seating and redeployed on domestic routes. Meanwhile, the song that Delta execs are singing continues to be one of melancholy, in light of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the prospect of eliminating as many as 9,000 jobs. Of the mini-carriers which have been attempted by the legacy carriers over the years, only United's Ted will remain. However, in light of United's third-quarter 2005 financial report that featured a record $1.77 billion loss, one has to question how long Ted or big brother United will be in existence. The November 1 edition... -
A Visit With Phil Botana
- Tuesday October 25, 2005Phil Botana is a walking history of the FBO (fixed base operator) business since the 1970s. It's summed up in this quote: "Before I went to Portland (OR) [to manage Flightcraft], Signature had acquired every FBO that I had worked for." I met Botana in 1984. As the communications manager for the National Air Transportation Association outside Washington, I was introduced to Phil as the incoming chair of the association ? perhaps the youngest-ever chair. His FBO resume includes Burlington Northern Airmotive, Van Dusen Air, Butler Aviation, Signature Flight Support, Flightcraft, and today the Tampa International Jet Center at TPA. (For those who are relatively new to the FBO biz, via a series of acquisitions, the evolution more or less is... -
Lessons from NBAA's Static Display
- Tuesday October 18, 2005Kim Showalter heads up Showalter Flying Service based at the Orlando Executive Airport, site of the upcoming 2005 NBAA Convention's Static Display of aircraft. The event that was originally scheduled to take place in New Orleans, but Hurricane Katrina has forced the association to relocate its premier aviation show to November 9-11 at the Orlando Convention Center (www.nbaa.org). Showalter's crew has handled the Static Display three times before, along with a host of outsiders either brought in from other operations or local volunteers, many from the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter. Kim reports that typically SFS has some 35 full-time employees; for the Static, she says the daily staff will number about 100. One of the... -
Thoughts from the NAC
- Tuesday October 11, 2005U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-FL) was on hand at last week's F. Russell Hoyt National Airports Conference in Tampa, speaking of the need to not bail out failing air carriers and to hit hard once again on one of his favorite topics: the Transportation Security Administration. Rep. Mica, whose district sits between Orlando and Jacksonville, says the answer for the airlines is for them to have viable businesses, to increase fares. Regarding TSA, Mica says he wants to encourage airports to participate in the opt-out passenger screening program and seeks to alleviate airports of liability by way of wording in federal legislation expected to be unveiled this week in Washington. The U.S. needs to move from a centralized, Soviet model, says Mica, to one... -
Highlights from ACI-NA's Annual Meeting
- Monday September 26, 2005Last week's annual meeting of the Airports Council International-North America in Toronto highlighted the importance of the pending debate over how we will fund the U.S. aviation transportation system in the years ahead. A major reauthorization battle looms, and FAA and the airports industry are exploring new answers to financing a system that cannot be sustained under the current tax structure. A paramount concern: modernization of the air traffic control system both in terms of how to get modernization accomplished as well as its impact on system capacity. Airports recognize that addressing capacity concerns on the ground is only half the battle. Of particular note is that FAA Associate Administrator of Airports Woodie Woodward...
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