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• Luciano Braganca
Flexjet has opened a 3,530-square-meter MRO hangar and a 2,098-square-meter fixed-base operator at Farnborough Airport in the UK. The approximately $34 million development marks the private aviation company’s first FBO in Europe and expands its support infrastructure at a major business aviation hub.
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Flexjet has opened a 3,530-square-meter MRO hangar and a 2,098-square-meter fixed-base operator at Farnborough Airport in the UK. The approximately $34 million development marks the private aviation company’s first FBO in Europe and expands its support infrastructure at a major business aviation hub.
NetJets Aviation plans to develop a more than 100,000-square-foot campus at Dallas Love Field, including a 14,000-square-foot terminal and an 80,000-square-foot maintenance hangar. The project will expand the business aviation operator’s facilities at the Dallas airport.
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Flexjet has opened a new facility at Farnborough Airport in Europe combining private-terminal, training and operations capabilities. The site is intended to support the company’s expanding fractional-ownership network and improve the infrastructure behind its international business aviation operations.
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The UK Civil Aviation Authority has approved Bombardier’s Global 8000 for operations at London City Airport, giving operators of the business jet direct access to central London. The authorization expands the aircraft’s utility for long-range missions serving major global cities, including Singapore.
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NBAA, AOPA and other aviation organizations are urging the FAA to apply proposed uniform flightcrew rest and duty standards to Part 91, Part 125 and Part 135 operators, rather than limiting the framework to scheduled airlines operating under Part 121.
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