Industry news
The stories that matter to people running FBOs and general-aviation airports — fuel, ground support, hangars and airport projects, FAA and TSA rules, FBO deals — picked each morning, tagged by topic and directory category, with a link to the source on every item.
ANAC requires FBO contracts before GA slot requests at Congonhas
Brazil’s ANAC has changed the slot process at Congonhas Airport so business jet, air taxi and other non-scheduled operators must contract in advance all services of a fixed base operator before requesting takeoff or landing times. The agency says the rule is intended to curb irregular resale of slots, and it also bans slot transfers between operators and allows ANAC to request information at any time.
Aviacionline · aviacionline.com
Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport opens $7M terminal expansion
Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport has opened a $7 million terminal expansion that nearly doubles terminal space and adds about 150,000 square feet of additional aircraft parking apron. Funded with federal, state and local money, the project includes a new roughly 5,500-square-foot terminal, while planned features include a conference room, pilot facilities and amenities for visitors and the public.
The Journal Record · journalrecord.comConstruction starts on new $54 million FBO at San Juan airport
Construction has begun on BLUESKY San Juan, a new FBO at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico. The project calls for an 8,000-square-foot terminal, more than 60,000 square feet of hangars, a large apron, on-site fuel service, and customs facilities for international arrivals, with opening targeted for 2028.
Aviacionline · aviacionline.com
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