SIGNATURE FLIGHT Support's new Las Vegas general-aviation terminal, at McCarran Airport, was host to the 130-aircraft NBAA static display. The flight-support organisation (FSO) opened for business in early August and is the second of Signature's "new-generation" FSOs, modeled on the two-story terminal at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut.
Signature has embarked on the renovation and expansion of its 40-site FSO network. At NBAA, other aviation services announced similar moves to improve and expand their operations.
AMR Combs plans to add two to three US fixed-based operations (FBOs) to its network over the next two years, says president Bob Anderson. The company will begin operations at its 11th US location, San Francisco International Airport, in January 1996, initially at a temporary site until the new FBO is completed in the fourth quarter of 1996.
Co-operation with Mexico's SACSA, under which AMR Combs provides FBO services at two locations, may be expanded to other sites, Anderson says. AMR is also planning FBOs in South America and, later, Europe and the Far East, he reveals. SACSA, meanwhile, has teamed with Garrett Aviation Services to provide aircraft maintenance at Mexico City's Toluca Airport.
Raytheon Aircraft Services is the new name for the 18-location network of United Beechcraft and United Hawker FBOs. The company says that the new name demonstrates that Raytheon FBOs can handle all business-aircraft types.
Alliance Engines, a Nashville, Tennessee-based joint-venture between K-C Aviation and Duncan Aviation, has begun operations. Repair and overhaul of AlliedSignal TPE331 turboprops and auxiliary power units is expected to begin in October when the test-cells become operational.
Source: Flight International
