Once On The Budget Chopping Block, Program Has Been Given A New Lease On Life

After a veritable rollercoaster of developments affecting the Auburn University Aviation Program over the past year, including the threatened closure of Alabama's only collegiate-level aviation school, supporters cheered when the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) re-accredited the school's resurgent aviation management curriculum last month.

Goal Is To Accelerate Bermuda Airspace Modernization And Optimization, Implementation Of Performance Based Navigation Procedures

Boeing and the Bermuda Department of Airport Operations (DAO) have agreed to study the modernization of airspace and air traffic management in Bermuda. Engineers from Boeing Digital Aviation, a business unit of Commercial Aviation Services, will work with DAO to identify the steps required to develop a fully optimized air traffic management system for Bermuda, including an increase in the country’s ability to handle arriving and departing traffic.

Focuses On Continued Market Expansion, Recognizes Outstanding Achievement

An exclusive group of flight training school owners from multiple states along the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic region met recently as Diamond Flight Center Development Council members to plan their further growth and market expansion. The group focused on their unique growth strategies, flight center best practices and utilization of innovative Diamond programs such as DiamondShare and Lease & Learn.

Charges New Overtime Fees For Customs & Immigration

The long-standing Bahamas "Bill Of Rights For Private Pilots" is no longer valid. The island nation has begun charging a new fee should a private airplane arrive or depart before 0900 or after 1700 local time, according to information forwarded to ANN by Caribbean Flying Adventures.

He Has Been Charged With Flying The Airplane With No License Or Registration

An Englewood, CO resident had a bad day on February 28. That was the day Michael Lewis was arrested, and had his airplane seized by local authorities in Cody, WY, along with about a quarter million dollars in cash.

10 Hours of LIVE Programming Scheduled By Aero-News

For the fifth straight year, the Aero-News Network is partnering with the Aircraft Electronics Association to bring exciting news about the latest and greatest avionics developments to the aviation world and we're doing it LIVE and in HIGH-DEF. Live Aero-TV high-definition coverage of the AEA Opening Ceremonies and New Product Introductions begins at 8:30 a.m. Central Time (09:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on Thursday, March 13th. “The AEA Convention’s New Product Introductions always is one of the most popular sessions at this annual event, and ANN’s live coverage has helped make it the primary launching pad for companies to unveil the latest and greatest in new avionics products and services coming to market for the current year,” said Paula Derks, AEA president.