NATA News

In the midst of the holiday traffic crush, New Jersey’s Teterboro airport is experiencing high operational volume, which is expected to continue through the end of the year. As a result, some of the smaller FBO ramps at the Metro New York-area business aviation gateway have been filled to capacity, causing gridlock and the potential for delays throughout the airport. The airport has implemented new procedures to minimize delays. When ramp space at a particular FBO is severely constrained, all aircraft destined for that location will be instructed by ATC to taxi to a holding point on the air operations area and — as stressed by airport manager Renee Spann — to contact the preferred FBO of their anticipated arrival time before ramp acceptance. The FBO will inform the pilot as to space availability and whether or not to expect delays. If the FBO cannot accommodate the aircraft, the pilot will be told to contact the Airport Operations frequency (130.575), which will suggest an alternative based on space availability. To read more, click here.

NATA is again working with the aviation business community to raise charitable donations for Following the enactment of the New York State sales-and-use tax exemption on general aviation transactions, Sheltair began its initial land clearing on what will soon become a new multimillion dollar premier FBO terminal and aircraft hangar complex at Republic Airport (FRG) in East Farmingdale, New York, located some 35 miles east of Manhattan. To learn more, click here.

Sponsoring a NATA Safety 1^st event is a great way to put your business in front of decision makers and product users at NATA member companies. Depending on your sponsorship selection, here are some of the benefits you can receive: recognition on the event registration page at www.nata.aero and in other NATA communications, your company logo included on all printed seminar materials, the opportunity to interact with attendees, and more!

NATA is calling for nominations to acknowledge the individuals, offices, and organizations demonstrating excellence in their field and the highest level of customer service to the general aviation community. Each year, NATA presents awards to the exceptional individuals and companies that have helped to improve the general aviation community. The recipients of these awards are chosen based upon NATA member-submitted nominations. To review the award categories and award nomination form, click here. For more information, please contact Karissa Uko at kuko@nata.aero.

Advanced Line Service Workshop in Anchorage, Alaska - February 14-15, 2016

FBO Success Seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana - March 8-9, 2016

Advanced Line Service Workshop in Dallas, Texas - March 15-16, 2016

NATA's 2016 Aviation Business Conference will take place June 8^th-10^th at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The conference will kick off with a reception Wednesday evening, June 8th and the conference will conclude Friday afternoon, June 10^th. Early bird registration will run through Friday, April 8^th. Please visit http://nata.aero/Events/2016-Aviation-Business-Conference.aspx to register and save today!

Registration is now open for the 2016 Air Charter Safety Foundation Safety Symposium at the NTSB Training Center in Dulles, VA on March 8–9, 2016. The event theme is Safety: A Smart Investment for a Rich Future and will touch on the following subjects: system safety, reducing risk, safety metrics and much more. Visit http://www.acsf.aero/symposium/ for more information and to register online today!