The downtown airport in Kansas City Missouri has had a major twenty million dollar upgrade project which includes self service gas pumps that pilots can pull right up to for re-fueling. The gas will be competitively priced compared to other local sources, but pilots will be able to fill up on their own and pay [...]
The Keokuk Municipal Airport in Iowa has received about $300 thousand dollars in government funds to go toward much needed repairs for the ailing runway. This is just one example of many in recent times of airports attempting to make the necessary adjustments and repairs in order to be able to provide the service that [...]
Businesses spend thousands of dollars to create and promote their brand. Building brand awareness is a way to distinguish yourself from your competitors. Some describe branding as a promise you make to potential customers that you will consistently provide them with a valuable product. When you deliver on your promise, customers learn to associate your [...]
Enterprise, the rental car and airport shuttle powerhouse, recently made the announcement for plans to convert its entire fleet of buses to 20% biodiesel over the course of the next five years. They are putting the plan into action immediately with a conversion of every bus across nine of the fifty North American markets [...]
It’s not only major companies like Air Canada and Air France (who both reported losses last quarter), that are suffering, pretty much every company in the aviation industry is feeling the pinch. Airlines are having to up the costs of many amenities like: checked bags, in-flight drinks and blankets to try and make up [...]
There are plenty of issues we face everyday in the airline industry, this weekend gave of a perfect example of constraints put on our jobs that are completely out of our control. The East Coast (particularly the Mid-Atlantic region) was pounded with an outrageous storm that dropped anywhere from six up to more than [...]
As a bush pilot servicing hunters, fishermen and explorers in wildernesses, ranging from Alaska to the Amazon you have a pretty tough job. Not only do you have to deal with flying in adverse weather conditions, you need to land on really rough terrains, from icy plateaus to swampy lagoons and everything else in between. [...]
Although they may be happy to have a job in the midst of a recession, American workers are increasingly unhappy with their jobs. A survey by the Conference Board research group found job satisfaction is at its lowest in 22 years. Only 45% of U.S. workers said they were satisfied with their jobs. This is [...]
“Will they work with my wheel pants?” That’s one of the most asked questions we get when talking to customers about innovative Lindy’s aircraft tugs. And the answer is, YES. All three Lindy’s airplane tug models will work on planes both with and without wheel pants. All of our aircraft tugs also work equally well [...]
In America we tend to think that bigger is better. It’s a national philosophy that has worked for us for decades. Bigger cars, bigger houses, bigger banks, supersized fast food — we’ve built our society around the concept that anything worth doing is worth doing BIG!
Well look where that’s gotten us. Fuel-conscious consumers are buying [...]
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