Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
- Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
Infobox_Company
company_name = Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
company_
company_type = Privately held company
foundation = 1959
location_city = Houston, TX
location_country = USA
industry = Business Aviation
services = Flight planning, aviation weather, Jet A fuel, and aircraft ground handling
homepage = [http://www.universalweather.com/ universalweather.com]
Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. (commonly called Universal or Universal Weather) is a Houston, Texas-based company providing products and services for general aviation. Its customers include owners and operators of business jets.
Universal Weather and Aviation offers trip support services; flight planning; weather briefings and graphics; air-to-ground communications or aircraft datalink; aircraft scheduling software; online trip planning services; aircraft fueling card services, named UVair; and aircraft ground handling services through worldwide fixed-base operators (FBOs), named Universal Aviation. ImpactWeather is a wholly-owned subsidiary.[ [http://www.universalweather.com/services/] . Retrieved from the Universal Weather and Aviation website on September 28, 2007.] ]In August 2006, Universal Weather and Aviation acquired Cornerstone Logic, Inc., creators of FBO Manager software.[ [http://www.univ-wea.com/pressroom/20060831_001.html] . Retrieved from the Universal Weather and Aviation website on June 4, 2007.] ] Corporate Citizenship
In 2007, Universal Weather and Aviation donated flight planning and weather to Barrington Irving's historic solo flight around the world.[ [http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/universal-weather-keeps-irving-aloft/?no_cache=1&cHash=b4df3dc363] . Retrieved from AINonline.com on November 12, 2007.] ] Memberships and affiliations
*National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA)[ [http://www.nbaa.org/directory] . Retrieved from the National Business Aviation Association website on June 5, 2007.] ]*European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)[ [http://www.ebaa.org/content/dsp_page/pagec/mbrship_lst] . Retrieved from the European Business Aviation Association website on June 4, 2007.] ]*Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA)[ [http://www.mebaa.com/about/mebaa_members.asp] . Retrieved from the Middle East Business Aviation Association website on November 12, 2007.] ]*Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA)[ [http://www.asbaa.org/intro_en.php?]
] . Retrieved from the Asian Business Aviation Association website on November 12, 2007.] References
*Citation
last=McLaren
first=Grant
title=Trip support providers—how to weigh service options and costs
newspaper=Professional Pilot Magazine
year=2007
date=May 2007
url=http://www.propilotmag.com/May/article1_may.html
External links
* [http://www.universalweather.com/ Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. website]
* [http://www.uvair.com/ UVair]
* [http://www.universalaviation.aero/ Universal Aviation (formerly UVglobal Network)]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Universal — may refer to:* The Universe, defined as the summation of all particles and energy that exist and the space time in which all events occurAs a modifier* Universal (metaphysics) * Universal joint, a machine part consisting of a pair of hinges… … Wikipedia
Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… … Wikipedia
Weather radar — in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft … Wikipedia
Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… … Wikipedia
Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect … Wikipedia
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… … Universalium
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium
Timeline of Islamic science and engineering — This timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age, usually dated from the 7th to 16th centuries.From the 17th century onwards, the advances … Wikipedia
Aircraft ground handling — In aviation, aircraft ground handling defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and (usually) parked at a terminal gate of an airport.OverviewMany airlines subcontract ground handling to an airport or a handling agent, or… … Wikipedia
