2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Etihad Aims To Stand Out and Grow More

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

New iPad Air Passes Jeppesen Decompression Testing

AIN Blog: Use the Checklist!!!

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Santa Monica Lawsuit May Determine Airport’s Fate

Frontier Airlines First To Get ForeFlight Approval

Dynon D2 Pocket Panel Interfaces with iPad Apps

Maxcraft Avionics STCs Garmin Mods in King Airs

Rockwell Collins Receives Darpa Radio Contract

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

EmptyLegMarket Adds API For Charter Scheduling Software Integration

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Angle-of-attack Systems Gaining Ground on Smaller Aircraft

NBAA 2013 Report: Annual Show Ends on High Notes

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

A new Learjet joins the family

Pilot Report: Learjet 75

Fractional and Charter Market Part 2

Flight Training Solons Gather for Redbird Migration

ForeFlight and Aeronautical Data Added To FSI Program

Mayo Clinic Study: Hypoxia Can Be Detected Much Earlier

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Elliott Aviation Preparing To Retrofit Beechjet with G5000 Panel

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

Changes Are Evident in Design of New Cessna Sovereign Cabin and Cockpit

Laver and Collins Complete World-girdling Anniversary Trip in Mitsubishi MU-2

Special-mission and Heavy-duty Mods Are Avcon Industries’ Specialties

Beechcraft, Pratt Join for Wheels Up King Air 350i Support

Flight Research Holds Free Loss of Control Seminars at NBAA Convention

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Mid-Continent Instrument’s True Blue Power division introduced two new lithium-ion main-ship batteries.

Lithium-ion Main-ship Batteries Are New True Blue Power Product Line

Chicago Jet Receives FAA Approval for First FANS-over-Iridium STC

Aircell’s Vision Brings Hollywood To Airplanes

Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck Approach Charts Now Display Own-Ship Position

Jeppesen Developing Surface Tablet Version of FliteDeck Pro

Etihad Takes ‘Hard-Nosed’ Approach to Growth

Airport2Park Seeks To Close Santa Monica Airport

AIN Blog: Who Needs the FAA?

Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.