2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

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

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.

FAA Files Show Avantair Had Long History of Issues

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

Elliott Aviation Plans Hawker STC, Beechjet G5000 Retrofit

Cockpit Apps Releases Version 2.0 of iLog App

ADS-B Coming Soon To Asian Airspace

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

ProFlight Brings Fresh Ideas and Technology To Simulator Training

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.

Safe Flight AutoPower Autothrottles Add Safety And Efficiency To Hawker 800

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.

This still experimental “new” Sovereign is the updated version of Cessna’s big midsize jet. 

Pilot Report: Cessna’s New Citation Sovereign

NBAA 2013 Preview

Airfone Shutdown Imminent, No Extensions

Row 44 Expanding Inflight Connectivity To China

Honeywell Fields RM-850 Upgrade, and Primus II ADS-B

Aspen Evolution Receives European AML Approval

Bizjet Mobile Lowers Cost of Airborne Messaging

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

FBO Profile: Jet Center Los Angeles

Pentastar Mount Secures iPads In Cockpits

LightSquared Lawsuit Reveals Wireless Network Interference Details

New Training Rule To Cost Upcoming ATPs Thousands of Dollars

Garmin tops in avionics sector, Aircell leads cabin electronics

Product Support Survey 2013 Part 2: Avionics

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.

Asia-Pacific ADS-B OUT Mandates Begin in December

AIN Blog: Trolling For Dollars: The Games Patent-holders Play

Execjet Mobile Releases Version 4.0

Rockwell Collins Agrees To Buy Arinc For $1.4 Billion

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Rockwell Collins Introduces HeliSure Technology To Rotorcraft Market

Rockwell Collins To Buy Arinc for $1.4 Billion

LightSquared Backers Sue GPS Industry

No Brasil os pilotos podem optar por vidro Garmin

CRS reforça apoio a aeronaves brasileiras antigas

CRS Jet Spares Seizes Opportunity In Brazil

Garmin Avionics An Option For Brazilian-registered King Airs

Falcons Fly Further With Aviation Partners Winglets

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.