2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

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.

FAA Study Outlines Airborne Cellphone Situation

FAA Studying Use of PEDs in GA and Airline Aircraft

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.

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.

Pent-up Demand Helping OEMs Deliver Aircraft

In The Works: Bombardier Learjet 70/75

In The Works: Bombardier Learjet 85

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

APG iPreFlight App Allows Inflight Performance Calculations

ADS-B Receivers Take On Tablet Market

Jeppesen Cuts Prices on Data Subscriptions

Bendix/King Is Back with New Avionics

L-3 GH-3900 Receives FAA TSO

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

The FAA’s NextGen ATC modernization plan is at risk of serious security breaches according to Hackers.

ADS-B Is Insecure and Easily Spoofed, Say Hackers

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

Beethoven and Helos at Loggerheads in LA

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012

AIN Product Support - Part Two: Avionics

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.

Garmin leads the cockpit avionics pack and Aircell takes the top spot among cabin electronics makers. 

Product Support Survey 2012 Part 2: Avionics

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Aircraft Performance Group iPreFlight iPad App Gets In-flight Analysis Capabilities

Hackers, FAA Disagree Over ADS-B Vulnerability

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

TWC Launches Two Guaranteed Charter Programs

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

Neighbors Vent Frustration About Noisy LA Helicopters

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

Santa Monica Airport Commission Seeks Daily Ops Limit

NetJets Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway Revenues

Bombardier Posts Strong Q2 Revenue

HAI Accepting Excellence Award Nominations

Fans Launch Everything King Air Social Website

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

Report: Landmark Aviation for Sale

Mid-Continent Signs Supply Agreement for Lithium Batteries

AEA Publishes 10th Anniversary Pilot’s Guide to Avionics

ACSS Mode S Transponder STC’d on Airbus A320

Camp Adds To Growth With Avtrak Maintenance-Tracking Acquisition

Garmin Adds Features to Touchscreen GTN Navigators

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.