2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

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.

Garmin Releases Simple and Powerful Pilot App

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.

Hawker Beechcraft Turns 80, Sees Future Its Future in Asia

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

Sino Jet and TWC Aviation Celebrate New Charter Partnership

Satcom1 Simplifies Office-in-the-Sky Setup

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.

Metrojet Expects FAA Approval for Embraer Maintenance in April

Avion Pacific Firms Up King Air Order

Hawker Beechcraft advances 400XPR Upgrades

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

Frasca Simulators Help Train China’s Pilots

Avion Pacific Places Order for 10 King Airs

Metrojet Awaits FAA Approval for Hong Kong MRO

This year’s Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Abace) has been a real eye-opener

AIN Blog: A Great New Beginning at Abace 2012

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

Castle & Cooke Plans Major FBO Renovation at Van Nuys

Bombardier Celebrates Delivery of First Global 5000 with Vision Flight Deck

CRS Jet Spares and AGA in Singapore Joint Venture

Cessna Makes Plans To Harvest Homegrown Citations in China

Cessna Executive Elaborates on China Bizjet Venture

Sino Jet Forms Strategic Alliance with TWC Aviation

Sino Jet and TWC Aviation Form China Charter Alliance

Airbus ACJ318 Makes Shanghai Debut at ABACE

Castle & Cooke’s Honolulu FBO Adds Hydrant Refueling Truck

Dassault Flying High in China

Nexrad Wx, Radar Altimeter Added To WingX iPad App

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.

IRS Memo Points to Effort To Tax Aircraft Management

Evektor Picks CMC SmartDeck for EV-55 Twin

Garmin Receives R44 STC

STC Awarded to JetTech for G600 in Citation 500s

Auburn University Adding FreeFlight ADS-B

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Selects Becker DVS6100 for PC-12 Fleet

Turnaround Expert Steve Miller Joins the Hawker Beechcraft Team

Gray Stone Dashboard Delivers Flight Department Data

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.