The Weekly of Business Aviation

Meeting on June 27 for the first time as an independent federal advisory group to FAA, the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) discussed actively engaging local communities over noise concerns that loom as a major challenge to the agency’s coming Northeast Corridor initiative.

Fourteen years after selling the business to Triumph Group, Jim Lee, founder and president of Lee Aerospace, bought the company back in 2014. Now it's growing.

SIMCOM International, based in Orlando, Florida, has acquired Turbine Solutions Inc., (TSI), an aircraft training provider for Daher TBM series aircraft.

Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Biggin Hill, Northolt, Farnborough and Oxford airports are all now effectively closed or severely restricted for overnight flights

Air Partner has opened an office in Los Angeles to service southern California and the West Coast markets and to strengthen its U.S. network, it said.

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina, Kansas, has added a graduate certificate in unmanned aircraft systems information assurance for those interested in cybersecurity of unmanned aircraft systems.

Sino Jet has opened an operation in Guangzhou, China, following the government’s 88 billion yuan investment in the Greater Bay Area of China.

Jersey Aero Club, based in the British Isles, has placed an order for two Tecnam P2008JC MkII and one P2010 aircraft, Tecnam announced.

DC Aviation Group in Stuttgart, Germany, has added a Dassault Falcon 7X to its fleet for charter flights for DC Aviation Al-Futtaim clients in the region

Jet East Aviation is seeking to hire experienced Aircraft and Powerplant mechanics and avionics technicians in the Greater New York area to keep up with its expansion and growth.

AvFab, based in Clinton, Missouri, has received Transport Canada approvals for two additional King Air products. The authorizations are for its King Air two-place divans and toilet cabin seat. The divans offer 400 lb. total occupant weight and another 20 lb. per storage drawer. Its toilet cabin set can be occupied for both takeoff and landing and is installed in the baggage area or the aft side of the entrance door.

Delta Private Jets has opened its second MRO base at the 548,000-sq.-ft. Sheltair Aviation facility at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

BOMBARDIER AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2017-1247; Product Identifier 2017-NM-085-AD; Amendment 39-19316; AD 2018-13-04]

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2018-0104; Product Identifier 2017-CE-036-AD; Amendment 39-19311; AD 2018-12-07]

Tom Carlson has joined Wipaire as services and components sales manager.

Brian Cox has been appointed president of Tamarack Aerospace Group after serving as its chief operating officer.

Jeff Ross, president and CEO of Ross Aviation, will serve as chair of the National Air Transportation Association’s board of directors.

Joshua Diggs has joined Avfuel Corp. as district manager, and Jacob Jones has joined the company as contract fuel inside sales coordinator.

Roger Noble has been appointed vice president of sales for the Eastern U.S. at Aerion

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Bombardier is donating research and training dollars to support activities at the Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research Consortium and to help establish an aerospace hub in Toronto’s Downsview area.

Ross Aviation in Anchorage, Alaska, has been named a gateway fixed base operator through the DCA Access Standard Security Program

Jersey Aero Club, based in the British Isles, has placed an order for two Tecnam P2008JC MkII and one P2010 aircraft, Tecnam announced.

London Biggin Hill and Associated Aircraft Group have launched a New York

Executive Airshare has signed a multiyear agreement with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Under the agreement