Jeff Nix has joined Argus International as regional sales manager for the central portion of the U.S. Most recently, Nix served as national sales manager for CAE.
Kraft said it has been a dream on a back burner almost since she got into business-aviation catering when she launched Tastefully Yours catering in Atlanta.
In partnership with the Shanghai Airport Authority and co-hosted by the Asian Business Aviation Association and the National Business Aviation Association, ABACE has grown considerably since the first event in 2012.
A slew of agricultural, rural and general aviation users told U.S. lawmakers April 6 that privatizing domestic air traffic control (ATC) management could harm them.
Bombardier Aerospace’s Global 7000 first flight test vehicle reached a top speed of Mach 0.995 during flight testing, a speed close to the sound barrier.
Wheels Up is projecting a 45% increase in the number of flights it will operate into Augusta, Georgia, for the 2017 Masters golf tournament compared to last year.
Dassault Aviation has launched a virtual-reality system with which techs can become familiar with the company’s business jets, improving the quality of training.
Helicopter operator GrandView Aviation has launched affiliate GrandView Jets, a charter operator of Phenom 300 light jets, in the Baltimore-Washington region.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is asking the National Transportation Safety Board to conduct an internal review, saying the NTSB has approved “speculative probable cause reports related to general aviation accidents” despite little evidence. Several recent findings have raised AOPA’s concerns about the erosion of data-driven facts, it said, including findings of medical incapacitation “contrary to other compelling evidence.”
Sigmatex, based in the UK, has signed a new supplier agreement with Embraer to support its adoption of composite technologies, the supplier said. Sigmatex will supply advanced multiaxial carbon textile, which can be manufactured with up to nine layers of varying angles and widths.
A Dallas County jury awarded $8.8 million to the survivors of a Bell Helicopter employee who died of complications of mesothelioma, a cancer that forms in the lungs caused primarily by asbestos exposure. Billy Dickson, 74, died in 2013. He was a mechanical engineer at Bell for 38 years. Jurors in the 95th District Court returned their verdict March 27 after a week-long trial.
Pentastar Aviation has received FAA certification of compatibility of wireless data technologies on Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G350/G450) series aircraft, the company said. The Supplemental Type Certificate allows operators to approve the use of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices onboard aircraft with wireless networks or Wi-Fi hot spots for passengers, who may email, talk, text and video conference without interfering with safety critical systems on the aircraft.
Dallas-based Business Jet Access, an aviation services provider, has added a second Hawker 800XP to its charter operations. The midsize jet sits up to eight passengers with a range of 2,600 nm with all seats filled. The aircraft boosts the charter company’s fleet to eight aircraft, including midsize, super midsize and heavy class business jets.
Jota Aviation has signed a letter of intent with leasing company Falko Regional Aircraft for an Avro RJ100 regional jet, formerly in service with Brussels Airlines. It is scheduled to arrive at Jota Aviation’s London Southend Airport by the end of April and join the company’s fleet of an Avro RJ85, Bae 146-200 and two King Air turboprops. It is scheduled to enter service in May.
RUAG Aviation in Munich has completed a customer interior refurbishment of a new Bombardier Global 5000 registered in India to an unnamed customer. The client chose Bombardier’s Authorized Service Center to install a custom configuration and RUAG to add upgrades to its inflight entertainment system and restyle additional interior elements, RUAG said. The refurbishment was completed on schedule, it said.
