A principal with Global Jet Capital at its launch in 2014, Shawn Vick was named CEO in 2016. He regularly commutes in his well-equipped Cessna 182 from his home in New York's Thousand Islands region to the company's main operations center in Danbury, Connecticut.

Associated Air Center, a Dallas, Texas-based cabin completion and refurbishment center, is sharing an exhibit at EBACE with parent company StandardAero. AAC is here to announce two recent narrowbody VIP maintenance and upgrade projects, both delivered in April.

Bombardier Learjet 75, Challenger 350 and 650, and Global 6000 jets on show at Static SD15 were flown here using biofuels supplied by AEG Fuels.

Brignais (Lyon)-based Vision’s electronically dimmable windows “offer a sleek, elegant design adapted to the VIP style of business aviation,” the company says

The world’s most “printed engine,” GE’s new Advanced Turboprop in which additive manufacturing replaces 855 normally made parts with just 12 “printed” components, is on track to run for the first time this year. It will power Cessna’s new Denali aircraft.

AfBAA, the African Business Aviation Association, has signed training MoUs with AATO, the Association of African Aviation Training Organizations, and with JAATO, the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organization, which has facilities in Europe, Turkey and the UAE.

The helicopter industry in Europe is facing many of the same issues that proponents are battling in the U.S. It would make sense for industry and user groups to work more closely on both sides of the Atlantic to counter the threats and unfriendly perceptions that are combining to limit the functionality of the helicopter.

Operators say they’re reluctant to trade up because they don’t need more capable aircraft, the gap between new aircraft prices and residual values of their aircraft is too great, and they’re unsure about the economy or regulatory environment, among other factors.