Business Aviation

AEROCOR, a full-service aircraft sales company, has partnered with Terrapass, which specializes in measuring, managing and mitigating emissions to reduce jet owners’ carbon footprints.

Flightstar Corp. has completed a general-aviation U.S Customs and Border Protection facility at Willard Airport at the University of Illinois.

Jet Linx, an Omaha, Nebraska-based aircraft management and Jet Card membership company, has opened Jet Linx Minneapolis, a new private terminal at the Flying Cloud Airport serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.

Sino Jet, a business-aviation operator, management and charter company, has partnered with the Jiangxi Airport VIP Service Co. to build and manage the first fixed-base operator facility at Nanchang Changbei International Airport.

Garmin is transitioning its pilot training programs to a virtual-learning format.

Vaughn College bachelor’s degree programs in aeronautical sciences and aircraft operations have been approved by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) for five years, effective July 2019 through July 31, 2024.

Synergy Aviation, a charter and aircraft management company, has positioned a Cessna Citation CJ2 at London Oxford Airport in England.

Private equity firm Broadtree Partners has acquired Seanair Machine Co. of Farmingdale, New York, a family-run supplier of precision parts for the aerospace industry.

Astronics Corp. has received FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation approvals for an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Max Viz 2300 Enhanced Vision System.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

NetJets says it is expanding its Global Sustainability Program with plans to purchase enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all of its flights from San Francisco and its base in Columbus, Ohio.

GOGO was selected by Textron Aviation to supply its AVANCE L3 inflight connectivity system as option for King Air 360/360ER.

Benjamin J. Murray to President and Chief Operating Officer of Skyservice Business Aviation, Canada.

EXECUJET MRO SERVICES MALAYSIA was certified by Vietnam to perform line and heavy maintenance on Falcon 2000s.

When Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. designers were developing seats for the flagship G700 aircraft, part of the testing included sitting in them for 8 hr. a day while they worked.

Supersonic-business-jet developer Aerion is partnering with startup electric-short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft company Electra.Aero to create a high-speed interconnected transport system.

The founder, president and CEO of the Flight School Association of North America, discusses how the organization benefits student pilots as well as

Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.

GE Aviation announced its selection by Uber Elevate to develop a flight-data monitoring system for Uber’s urban air mobility program.

High-octane fuel is a threat to 230,000 lightplanes and helicopters.

JET IT, NC ordered 10 HondaJet Elite business jets for delivery through end of 2021 (first was delivered/four more by early 2021) to expand its hybrid

Actor and pilot Harrison Ford has become a spokesperson for Airlink, a Washington DC-based rapid response relief nonprofit organization responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of 14,653 U.S. registered single-engine Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and 210 models to check for cracks in the strut attach fittings at the forward cabin doorpost.

Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional ownership company, has placed an order for 10 HondaJet Elite aircraft with delivery over the next year.

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