Aviation News

Ken Dono EADS Socata named Ken Dono, a sales rep at Columbia Air Services in Groton, Conn., as its “Most Valuable Player” for his sales success in the last year.

Eclipse Aviation’s E500 is now certified for flight into known icing by the FAA… The Air Race Classic launched Tuesday from Bozeman, Mont., headed for Mansfield, Mass., with 33 all-woman teams competing… Linear Air, based in Bedford, Mass., now has the first Eclipse 500 air taxi based in the New York City area, at the […]

Adam Komack XOJET has hired Adam Komack as its chief marketing officer. Komack was the chief lifestyle officer for EOS, an executive-class-only airline.

A pilot’s nightmare — AOPA tells the story of the first U.S. pilot to serve jail time for an aircraft accident… A Diamond DA-42 stayed aloft for over 13 hours, and could have flown for two hours more, the company said this week… EAA offers fuel discounts, airfare discounts, and other help for pilots bound […]

Banyan’s Ft. Lauderdale Team Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport was named the best independent FBO in the U.S., the most improved FBO and the second best FBO in the U.S. in a Professional Pilots Magazine survey.

The FAA needs to deal with pilot fatigue issues in airline operations, says the NTSB… Bye Engineering has teamed with Porous Power Technologies to develop electric and hybrid powerplants for general aviation. Both companies are in Colorado… Two FAA whistleblowers allege that safety issues in airline inspections continue. The FAA says it is investigating… A […]

Brian Pope Virgin Charter has announced that Brian Pope has been promoted to chief operating officer from chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Virgin Charter, Pope was with IMG Consulting and Universal Studios.

The FAA is developing new trans-Atlantic routes that would reduce fuel burn… Forbes examines the aviation world in a special report that mainly looks at airlines but also some GA and business aviation issues… Cessna’s Citation XLS+ bizjet now FAA-certified… The NTSB wants the FAA to do a better job of ensuring that airport diagrams […]

Doug Turner Doug Turner has been named managing partner and chief of experimental sales for Flight Resource, a distributor of MT propellers. Turner was formerly U.S. sales manager for MT.

Dan Cronin Dan Cronin has been named director of sales to the U.S. Department of Defense market for SimAuthor, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. The company specializes in software and service products for defense aerospace organizations.