Aviation News

Hawker Beechcraft has appointed Ronald King vice president and general manager of its Little Rock, Ark. completions center. He was most recently plant manager of Eaton Heavy Duty Truck in Shenandoah, Iowa.

Jerry Henry Jerry Henry is Sandel Avionics’ new Director of Sales. He was most recently Avidyne’s Senior Manager of Customer Support.

Debi Cunningham Debi Cunningham has been appointed Director of Marketing for West Star Aviation, of East Alton, Ill. She’s been with the company for six years and was most recently national sales director.

The FAA needs to be a better job overseeing airlines, according to a report issued this week by the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General. The FAA says the report is “extremely helpful”… Cockpit traffic alerts occur up to 10 times more often around some U.S. airports than at European hubs, the Wall Street Journal […]

Bombardier Flexjet Bombardier Flexjet has been named the Best of the Best private aviation providers in the 20th anniversary edition of Robb Report.

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.