Kevin Callan has been appointed chief financial officer of Jota Aviation. He joins the company after serving as group chief commercial officer at Gama Aviation plc.
Gerald Timmermans has been named sales director for Aviation Mart’s Asia-Pacific region. He is based in Sydney. Most recently he was with Thomas Global Systems.
Robert Standley has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Seattle. Standley joined FlightSafety in 1996. Most recently he was assistant manager of FlightSafety’s Dallas Learning Center.
Paul Woodard has joined SevenJet Private Travel as senior director of sales, where he will help customers with their time cards and shared aircraft ownership. Most recently, Woodard was with Executive Airshare.
July 12-13—AAAE/ACI-NA Airport Summer Fly-In (previously known as the AAAE Summer Legislative Conference), Washington, D.C. For more information go to www.aci-na.org/event/7068 July 13—Commercial Aerospace Manufacturing Briefing (CAMB), co-located with the Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, U.K. For more information go to www.awin.aviationweek.com/events July 25-31—EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkkosh Wisconsin, http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
BERN, Switzerland—Switzerland’s business aviation sector is poised for further growth, as long as capacity and regulatory issues do not stifle potential, industry players gathered for the first Business Aviation National Forum in Switzerland said. Business aviation has an image issue: It is perceived to be elitist and luxurious, said Hans-Ueli Vogt, a member of the Swiss National Council and chairman of the Parliamentary Group for Aviation.
Lider Aviacao will be the official provider of business aviation at Tom Jobim International Airport during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. All ground operations will be coordinated by Lider Aviacao and Riogaleao. The area designated for general and business aviation will be divided between Lider Aviacao, with 70% of the space, and Universal Aviation, with 30%. Lider and Universal will be operating independent of one another.
JetSmarter, a private jet company, has launched its first transatlantic JetShuttle, a feature that offers single-seat trips for members flying between New York and London. The intercontinental flights will depart New York on Fridays at 9 a.m. and return from London on Sundays at 6 p.m. Flights will take place on a Gulfstream GIV-SP and Bombardier Global Express. The first flight is scheduled for Aug. 26.
Appareo has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization from the FAA for its Stratus ESG transponder, a panel-mounted 1090 ES transponder, to help aircraft owners meet the 2020 mandate by providing Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast Out and built-in Wide Area Augmentation System GPS. Price with a GPS antenna is $2,995.
Pattonair has been awarded a renewed and expanded contract for global supply chain services by Rolls-Royce. The contract runs through 2022. Under the contract, Pattonair will support Rolls-Royce in ramping-up production of new engine programs that include the Trent XWB, Trent 100 and Trent 7000. Pattonair supports Rolls-Royce with supply-chain services, such as planning, inventory management, just-in-time delivery, production lines and kitting.
Send Solutions has received STC approval from the FAA for installation of “Airtext” passenger iridium texting systems on Cessna 750 or Citation X business jets. Airtext allows the ability for 16 passengers to send and receive SMS messages inflight or on the ground. Using the iridium satellite network, the product gives passengers connectivity through cell phones while on the aircraft.
Greenpoint Aerospace of Denton, Texas, has been named an authorized distributor and installer of Aviation Clean Air’s air-and-surface purification system, which provides clean, safe and healthy interior air, the company said. The system eliminates pathogens, allergens and odors, and provides surface purification in the cabin interior. Greenpoint is able to install the system on most business aircraft at its Denton facility.
Cessna Aircraft delivered its first Cessna Citation Latitude midsize jet to a customer in Mexico. The customer plans to use the aircraft for business travel within Mexico and throughout North America. Avemex, an authorized Citation sales representative in Mexico, will operate the Latitude on its air taxi certificate for the Latitude’s corporate owner.
Bliss Jet has launched regularly scheduled private jet flights between New York and London. Flights will leave Westchester County Airport in New York on Sunday nights and arrive at London Biggin Hill Airport. Return flights depart from London after lunch on Fridays. The service begins in September. Seats on the 14-passenger jets will cost $11,995 each way. The initial flights will be operated for Bliss Jet by Jet Access Aviation under a public-charter approval from the Transportation Department.
Gulfstream’s super mid-sized Gulfstream G280 set a speed record on a trip between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Luton, England. The crew completed the flight in seven hours, Gulfstream reports. The record will be sent to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Switzerland for recognition as a world record.
Bell Helicopter’s new CEO Mitch Snyder has declared innovation as his top priority, as the company works to reposition itself in the challenging rotary-wing market.
Honda Aircraft’s HondaJet HA-420 light jet has earned a production certificate from the FAA. The FAA presented the certificate to Honda officials July 8.
A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies Corp.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has finally certified the full icing protection system (FIPS) of Leonardo Helicopters’ AW189 super-medium helicopter.
The B-29 will take off from the non-joint use runway at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, adjacent to the hangar where the restoration team has been working to bring the historic warbird back to flyable condition.
Mid-Continent Aviation Services, an aircraft maintenance and management firm in Wichita, is a Kodiak dealer, with a territory that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
Gulfstream Aerospace, based in Savannah, Georgia, is offering a voluntary separation program to “select” employees working in support roles in the U.S.
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress to keep the FAA operating into 2017 is necessary, but misses an opportunity for significant certification and regulatory reform, Pete Bunce, CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, said July 7.
