Jerry Siebenmark
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Textron Shuffles Senior VPs after Thress Retirement

Twenty-eight-year Textron Aviation veteran Brad Thress retires, resulting in new senior leaders for customer support and parts and programs.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Plans Midyear Leadership Transition

Duncan Aviation's Aaron Hilkemann will move into semi-retirement while Jeff Lake takes over as president.
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Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Continues Ferrari Racing Team Partnership

VistaJet will serve as an official supplier of private jet travel to the Scuderia Ferrari race team.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Marks 100th Active Winglet Installation

The milestone was marked by a ceremony at the company's Sandpoint, Idaho headquarters.
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Charter & Fractional

Charter Looks To Attract A Younger Demographic

Charter operators and providers say they are seeing a growth in numbers from a younger demographic.
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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Expands Mobile AOG Support

The expansion includes sites such as DeKalb-Peachtree Airport near Atlanta and Tampa International Airport.
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Maintenance and Modifications

TAG Hong Kong Receives Bombardier Service Authorization

Under the authorization, Tag Aviation Asia can perform line maintenance on the Global 5000, 6000, and 7500 as well as the Challenger 605.
Aircraft

Jet Aviation Singapore Completes APAC Lineage Inspection

It also made a major pylon modification and CPDLC system upgrade.
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Aircraft

Daher Delivers 300th TBM 900-series Turboprop

The airplane was delivered last week to Dr. Ian Bair Fries and his wife, Susan, who previously owned a TBM 700B, TBM 850, and TBM 900.
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Supplier Spirit Looks To Become Digital Factory

The Spirit AeroSystems initiative aims to make the supplier to Boeing and Airbus more efficient and cost competitive.

AviationManuals Expands Following 'Strong Year'

The provider of aviation manual services and safety management system software has added employees and relocated to larger office space.

Bizav Analyst Surveys Merits of Bombardier-Textron Deal

Analyst Brian Foley thinks Textron would only be interested in Bombardier's Global business jet line because of overlap with Learjet and Challenger.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Rafael To Unveil Compact Electro-optical Infrared System

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says MicroLite is capable of providing around-the-clock wide-area persistent surveillance.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Risk Strategies Acquires Aviation Insurance Broker

Transport Risk Management is a Colorado-based broker specializing in aviation-related insurance and risk management.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier's Singapore Expansion Nears Completion

The Canadian airframer said it expects to complete a project in the second half of this year that quadruples the Singapore service center's size.
Aircraft

Textron Seeks APAC Support To Bolster Aircraft Buys

The Beechcraft and Cessna airframer has boosted its support offerings in the Asia-Pacific region in the past year.
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Aircraft

Textron Stands To Gain Much in Bombardier Combo

Combining Bombardier's business aircraft unit with Textron brings much synergy to the maker of Citation business jets, analysts say.
Maintenance and Modifications

Feds Approve West Star's Mx Tech Apprenticeship Program

West Star Aviation currently has 37 apprentice maintenance technicians.
Maintenance and Modifications

PrimeFlight Continues Aircraft Appearance Roll Up

International Aero will retain its interior and engineering services and machine shop following the PrimeFlight acquisition.

Analysts React To Report of Textron-Bombardier Combo

Consolidation, earnings potential cited by equity analysts as reasons why a Textron acquisition of Bombardier's business jet unit makes sense.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier's Biggin Hill Service Center To Get Bigger

The Canadian airframer plans to build a nearly 250,000-sq-ft service center at London Biggin Hill airport.
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Rotorcraft

Honeywell Outlook Calls For Meager Helo Delivery Bump

Honeywell’s forecast expects about 100 more helicopter deliveries over five years compared with its 2019 forecast.
Aircraft

Buyers Will Determine Used Biz Aircraft Price in 2020

A new analysis by Mente Group expects preowned business aircraft prices to be driven by buyers in 2020.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Coronavirus Prompts Precautions in Singapore

Gulfstream, Bombardier, and Textron have withdrawn from exhibiting at next week's Singapore Airshow as coronavirus cases mount.
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Aircraft

Elevate Jets Inaugurates VIP Service on New ERJ

The EMB-135 is part of Elevate Jets' strategy to grow its fleet and expand its suite of services to aircraft owners and charter customers.
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Aircraft

Learjet 75 Liberty To Take On Air Ambulance Role

Warsaw, Poland-based Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe has ordered two Learjet 75 Liberty twinjets for air ambulance operations.
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Safety

NBAA Monitoring Coronavirus Impact On ABACE

Plans continue for the 2020 Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exposition, which will be held April 21-23 in Shanghai, China.
Training and Workforce

Aviaa Supplier Network Adds Training Option for Members

A new partnership with TrainingPort.net will provide online training for pilots, dispatchers, ground handlers, maintenance technicians, and cabin crew.
Maintenance and Modifications

Able Aerospace Expands Repair, Overhaul Capabilities

The Textron Aviation subsidiary has doubled "the bandwidth of its machining department" to accommodate larger helo and airplane parts.
Charter & Fractional

XOJet Aviation Relocating Most Of Its HQ to Florida

The charter operator is moving to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and plans to eventually settle into a new, 40,000-sq-ft building there.