Matt Thurber
Editor-in-Chief
Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.
Latest from Matt Thurber
Charter & Fractional
Another Charter Outfit Files Chapter 7
JetChoice, a Little Canada, Minn.-based membership charter company, voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) last Friday.
Charter & Fractional
Elite Aviation Files Lawsuit for Unpaid Charters
Van Nuys, Calif.-based Elite Aviation has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of California, Northwest District, accusing charter broker JetCardPlus an
Charter & Fractional
JetDirect Aviation Officially Bankrupt
A petition for bankruptcy under the Chapter 7 code was filed by JetDirect Aviation with the U.S.
FBOs
FBO Profile: Banyan Air Service
Thirty years ago, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was the sleepy undeveloped South Florida of novelist John D.
FBOs
Touching Bases: New FBO offers choice at lakefront
Flightline First opened a new FBO facility at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans late last month.
FBOs
Touching Bases: Air BP QC Seminar dayes
Fuel provider Air BP has released dates for its nationwide two-day safety and quality-control seminar series.
FBOs
Touching Bases: NATA sets conference agenda
On the agenda for this year’s National Air Transportation Association FBO Leadership Conference are a variety of events covering marketing, airports
FBOs
Touching Bases: Milliion Air acquires jet center Medford facility
Million Air Medford purchased competing FBO Jet Center Medford and now has 90 percent of the fuel market on the Oregon airport.
Airports
Touching Bases: New hangar taking shape at Florida’s Cecil Field
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Aviation Authority is building a 21,000-sq-ft hangar and hoping a maintenance company will lease the facility.
FBOs
Touching Bases: ASA opens in Dubai
The ASA Group has opened an office in Dubai to expand its VIP handling services.
Airports
Touching Bases: Silverwing building LUX fly-in cmmunity
The former Sandpoint Aviation FBO at Sandpoint Municipal Airport next to Northern Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille is now SilverWing Aviation.
FBOs
AirQuest joins Avfuel network
AirQuest Aviation, based at Butler County Airport north of Pittsburgh, is now an Avfuel dealer and offers customers Avtrip points for fuel purchases
FBOs
Avitat HPN files restraining order
Although Westchester County Airport in New York agreed to grant a new lease on Hangar E-1 to JPMorgan Chase, existing leaseholder Avitat Westcheste
FBOs
Sheltair opens Savannah FBO
SheltAir Aviation Services opened its 12th FBO, at Georgia’s Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, in late March, offering new competition for the fo
Aircraft
Remnants of Adam Aircraft See Final Shutdown
AAI Acquisition, the company formed to buy the assets of bankrupt Adam Aircraft Industries, is closing its doors at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colo.
Regulations and Government
Industry moves toward a quieter supersonic bizjet
Reductions in supersonic boom intensity could allow for overland operation of future supersonic civil aircraft, according to a panel of supersonic technolo
Aircraft
In The Works: Diamond Aircraft D-Jet
Certification of the single-engine Diamond D-Jet has been delayed again and is now scheduled for early next year.
Aircraft
In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace G250 and G650
Although Gulfstream has joined the rest of the aviation industry in announcing layoffs, the company remains on schedule with new-airplane programs.
Eclipse Embroiled in Legal Actions
A new legal dispute has emerged in the Eclipse Aviation saga, this time involving investor Alfred Mann; Etirc Aviation, subsidiary of recently insolvent in
Eclipse Investor Bankrupt
Anyone attempting to view information on the Web site of European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) will find what looks like a television
Aircraft
Demise of Eclipse opens the field for mx service
The current status of the 259 Eclipse 500 very light jets that were delivered before the manufacturer went bankrupt in February remains tenuous.
Charter & Fractional
Wayfarer Aviation takes over assets of shuttered JetDirect
The soaring enterprise that started as JetDirect Aviation and grew into a charter/ management operator of 300 aircraft by swallowing up some of the biggest
Aircraft
Cessna Looks at Spending, Program Deferrals
Cessna has “slowed down the Columbus program significantly,” company chairman, CEO and president Jack Pelton said during a Q&A session after giving the key
Aircraft
Etirc Insolvency Signals End of Eclipse Europe Era
Roel Pieper’s European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) has filed for bankruptcy, ending Etirc Aviation’s once-lofty plans to distribute E
Charter & Fractional
Air-taxi Plans a Nonstarter for Pogo Jet
Former American Airlines chief Robert Crandall’s plans to blanket the Northeast U.S.
Safety
FAA Plans Helo EMS Rulemaking
Yesterday the House subcommittee on aviation held a hearing on helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) safety.
FBOs
JPMorgan Lease at Westchester Delayed
Westchester County authorized the county executive to sign a lease with JPMorgan Chase for Hangar E-1 at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.,
