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&amp;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.

Editor-in-Chief

Matt Thurber

This year, Banyan Air Services is celebrating 30 years of service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in South Florida. Founded by Don Campion in 1979, Banyan started in a 4,000-sq-ft hangar as a small piston-aircraft maintenance shop for local charter operators. Over the years, the company added FBO services, aircraft sales, aircraft management, turbine airframe and engine maintenance, avionics repair and installation and aircraft parts distribution. Banyan operates two retail parts companies, the Hangar63 store at the airport and the online store Tropicaero.com. 
Long wedged in a cramped section of the airport, Banyan expanded in 2006 with a new two-story 25,000-sq-ft FBO terminal, 20,000-sq-ft hangar and expanded ramp space and more recently added the Jet Runway Café. The complex now covers 85 acres and more than one million square feet of office and hangar space and employs more than 150 people. Later this year, Banyan will open a new 40,000-sq-ft hangar.

New developments at FBOs including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Fort Lauderdale FBO Celebrates 30th Anniversary 

This year, Banyan Air Services is celebrating 30 years of service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in South Florida.

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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