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

Owners and operators of classic HondaJets and those upgraded to the Advanced Performance Modification Group (APMG) configuration can now add further enhancements with Honda Aircraft’s new APMG S package. The latest upgrades modify the older HondaJets to features offered on the current HondaJet Elite S model.
Already certified by the FAA, the APMG S upgrade adds software and hardware improvements to the HondaJet’s Garmin G3000 avionics; graphical weight and balance; the Advanced Steering Augmentation System (ASAS) nosewheel steering improvement; and a 300-pound mtow increase. ASAS improves handling precision and expands crosswind capabilities.
Honda Aircraft’s 21 authorized service centers and its headquarters service center in Greensboro, North Carolina, are offering the APMG S upgrade, which can also include interior refurbishment. Certification of APMG S in other countries is expected shortly. HondaJet simulators have been upgraded to reflect these changes.
“Honda Aircraft has challenged itself to provide our customers with top-level performance from the time the very first HondaJet rolled off the production line,” said Amod Kelkar, the company’s senior v-p, chief commercial officer, and large project leader for the HondaJet Echelon. “As we approach the tenth anniversary of our first HondaJet delivery, we are excited to provide our customers the opportunity to upgrade their aircraft with the advanced technology and performance of more recent iterations of the award-winning HondaJet.”

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Honda Aircraft Adds Upgrades to Latest HondaJet Configuration

Modification package available for classic and APMG owners

Honda Aircraft’s 21 authorized service centers and its headquarters service center in Greensboro, North Carolina, are offering the APMG S upgrade. 

Honda Adds Upgrades to Latest HondaJet Configuration

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Charles Alcock

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

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.

Engineers have worked on Dassault, Gulfstream, and Bombardier aircraft

Multiple Business Jet Checks and Repairs Keep AMAC Busy

Curt Epstein

Bremen-headquartered company has decades of experience

Atlas Air Service Named Textron Special-mission Sales Rep

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Consolidates company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities in the U.S.

Ontic Opens MRO Center of Excellence in Florida

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

The more work required on an aircraft, the more mechanics are needed

AINsight: Reducing the Mx Burden Could Help Aviation

Kerry Lynch

Slated to open in second half of 2026

Bombardier’s UAE Service Center Taking Shape

Jessica Reed

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

In this article

HondaJet HA-420 Series

Honda Aircraft

More In Maintenance and Modifications

Multiple Business Jet Checks and Repairs Keep AMAC Busy

Engineers have worked on Dassault, Gulfstream, and Bombardier aircraft

Atlas Air Service Named Textron Special-mission Sales Rep

Bremen-headquartered company has decades of experience

Ontic Opens MRO Center of Excellence in Florida

Consolidates company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities in the U.S.

AINsight: Reducing the Mx Burden Could Help Aviation

The more work required on an aircraft, the more mechanics are needed

Bombardier’s UAE Service Center Taking Shape

Slated to open in second half of 2026

PAG Swoops In To Acquire H.E.R.O.S. Engine MRO Provider

MRO group adds specialized Rolls-Royce M250/RR300 engine maintenance provider

KTEB-based AOG Support Provider Sold, Rebranded

Company services aircraft in the greater New York area

DAS Aviation Buys Dallas-area Aircraft Mx Provider AQRD

Move enhances the company’s engineering and composites capabilities

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN