Desert Jet Sponsors First STEM Field Trip for Coachella Valley Students

Desert Jet, the premier full-service business aviation company based in Greater Palm Springs, California (KTRM), is proud to sponsor the first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education field trip for elementary and middle school students from the Coachella Valley to Discovery Cube Orange County in Santa Ana, California

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Atlantic Aviation Adds Second FBO in the Caribbean (MBPV)

Atlantic Aviation Adds Second FBO in the Caribbean (MBPV)

Atlantic Aviation has expanded its FBO footprint in the Caribbean sands with the closing of its acquisition of Blue Heron Aviation at Providenciales International Airport (MBPV) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The purchase of Blue Heron’s facilities at MBPV expands Atlantic Aviation’s presence in the region, as it also serves business aviation clients in George Town (MWCR) and Cayman Brac (MWCB), Cayman Islands.

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Fargo Jet Center Flight School Expands Aircraft Training Fleet

Fargo Jet Center Flight School Expands Aircraft Training Fleet

Fargo Jet Center’s (FJC) flight school welcomes four Cessna 172R aircraft to their training fleet. Like FJC’s current models of Cessna 172S aircraft, these Cessna 172Rs are also equipped with Garmin G1000 avionics, providing modern technology and giving student pilots improved situational awareness and enhanced safety while flying.

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NATA Promotes Berry and Welcomes Popovich and Hantz to the Safety 1st Team

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce several staff changes as the Association continues its leadership as the gold standard in aviation business safety education and training. Recently, Steve Berry was promoted to Managing Director of Safety and Training. Joining Steve as the newest members of the NATA Safety 1st team are Brandon Popovich as its Manager of Safety and Training and Victoria Hantz as its first in-house Instructional Designer.

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Revv Aviation Named FBO Operator at Huron Regional Airport in South Dakota

Revv Aviation Named FBO Operator at Huron Regional Airport in South Dakota

Huron Regional Airport (KHON), in Huron, S.D., is the latest fixed-base operation to be a part of the Revv Aviation family. Located in the east-central part of the state, Huron is the county seat of Beadle County and is world renowned for pheasant hunting. Huron is the seventh FBO and the ninth operating location for the Revv family.

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Atlantic Aviation and Ross Aviation Complete Business Combination

Atlantic Aviation today announced it has added significantly to its network presence and operational leadership with the completion of its combination with Ross Aviation. In addition, the Company has acquired three former TAC Air fixed-base operations (“FBOs”) at Omaha, Nebraska (OMA); Raleigh- Durham, North Carolina (RDU); and Hartford, Connecticut (BDL). The combined companies and new locations will operate under the Atlantic Aviation brand name and will build upon their shared cultures of safe, efficient and friendly FBO services across North America.

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Fargo Jet Center Earns FAA STC on Newly-Developed Universal Retractable Sensor Mount

Fargo Jet Center Earns FAA STC on Newly-Developed Universal Retractable Sensor Mount

Fargo Jet Center (FJC) has earned a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on a newly-developed universal retractable sensor mount (RSM) for special mission aircraft operations. This STC is approved for the Kodiak 100 aircraft and will be amended to certify on other aircraft platforms as needed.

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Avfuel Invests in Clean Tech Company Alder Fuels, Powering Largest Global Business Aviation Sustainable Fuel Agreement in History

Avfuel Invests in Clean Tech Company Alder Fuels, Powering Largest Global Business Aviation Sustainable Fuel Agreement in History

Avfuel to purchase 1 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years—the largest publicly-announced SAF commitment to serve business aviation. Alder partnering with Avfuel to leverage its global network for supply, logistics and carbon services, accelerating worldwide SAF adoption.

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Desert Jet Partners With Coachella Unified School District

Desert Jet Partners With Coachella Unified School District

Desert Jet, the premier full-service business aviation company based in Greater Palm Springs, California, partnered with the Coachella Valley Unified School District and Desert Mirage High School located in Thermal, California, to provide high school seniors enrolled in the school’s aviation program, an opportunity to experience different aviation jobs firsthand through the company’s shadowing program.

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