Garmin announces it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of the G5000 integrated flight deck for the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP aircraft. The G5000 modernizes the cockpit, increases aircraft utility, offers significant weight savings and provides operators with a solution to fulfill global next generation airspace initiatives. Garmin also announces that SUN-AIR airlines of Scandinavia has selected the G5000 integrated flight deck upgrade for its Beechjet 400A aircraft. SUN-AIR Technic, the maintenance division of SUN-AIR, is also an authorized Garmin dealer and will be completing the first installation of the Beechjet G5000 upgrade in Europe.

Duncan Aviation honors its veterans—roughly 24% of the company's workforce. More than 500 of Duncan Aviation's 2,150 current team members are military veterans.

Duncan Aviation loses a longtime team member and an aviation expert who was well-known in the industry. Karl Detweiler, Duncan Aviation’s manager of Accessories Marketing and Business Development, worked at Duncan Aviation for nearly 22 years where he provided marketing expertise, business development, technical support and the development of FAA-approved repairs for aircraft component repair and overhaul. He passed on the afternoon of May 18 after a year-long battle with cancer, surrounded by his family.

StandardAero announces the company will be restructuring, over the next 12-18 months, its primary Canadian MRO facilities to create three different Centers of Excellence (COEs) specifically for supporting helicopter airframe/component MRO services, helicopter engine MRO services and turboprop engine MRO services at it facilities located in Langley, B.C., Winnipeg, M.B., and Summerside, P.E.I., respectively.

WD-40 Company is recruiting members in the automotive, construction, farming, maintenance, repair and operations fields to provide input on new WD-40® Brand products and uses and to learn how to further help users get the job done right. The initiative is part of a remastered PRO Board program, which serves as a way for WD-40 Company to hear unbiased feedback from trade professionals.

Cobalt Air, a Cyprus airline, enhances its onboard experience for all its passengers with the introduction of in-flight entertainment (IFE) across its Airbus A319 and A320 fleet via portable wireless IFE platform, Bluebox Wow. Cabin crew training is complete in readiness for the system to go live across Cobalt’s route network.

Snap-on expands its Tools for Life technical education program by now offering Structural Sheetmetal Assembly certification.

Duncan Aviation announces its partnership with SmartSky Networks as the latter company launches its new 4G LTE-based inflight connectivity network. The air-to-ground (ATG) network delivers a true office-in-the-sky environment with unprecedented speed, reliability, and security. With low latency and high bandwidth, passengers will enjoy the same connectivity capabilities they do on the ground: streaming video, chatting, texting, playing games and video conferencing.

In a first-ever opportunity for students at Cape Cod Community College, on-site housing at Bridgewater State University is made available to students in CCCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program. Students entering the program this fall will have the option to stay in an on-campus co-educational dorm and purchase an on-site meal plan if they wish.

Satair’s UK operation opens of a brand new facility close to London’s Heathrow Airport, benefitting from a multi-million pound investment program.  The new facility, at Space Waye, North Feltham Trading Estate, became fully operational on March 19 and has six times the area and 11 times the cubic capacity of the previous Heston, Middlesex, facility which Satair occupied for almost 30 years.