D.O.M. News

SmartJets, a business-aircraft dealer-broker, and VIP Completions, provider of custom aircraft completions and refurbishment services, announce a successful conclusion to 2025.

West Star Aviation announces it has successfully completed its 175th installation of Starlink systems. This milestone represents the company's commitment to providing advanced connectivity solutions for the aviation industry and enhancing the flying experience for customers.

Cleveland Wheel & Brake Systems, a global provider of aircraft wheels, brakes and hydraulic components to the general-aviation, business-jet, rotorcraft, and military markets, announces it has extended its distribution channel by adding new distributors of its products.

Elliott Aviation announces the successful delivery of the fourth Cessna Citation 560XL equipped with the Garmin G5000 integrated flight deck to Jet Air, Inc. As Garmin’s leading retrofitter, Elliott Aviation has completed more Garmin G5000 installations on the Citation 560XL than any other provider.

AxioAero Group (“AxioAero”), a newly formed aerospace and aviation-focused holding company, announces the acquisition of Airway Aerospace LLC (“Airway” or "the company”), a Florida-based FAA-, EASA-, and CAA UK-certified repair station. The acquisition marks AxioAero Group’s commitment to building a portfolio of agile, customer-centric businesses serving critical segments of the aerospace aftermarket.

PlaneSkate™ celebrates over a decade of providing its aircraft-recovery tools to the general- and military-aviation sectors. Tested, tortured and proven to withstand the harshest conditions, PlaneSkate is capable of traversing large runway cracks, potholes, gravel, sand, snow, ice, grass, mud, cornfields and even swamps, reducing recovery times of off-runway incidents from hours, and even days, to just minutes.

TBX announces the release of its 2026 TBX Annual Survey, a comprehensive, data-driven snapshot of the general-aviation (GA) maintenance landscape. Drawing on more than 600 responses from maintenance shops and operators across sizes, regions, and aircraft types, the report captures a real-time view of the challenges, opportunities, and operational realities shaping GA maintenance today. Unlike industry studies that often focus on airlines or business aviation, the TBX Annual Survey centers on the maintenance professionals who keep general aviation flying: A&Ps, IAs, DOMs, shop owners, operators, and flight schools.

Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) successfully completes flight testing and validation of its 5G air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity network for North American customers. The test team completed more than 30 hours of flying across almost 20 routes to confirm that the full capabilities of the first-ever 5G tower network are ready to deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity to operators flying in contiguous North America and Southern Canada in January 2026.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), a multi-product airline MRO, and AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs and OEMs, announce the completion of the formation of xCelle Asia, which includes the receipt of regulatory approval. This previously announced joint venture, located in Chonburi, Thailand, will overhaul nacelles for new generation aircraft.