Aircraft Specialties, Inc. of Omaha, NE, announces the relocation of its Part 145 Repair Station and the opening of its new building. The new location is approximately 15 minutes north of its original location, where the company resided for the past 34 years.

JSfirm.com remains optimistic about the future of the aviation industry upon the latest issue of the Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook, released late last week. The updated 20-year outlook takes into account the impact of COVID-19.

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (De Havilland Canada) is rationalizing its application landscape and replacing 300+ legacy business applications with an extended enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform from IFS. 

TRAXXALL, a business-aviation maintenance management partner, announces it has been recognized by Canadian Business magazine, Canada’s premier business media brand. TRAXXALL ranked 32nd of 415 companies on the Canadian Business “2020 Growth List.”

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recognizes nine recipients of its annual Dr. Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award, which honors individuals in the business-aviation industry for outstanding professionalism and leadership in support of aviation safety.

MEKCO Group announces it has been named the North/South American distributor for AirFi’s in-flight entertainment and communications system (IFEC) and will operate as AirFi America Inc. Additionally, the company announces Eastern Airlines as its launch customer. Eastern Airlines will have the AirFi system installed in its entire fleet of Boeing 767s and 777s.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of Todd Rasch to Quality/Accountable Manager at its East Alton, IL (ALN) facility. Rasch started his career as a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force. He currently has over 35 years of aviation experience, including eight years as chief inspector at West Star and previous time at Midcoast and Avmats. 

After a six-month analysis of the air-travel industry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Flight Safety Foundation concludes that industry efforts have succeeded in greatly reducing the possibility of transmission in airports and on aircraft.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announces a game-changing event for connecting people and companies: the first-ever, completely immersive online business aviation trade show — the Virtual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (VBACE), scheduled for Dec. 2-3.

Sherwin-Williams introduces the JetPen™, a 2K fully reactive paint that delivers the same exceptional strength and crosslinked durability found in aircraft paint — but with the application ease of using a pen. This new touch-up pen from Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings is ideal for use on aircraft exteriors and interior cabins at any point during the application or maintenance process. JetPen allows aircraft owners, operators and service personnel to save time and money on most any aircraft with quick and easy touch-ups on chips, dings and scratches.