AvAir, an inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, is named to the Inc. 2021 Best in Business list in the Logistics and Transportation category. Inc.’s Best in Business Awards honors companies that have gone above and beyond to make a positive impact in their respective field and on society.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announces that Michael Swift has been named regional senior vice president of Sales for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent (EMEA-ISC), and Chad Beaulieu has been named regional vice president of Sales for Gulfstream’s South Central United States territory.

West Star Aviation announces plans for major facility expansion at its East Alton, IL (ALN); Grand Junction, CO (GJT); and Chattanooga, TN (CHA) locations in order to keep pace with customer demand.

Elliott Aviation, a provider of diverse business-aviation services, hires Adrienne Wheeler as VP of Talent & Culture and promotes Dawn Randall to interim marketing manager.

Duncan Aviation announces Edduyn Pita is now the manager of the company’s Denver-area Satellite at the Centennial Airport (APA) in Colorado. In addition to his 20+ years of experience in aviation, Pita set up the Duncan Aviation Satellite Shop in Atlanta, GA, and has managed it for the last 13 years.

SmartSky Networks and IdeaNova Technologies, a pioneer in secure streaming and digital-rights management technologies, plan to offer IdeaNova’s Intouch and Inplay services following successful in-flight testing of the applications and secure streaming of inflight entertainment and business productivity solutions on the SmartSky Network.

J&C Aero, an international aviation design and production company, receives a new EASA aircraft model list STC that enables the company to install and produce installation kits for Honeywell Aerospace’s portable RESCU 406SG Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT). The company also has become Honeywell’s authorized ELT engineering STC provider.

The aviation maintenance instructors at the Myrtle Beach campus of the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) will now be able to train their students on a classic TFE731-3 airplane engine, thanks to the generosity of executive leadership at StandardAero, one of the aerospace industry’s larges

TRAXXALL announces that Giuliano Donadio has joined the TRAXXALL team as Regional Sales director, Latin America. Giuliano’s territory includes Mexico, seven Central American countries and 12 South American countries. 

Flying Colours Corp. an international maintenance, repair, overhaul, and completions company, has signed an agreement with North Carolina-based SmartSky Networks to act as a sales and installation facility for SmartSky’s air-to-ground connectivity equipment.