The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) announces FlightSafety International has joined as an IBAC Industry Partner. The alliance between the two organizations began more than a decade ago when they co-developed a series of e-learning courses on the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) and Safety Management Systems (SMS), hosted by FlightSafety.

Elliott Aviation, a provider of aviation MRO services and a worldwide dealer of aviation parts, hires Rafael Garcia as international parts sales representative. Garcia joins Elliott Aviation with over 20 years of aviation experience, including 15 years of international parts sales experience.

CRS Jet Spares, a provider of high-quality, cost-effective parts to the business-jet community, is continuing its commitment to grow its national sales force with industry experts through the addition of Alessandra Grieco as regional sales manager for the Southeast region.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of Chris Landry to program manager at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA), facility. Landry will be responsible for Falcon and Gulfstream programs.

Duncan Aviation announces that the MRO has installed a Bongiovi AcousticLabs Bongiovi Aviation system in a Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft at its full-service facility in Battle Creek, MI. The state-of-the-art audio system is able to overcome a noisy cabin environment and reproduce high-fidelity audio.

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applaude the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s bipartisan passage of their Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies Act. This bill builds on ongoing COVID-19 response efforts and influenced a Biden administration executive order calling for interagency cooperation to develop national public health recommendations for domestic travel.

Incora announces at a ribbon-cutting ceremony the opening of its new global headquarters at 2601 Meacham Boulevard in Fort Worth, TX. Fort Worth was previously home to two company offices which have consolidated into the new, expanded location.

Duncan Aviation celebrates the delivery of a Challenger 604 newly equipped with the Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion. The avionics installation team at the company’s full-service facility in Battle Creek, MI, installed the scalable, fully connected, integrated avionics system with advanced situational awareness and intuitive decision-making tools. Featuring touch-control primary flight displays, heads-up vision systems, and weather-threat detection systems, the advanced system allows pilots to fly with greater precision.

The Aircraft Electronics Association releases its first-quarter 2021 Avionics Market Report. In the first three months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to $568,810,353, or more than $568 million as reported by the participating companies.

Since 2015, Duncan Aviation’s Turbine Engine Services has gained Honeywell TFE731 Heavy and HTF7000 Minor authorizations and brought a 20,000 lb.-thrust-class test cell online. New capabilities, increased efficiencies, and expanded room are now adding support to these larger engine and maintenance events.