Solenta Aviation, the South African aviation solution provider and ACMI specialist, has gone live with Rusada’s maintenance management software ENVISION.

Solenta Aviation, founded in 2000, provides customized passenger and cargo solutions, aircraft charter and ACMI services to multiple industries. The airline operates and manages a fleet of almost 40 aircraft, including Beechcraft 1900’s, ATR’s and Embraer ERJ’s, located at sites across the continent.

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, announces Miguel A. Delgado as its Regional Sales Manager responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean. Delgado, has more than 30 years of Latin American aviation parts sales experience and expertise in creating innovative solutions for customers.

West Star Aviation announces that its Perryville (PCD) location has been awarded the FAA Repair Station Air Agency certificate. The Part 145 certification allows Perryville to complete maintenance, repairs and additional services at the full-service facility.

Concorde Battery Corporation, in support of aircraft maintenance technicians and in conjunction with aircraft parts manufacturers, airframe manufacturers, parts distributors, industry associations and the FAA, opens registration for 6 IA renewal events in 2020. Participants can take advantage of the technical expertise Concorde has gathered in one location and leave with an 8-hour certificate at no charge.

CMC Electronics and DAC International announces the FAA approval of its latest automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out (ADS-B Out) supplemental type certificate (ST00934DE) for aircraft equipped with Honeywell’s Primus II avionics suite.

Banyan Air Service based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport earns the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 1 accreditation. IS-BAH, developed by the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handlers and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), is a set of global industry best practices for business-aviation ground handlers that features at its core a safety management system (SMS).

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, signs an agreement with the Army Partnership for Youth Success Program (PaYS) during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Bell Forth Worth headquarters.

The aviation industry must guard against becoming complacent about safety at a time when the number of fatal accidents in commercial aviation has been decreasing over the last decade, industry experts speaking at the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s annual safety conference in Helsinki warned.

Aviation Search Group, a direct hire recruiting firm for the aviation industry, is projecting the placement of 150+ aviation professionals with their clients in 2019. This is an increase of 148% over placements made by Aviation Search Group in 2018.

Duncan Aviation announces that its Fixed Based Operator (FBO) facilities in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, MI, have received Stage I accreditation from the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH). Duncan Aviation’s other two main facilities in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT, had previously earned this accreditation.