Responding to an increasing number of voices from across the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) industry, Helicopter Association International (HAI) announces it has made the difficult decision to cancel HAI HELI-EXPO 2021. 

HAI will not reschedule this year’s event. Instead, the association will redirect its efforts to producing HAI HELI-EXPO 2022, which will be held on March 7–10 in Dallas, Texas, a city that has traditionally been a hub of rotorcraft operations. HAI HELI-EXPO® has long served as a venue where the international VTOL industry annually gather — to connect, learn, and conduct $2 billion in business. 

Jeffery Potter joins King Aerospace as director of interiors. He will be based at the company’s facility in Ardmore, OK. Potter brings extensive experience in green completions and interiors. Over the course of his more than 30-year career, he served in director-level positions for AERIA Luxury Interiors, Gore Design Completions and Associated Air Center.

Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announces that Oxford, UK-based Volare Aviation completes its first installation of API's blended winglets retrofit on a Hawker 800XPi airplane. Volare Aviation is also now appointed an authorized installation partner for API's Hawker 800 series blended winglet retrofits in Europe.

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, purchases a multi-million-dollar ATR expendable package. As part of the transaction, C&L acquires thousands of new, OEM-certified “S” part numbers to be added to its existing ATR inventory. All parts from the program are now stocked in C&L’s UK, Australia, and Bangor, ME, USA, warehouses and available for sale.

West Star Aviation announces Michael Smith as the new Embraer team lead at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA) facility, one of West Star's four full-service locations.

ALTO Aviation, a provider of premium cabin in-flight audio and entertainment systems in business aviation, launches its new 2021 In-Flight Entertainment and Cadence™ Cabin Management System upgrade programs, specifically customized for all retrofit business aircraft.

Baldwin Safety and Compliance launches its new Alaska Aviation Safety Exchange SMS/QMS program, customized for the Alaska aviation community. Alaska Seaplanes, an FAA Part 135 commuter airline based in Juneau, AK, has rolled out its new SMS program using the scalable Baldwin program.

The new 36" Front View Articulating Imager from Snap-on Industrial rotates 180° to provide technicians with high-definition views from the tightest of spots, giving detailed and up-close views of applications within aviation, power generation, natural resources and other industries.

Duncan Aviation creates an installation package for the Aviation Clean Air (ACA) ionization system for Bombardier Global aircraft. The packages include everything necessary for installing the ACA Ionizer system in Global aircraft, including the supplemental type certificate (STC), the ionizers, and Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) parts kits.

FAA administrator, Steve Dickson, signs an order (https://www.faa.gov/news/media/attachments/Order2150.3C_CHG%204.pdf) directing a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly airline passengers in the wake of recent, troubling incidents.