Content Archive: February 2025

Maintenance and Modifications

Metro Aviation Picks Bluetail Mx Records System

Digitizing logbooks preserves critical aircraft information
Metro adopts Bluetail aircraft maintenance recordkeeping
Avionics

Universal and ForeFlight Team on Flight Plan Integration

Integration expected to launch in late 2025
Universal Weather and Aviation integration agreement with ForeFlight
Charter & Fractional

FAA Approves Hera Flight for Class II Global Operations

Approval allows the company to expand its reach
A charter airplane at rest on an airport ramp
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

NetJets Logs More Growth in 2024 as Revenues Climb 9.1%

Pre-tax earnings percentages fall amid higher service costs, lower sales
Netjets Gulfstream G550
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Satcom Direct Takes on Gogo Name after $375M Acquisition

Developing a unified brand under the Gogo name, the company retained the Satcom Direct blue
Training and Workforce

PlaneSense Launches PC-12 NGX Simulator

Fractional provider will use sim for pilot training
George Antoniadis, President and CEO of PlaneSense, officially launched the state-of-the-art Pilatus PC-12 NGX Level D Full Flight Simulator at a ribbon cutting ceremony on February 12, 2025, alongside Faiek Zora, President and CEO of Aeronautical Systems Engineering. They were joined by team members from both companies.
Aircraft

January Bizjet Departures Up but Corporate Flights Drop

North America led gains in business aircraft departures, Jefferies reported
FlyExclusive CJ3
Maintenance and Modifications

ExecuJet Replaces Challenger 604 Gearbox in South Africa

Work was required under a service bulletin issued by engine manufacturer GE Aerospace
ExecuJet MRO Services South Africa in Johannesburg
FBOs

Freeman Holdings Group Branches Into Texas FBOs

The Lubbock and Abilene facilities represent its first in the state
Abilene Aero, one of two recent additions to Freeman Holdings Group's FBO network
Regulations and Government

Markey Reintroduces Business Jet ‘Fat Cat’ Tax Bill

Bill would increase fuel taxes to $2 per gallon to assist public transportation needs
Capitol dome (Photo: Library of Congress)