Matt Thurber
Editor-in-Chief
Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.
Latest from Matt Thurber
Regulations and Government
Burbank Night Curfew One Historical Step Closer
Yesterday the Burbank-Glendale Airport Authority delivered to the FAA the first-ever application for airport access restrictions that would apply to Stage
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Aviation Pushes Ahead with Provo Plans
By August next year, Duncan Aviation will have a new maintenance facility in Provo, Utah, in a 15,000-sq-ft hangar leased from Million Air Provo.
TSA Conducts ‘Inappropriate’ Screening at BNA FBOs
Transportation Security Administration officials conducted unauthorized screening of passengers and flight crew at FBOs at Nashville International Airport
Airports
Oxford Airport reports steady traffic increase
Since opening a new business aviation facility six months ago, the UK’s Oxford Airport continues to record increased traffic.
FBOs
Passur selected by Oyssey
The Odyssey Aviation FBO marketing partnership, which includes eight FBOs, has chosen Passur’s FBO software suite for customer flight tracking and to impro
FBOs
FlightSafety International praises Panorama
FlightSafety International director of worldwide sales Steve Gross and Rhett Reavis, regional marketing manager, presented Panorama Flight Service senior v
FBOs
FBOs join Phillips 66 network
New members of the Phillips 66 aviation fuel dealer network include Butterfly Aviation at Renner Field in Goodland, Kan.; Otis Air Service, the sole FBO at
FBOs
Handling fee lowers Key Air fule prices
Key Air’s Twin Cities (Minneapolis) and Treasure Coast (Fort Pierce, Fla.) FBOs are now offering jet-A at significantly lower prices, but accompanied by a
FBOs
US Aviation adding fule service
Based at Denton Municipal Airport north of Dallas, US Aviation Group has been approved by the Denton City Council to add fuel to its list of services.
FBOs
USAirports now sole FBO at ROC
Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) in upstate New York used to have two FBOs, but USAirports has purchased the Landmark Aviation FBO at the airp
FBOs
Avfuel ads two dealers
Travelers flying to Midland International Airport in Texas can now earn Avtrip points at Avion Flight Centre, which has joined the Avfuel network.
Airports
French airport anticipates benefits of solar power
Le Castellet Airport in southeast France will have a 60,000-sq-ft photovoltaic roof operational this spring on a new hangar.
Airports
White Sands Regional Airport adds solar power system
The trend of airports adding solar power systems is growing in the southwest U.S., which sees more sunny days each year than other parts of the country.
Training and Workforce
De-icing: Online options for icing training
Two new online icing education courses were released this winter, one from King Schools and the other by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air S
Safety
NTSB: ‘ice bridging’ is a myth
Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sabreliner Delivers 100th On-Time, On-Budget C-21A
Since Sabreliner performed the first C-21A Learjet Phase 16 inspection for the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Eurocopter Planning Aberdeen Helo Service Center
Taking advantage of the busy oil and gas industry operations centered around Aberdeen, Scotlan
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Aviation Adjusting to Drop in Demand
Reductions in flying hours and cancellations of new aircraft orders have prompted Duncan Aviat
Accidents
De-icing: NTSB: 'ice bridging' is a myth
Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.
Charter & Fractional
Private Equity Injection To Buoy JetDirect Aviation
By the end of next month, JetDirect Aviation expects to close a deal with a private-equity firm “with significant private aviation experience” that will se
Regulations and Government
TSA Gets Another Earful in Burbank over LASP Proposal
At the fourth of five public meetings held by the Transportation Security Administration to hear comments from the public about the proposed Large Aircraft
Schedulers & dispatchers conference
At meetings like this year’s Schedulers & Dispatchers conference, the state of the economy is on everyone’s minds.
Aircraft
Embraer Lineage 1000 Gets Its Papers
The FAA, EASA and Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency last month granted type certification to the Lineage 1000, the business jet version of the E190 f
Regulations and Government
Comments due this month on LASP
The February 27 deadline for the public to submit comments about the Transportation Security Administration’s proposal to regulate general aviation operati
Maintenance and Modifications
NTSB Judge Dismisses A&P/IA Emergency Revocation
The NTSB’s chief administrative law judge dismissed an FAA emergency order of revocation of a New Jersey A&P’s mechanic certificate, Inspection Authori
Maintenance and Modifications
AIG, Flying Boat Sue Grumman, Frakes for Mx Defects
Flying Boat, also known as Chalk’s Ocean Airways, and insurance giant AIG are suing Northrop Grumman and Frakes Aviation following the fatal crash of a Cha
Security
Schedulers & Dispatchers Numbers Down, Energy Up
NBAA’s 20th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, held in Long Beach, Calif., last week, attracted fewer attendees and exhibitors than last year’
