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Santa Ana, California-based STAjets has reached a definitive agreement to acquire International Jet Aviation Services, a Part 135-certified operator based at Denver Centennial Airport. The deal follows STAjets COO Erik Neiderman’s stated plan, in a 2025 interview, to acquire another Part 135 operator.
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Santa Ana, California-based STAjets has reached a definitive agreement to acquire International Jet Aviation Services, a Part 135-certified operator based at Denver Centennial Airport. The deal follows STAjets COO Erik Neiderman’s stated plan, in a 2025 interview, to acquire another Part 135 operator.
French gyroplane maker DTA Aircraft is pitching its JP1 multicopter as a personal electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft at NBAA-BACE. The showing puts the company’s concept before business aviation stakeholders, though the available report provides no details on performance, certification status or commercialization plans.
Speaking at Corporate Jet Investor Dubai 2026, Chapman Freeborn’s Steffen Fries said intense price competition and digital comparison tools are pressuring brokers to cut corners. He singled out grey-market charters as a particular concern in the Middle East, where buyers may focus too narrowly on headline price.
Sheryl Barden, CEO of Aviation Personnel International, shares leadership lessons drawn from a flight department closure in 2008. The article offers a business aviation perspective on managing organizational disruption, from the head of the sector’s longest-running recruiting and HR consulting firm.
NBAA-BACE 2026 opens with an agenda spanning new technology, sustainability and keynote sessions. Avfuel is set to lead a discussion on sustainable aviation fuel, while Elliott Aviation and Atlantic Aviation are using the show to promote customer offers and programs. Separately, Nigeria’s business aviation conference is scheduled to return in May 2027.
Nordic Seaplanes has been granted until the first half of 2027 to relocate, giving the Danish operator additional time before it must move its operations. The available report does not specify the reason for the relocation, the proposed destination or the terms of the reprieve.
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Cirrus has opened a warehouse in Duluth, Minnesota, to support growth in its Vision Jet and SR-series aircraft programs. The facility opening follows an expansion of the company’s North Dakota manufacturing hub two months earlier, extending its recent investment in production and support capacity.
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