Chad Trautvetter
Online Editor
Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group. He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion, the student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot magazine, he joined AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.
Latest from Chad Trautvetter
FBOs
Sheltair Named Official Fuel Supplier at SNF Expo
Sheltair has formed a partnership with the organizer of the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo and will be the official fuel supplier for the 2021 airshow.
EBAA Ambassador Program To Elevate Bizav
EBAA has launched a peer-networking program that brings industry leaders together to address the biggest challenges and opportunities in business aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tamarack Begins Winglet Installs at New Aiken Center
Tamarack performed the first three active winglet installations—one on a CitationJet and two on Citation CJ2s—at its new Aiken, South Carolina facility.
Charter & Fractional
Jet It Partners with Charity HeartGift
Jet It, which offers fractional shares in HondaJets, has partnered with HeartGift to help provide heart surgeries to children worldwide.
Environment
Signature Flight Support Pumps 1M Gallons of SAF at SFO
Signature Flight Support has pumped more than one million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel at San Francisco International Airport.
Aircraft
Embraer Offers Tips on Covid Vaccine Transport by Bizjet
Embraer has released technical information to help operators of its Phenom, Legacy, Praetor, and Lineage business jets safely transport Covid-19 vaccines.
Aircraft
Piper Aircraft Plans Safe Exhibit Experience at Sun ‘n Fun Expo
Piper Aircraft said it will exhibit next week at the 2021 Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Florida.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Delivers Special-missions G550 'Oron' to Israel
Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered a special-missions G550 to the Israeli Air Force for surveillance operations.
Flight Pro Emerges from Ashes of Air Routing Intl
Flight Pro International, a full-service international flight planning company focused on the business aviation segment, has started up.
Aircraft
Daher Unveils More Upgrades for Kodiak 100
Daher announced the Series III version of the Kodiak 100 that adds more enhancements and standard features to the utility turboprop.
Charter & Fractional
New Jet Card Expands NetJets' CAN Do Attitude
NetJets is offering a new 25-hour jet card that includes one company-donated flight hour to Corporate Angel Network.
Aircraft
Fujino To Receive AIAA Award for HondaJet Innovations
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will present its 2021 Reed Aeronautics Award to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino.
Regulations and Government
EBAA: EU Must Prepare for Post-Covid Bizav Ops
EBAA is urging EU institutions and member states, as well as other stakeholders, to develop harmonized rules for the safe reopening of air travel.
Training and Workforce
Study Predicts Pilot Shortage Will Return by 2022
While the pandemic alleviated the pilot shortage, it could reemerge within nine months and grow worse over the decade, according to an Oliver Wyman study.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Alto Intros Challenger 601/604/605 Audio Upgrade
Alto Aviation has introduced a seamless retrofit cabin audio upgrade for Bombardier Challenger 601, 604, and 605s.
Charter & Fractional
Company Puts 'People First' in Shared Charters
A new Boca Raton, Florida-based company led by AvWeb co-founder Carl Marbach aims to make the sharing of charter flights easier and more seamlessly.
Regulations and Government
ICAO Launching Campaign To Improve Notam Quality
ICAO is launching a campaign to improve Notam quality by pushing nations to purge ones that are more than three months old.
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell Recognizes Gulfstream's APU Repair Facility
Gulfstream Aerospace’s APU repair facility at the company’s Savannah, Georgia headquarters service center has been recognized as a center of excellence.
Rotorcraft
U.S. AAM Market To Generate $115B Annually by 2035
The joint Deloitte/AIA study sees the AAM market, including flying taxis and cargo drones, to generate the equivalent of 0.5 percent of U.S. GDP by 2035.
Avionics
FlightAware, Synoptic Team on Mode-S Weather Data
FlightAware and weather data aggregator Synoptic Data are partnering to deliver real-time Mode-S-derived aircraft weather data via Synoptic’s API.
Avionics
Gogo Delays 5G Upgrade to 2022, Citing Chip Supply Issue
Bizav connectivity provider Gogo is delaying deployment of its 5G air-to-ground (ATG) network by one year, to 2022, due to a microchip shortage.
Charter & Fractional
Fly Lindy Plans Per-seat New York City-D.C. Helo Service
Fly Lindy plans to offer per-seat, scheduled helicopter charter shuttle service between New York City, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore starting in June.
Avionics
SmartSky Grows Patent Portfolio as Service Launch Looms
SmartSky Networks has now amassed more than 200 patents as the company prepares for commercial launch of its air-to-ground broadband connectivity service.
Accidents
Dassault Falcon 6X On Track for First Flight This Month
First flight of the Falcon 6X is on track to take place by the end of this month, with service entry expected in late 2022.
Charter & Fractional
Vista Global To Buy Apollo Jets, Stake in Talon Air
Vista Global has inked an agreement to acquire charter broker Apollo Jets and its share in aircraft charter, management, and MRO provider Talon Air.
Charter & Fractional
4AIR Is First Bizav Purchaser on IATA Carbon Exchange
4AIR is the first private aviation stakeholder to make a trade on the International Air Transport Association’s Aviation Carbon Exchange.
Jetcraft Adds Synerjet as Authorized Rep in S. America
Jetcraft has formed a strategic relationship with Synerjet, a Latin American bizav specialist, to further strengthening its footprint in the region.
Fuel
AEG Fuels Rolls Out Rewards Program
Miami-based aviation fuel supplier AEG Fuels has launched a customer loyalty program.
Training and Workforce
Virtual NBAA Flight Ops Conference Deemed a Success
NBAA said its three-day virtual Flight Operations Conference that concluded on Thursday “broke new ground."
Regulations and Government
FAA OKs J&J Covid Vaccine for Pilots, Controllers
The FAA has cleared U.S. pilots and air traffic controllers to receive Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Covid-19 vaccine following emergency-use authorization.
