Banyan Air Service has promoted Charles Amento to Vice President of MRO Services. Charlie will serve in a dual role of Vice President and Director of MRO Services. He will continue to oversee the maintenance and avionics departments and manage the Director of Avionics, Quality Assurance Manager, Inspection Department, and Service Managers to operate at [...]
Banyan’s MRO Department Enters into Gulfstream Market Fort Lauderdale, FL – October 12, 2021 -- Banyan’s MRO department expands its capabilities into the Gulfstream market with one of the largest inspections that can be performed on a Gulfstream G550, a 192-month inspection. The 192-month is a heavy inspection that requires the majority of the aircraft’s [...]
Banyan was recently contacted by the owners of a HondaJet and a King Air C90 who both needed cost-effective connectivity in their aircraft. It was important to give each passenger the ability to place calls clearly and send emails and SMS messages quickly. Banyan’s avionics team recommended and installed the Airtext+ system - a small [...]
Banyan's MRO department is starting off the new year with this new Hondajet. We are performing the “APMG” Performance modification. The APMG package increases the HondaJet’s maximum takeoff weight, allowing for more flexibility for passenger and baggage loading. It also provides for a reduced takeoff field length, giving operators greater access to more airport [...]
Banyan Receives New FAA Repair Station Certificate Banyan Air Service Maintenance and Avionics is now one combined repair station, MRO Services. Gary Justice from the FAA recently gave Don Campion, Greg Laabs, and Lou Homsher the official documentation to merge Banyan’s individual repair station certificates. Previously, we had been using one repair station certificate for [...]
Banyan Obtains Paraguayan and Bolivian Repair Station Certificates Banyan Air Service is an authorized FAA and EASA repair station. In addition, we have earned avionics and maintenance repair station approvals from many other countries. Banyan recently obtained the Repair Station Certificates for Paraguay and Bolivia. This makes 12 foreign repair station certificates that Banyan [...]
Banyan is First in the Southeast to Complete a Challenger 604 FANS-1A Installation Banyan Air Service has completed its first Challenger 604 FANS-1A installation. This is the first installation of FANS 1-A in the southeast region of the United States using the Rockwell Collins STC for the Challenger 604. The Rockwell Collins STC was [...]
Banyan Air Service celebrated its 35th anniversary this year and gained many new accomplishments. The Banyan Maintenance team added the Challenger 605, Falcon 900EX, HondaJet, and CJ4 to their repair station certification and the Hawker 800 XP and 850 XP to their Chilean Repair Station Certification. Along with becoming a service center for the HondaJet, [...]
By: David Sylvester Banyan Air Service Technical Sales It is almost 2 PM Pacific Time as the aircraft turns on final to commence the approach for landing at Seattle Tacoma International in Washington. Moments later, our pilot places the Boeing 737-800 smoothly onto the land of its birth, Boeing Field, being only minutes from [...]
Thank you to the PACTEC group and filmmaker Pascal Depuhl for premiering On Wings of Hope at Banyan.Paul Rose, David Rask, Timothy Chase, Christopher Hallam, Daniel Juzi, Pascal Depuhl On April 8, Banyan was honored to host film maker, Pascal Depuhl for his movie premiere, On Wings of Hope. The 15-minute film is [...]
Banyan celebrated its 8th annual AMT Day on Friday, May 24, 2013. This annual event pays tribute to Charles E. Taylor, the first Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT), who built Orville and Wilbur Wright’s engine. It is also a day that Banyan uses to honor its Aircraft Maintenance Technicians, Avionics Team and Parts team for their [...]
Watching a smoke in the cockpit demonstration at Banyan Air Service where a mock cockpit is quickly consumed with smoke sent a chill down my spine. My first thought went to when I was 16 years old and an electrical fire behind the dashboard of my car instantly filled the car with smoke. I could [...]
