Don Campion, president of Banyan Air Service, received the Edward V. Rickenbacker Award presented by the Greater Miami Aviation Association (GMAA) at the 89th Annual Wright Brothers Memorial Gala and Awards Ceremony on October 1. This award is named after Caption Rickenbacker, Chairman and CEO of Eastern Airlines, who made his mark on commercial aviation [...]
Data Comm: NextGen’s Next Big Thing Data Comm uses text messaging between the Air Traffic Controller and the Pilot instead of voice communications. Data Comm is currently in use at 56 major North American airports. Equipped aircraft can take advantage of the many benefits now. According to the FAA “Data Comm offers many advantages to [...]
Currently there are over 6000 aircraft still using floppy disks for data upload You must complete the SBAS-FMS Upgrade before the ADS-B or FANS1/A upgrade Operating without Localizer Performance w/ Vertical Guidance (LPV) can be costly — it may be costing you more than you think If you're an operator of a [...]
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 [...]
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Banyan Air Service recently appointed Arlisa Jernigan as Director of People Relations. She is responsible for Banyan’s overall human resources functions which also include; recruiting, compliance, benefits and training. Jernigan reports to Banyan’s COO, Craig Huston. “Lisa is truly an HR professional in every sense of the word. We are incredibly [...]
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Banyan Air Service recently promoted Jessica Smallacombe to People Relations Generalist from People Relations Coordinator. She reports to Arlisa Jernigan and will manage Banyan’s benefits, health and wellness, compliance initiatives and recruitment strategies. Jessica joined the company in 2007 as the Director of First Impressions and was the main point of [...]
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Banyan Air Service based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) was voted the #1 Southeast United States FBO and #5 among the Top 50 United States FBOs in the 2015 Fltplan.com Pilots’ Choice Awards. “It is truly an honor for our entire team to be recognized again this year as the [...]
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Banyan Air Service announced expanded maintenance operations at its Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) location. It has added a second shift to provide extended maintenance services, seven days a week. The new hours of operations will be Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 12:00 pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from [...]
Banyan celebrated its 10th annual AMT Day on Thursday, May 21, 2015. 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 Technicians and Parts team for their [...]
