For Release: August 16, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, FLA. – On September 14, 2019 from 10 am – 3 pm, Banyan Air Service based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport will host a customer appreciation open house. “It was 1979 when it all began and it is hard to believe it’s been 40 years,” says Banyan’s [...]
For Release: August 8, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Paul Rose has returned to Banyan Air Service after a three year tour with Embraer Executive Jets. He rejoins Banyan as vice president of technical sales, a role he previously held with Banyan for over 14 years. Paul’s responsibilities include managing the technical sales team, growing [...]
For Release: August 5, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, FLA. – Banyan Pilot Shop based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport will host an aviation career day on Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 11 am – 3 pm. This event is not a job fair, but an educational event to discover what South Florida flight schools, colleges and [...]
You wake up in the morning (or afternoon) on January 1st, 2020, wash the prior evening’s festivities from your eyes, and while staring into the mirror you realize that your aircraft has missed the FAA’s mandate to have ADS-B Out installed. After a quick Google search reveals that the FAA has not pushed back [...]
[Updated July, 2019] When the FAA mandated that ADS-B installation on all aircraft flying in the U.S. be completed by January 1, 2020, they must have known there'd be aircraft that would miss the deadline. But it's safe to say no one could predict that over half of the U.S. aircraft would be non-compliant to [...]
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 [...]
