Airport infrastructure developer and hangar keeper SR Aviation Infrastructure (SRAI), has broken ground on a $22 million project at Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS).

SRAI acquired the 23-acre property, with 268,000 sq ft of hangar space and 32,000 sq ft of office space, in 2024. The company will demolish 14 small hangars totaling 61,000 sq ft by year-end and replace them with three 25,000 sq ft hangars, equipped with ample office space 30-foot-high doors capable of accommodating the latest ultra-long-range business jets.

According to SRAI president Jonathon Reeser, the hangars are suitable for corporations, high net worth individuals, and/or charter companies. One of the three hangars—slated for completion in the first quarter of 2028—has already been leased, while there is strong interest in the remaining two.

While the KLAS facility was SRAI’s first, it has five others, three operational: (Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN) in Montana and San Antonio International Airport (KSAT), along with Las Vegas) and three under development at Glacier Park International (KGPI) in Montana, at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) outside of Denver, and at Republic Airport (KFRG) on New York’s Long Island.

Fractional ownership and charter provider Jet Out has taken delivery of its 15th factory-new Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2. The Wisconsin-based operator announced the addition to its all-CJ4 fleet on Tuesday and said that in November it will introduce changes to its co-lease offering.

According to Jet Out, it now has the largest CJ4 charter fleet in the U.S. based on analysis of FAA’s list of Part 135 operators. It has taken delivery of the 15 jets over the past three years.

In the 12 month period through the end of September, Jet Out’s CJ4s logged more than 4 million miles to 659 airports across 48 contiguous states and 15 other countries and territories. The company said that its flight activity increased by 92% over the first three quarters of 2026, compared with the same period last year.

As well as its headquarters in Milwaukee, Jet Out operates its aircraft from its regional bases in South Florida, Scottsdale, Forth Worth and will soon open a Waukesha location. “Each aircraft is based close to the owners it serves, supported by local pilots and maintenance teams,” the company said.

According to Jet Out, the latest version of its 12-month co-lease program will offer “a shorter commitment than traditional fractional ownership and more structure than a jet card.”

Even as U.S. and European regulators continue to warn operators about conflict risks in Middle East airspace, the head of MEBAA told NBAA-BACE attendees that the region is open for business and that his group’s December show in Dubai will be its biggest yet.

Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), acknowledged during yesterday’s “Ask the International Experts” session that regional events affect business aviation, though he argued that media coverage has overstated the danger. 

The Iran war has reshaped flying in the Gulf. EASA still advises operators to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace, as well as the airspace over Persian Gulf waters off Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE. For U.S. operators, the FAA prohibits flights in Iranian airspace.

On October 11, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen’s Houthis killed 13 people at Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (OERK), EASA told operators to use caution when flying to or over Saudi Arabia through December 10. 

MEBAA Show is set for December 8 to 10 at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport (OMDW). Alnaqbi said registrations so far point to 10,000 to 15,000 attendees and that the planned advanced air mobility pavilion will feature eVTOL aircraft and other emerging technologies.

Serbian maintenance, repair and overhaul group Prince Aviation has hosted the practical element of an EASA Part 147 training course for the Cessna Citation XL/XLS jets at its Belgrade base. The two-week program, which was attended by technicians from several European companies and independent specialists, followed a month of online theoretical training.

From September 28 to October 9, staff from Avantgarde Aviation, Alpha Air, and Excellent Jet Service in Germany, along with engineers with the Czech Republic’s DSA, gathered in the Serbian capital to attend the European aviation safety regulator's combined B1/B2 maintenance module. 

According to Prince Aviation, this hybrid approach, in which only the hands-on element of the training was held in Belgrade, makes it much easier for operators to plan around. “Engineers spend less time away from their own fleets, and their companies get type-qualified staff faster,” suggested Prince Aviation Part 145 training manager and Part 147 quality manager Boško Zagorac. 

The company said it can also extend this flexible way of working depending on participants’ needs, adapting the format to include in-person or remote theoretical training. This can also be augmented by practical training conducted on- or off-site. For example, Prince Aviation is also set to deliver a full XL/XLS maintenance training course in India. 

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Garmin’s Guided Visual Approaches database has more than doubled since its 2025 launch and now includes 64 approaches at 48 airports, developed with instrument procedure designer Hughes Aerospace. The latest batch of 18 approaches, which Garmin released in July, added 13 airports, including Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS), San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (KOAK), and Chicago DuPage Airport (KDPA).

Sold as a Garmin database subscription, the “RNAV G” procedures provide lateral and vertical guidance on visual approaches to airports surrounded by terrain, obstacles, or bright city lights at night. According to the companies, the guidance helps crews in turbine aircraft fly stabilized approaches while keeping their attention outside the airplane and on the runway.

Pilots can load the procedures into Garmin avionics with WAAS-capable GPS receivers and radius-to-fix capability, then fly them coupled to the autopilot on supported systems, and georeferenced charts are available on the avionics and in the Garmin Pilot app for Apple devices.

“These procedures address real operational constraints at specific airports and give pilots an additional tool for more consistent visual approaches,” said Hughes Aerospace CEO Chris Baur.

Garmin introduced the database in July 2025 with 31 approaches at 25 airports, then added 15 more approaches in March. Hughes also designs instrument procedures for helicopter operations, and provides flight inspection and IFR certification support to airports and heliports.

StandardAero has moved its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A heavy maintenance services from Grapevine, Texas, to the company’s primary campus at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW). The move adds more capacity to StandardAero’s Texas PT6A services with on-site test cell support and U.S. duty-free import, thanks to the location’s foreign trade zone status.

Dallas Airmotive was the first independent Pratt & Whitney Canada authorized maintenance facility, established more than 60 years ago, and StandardAero acquired it in 2021. StandardAero supports a variety of PT6A types across its facilities in Dallas, Prince Edward Island in Canada, Gonesse, France, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Brisbane, Australia as well as with regional turbine centers and mobile service teams.

“The operational shift is focusing on creating added value for our customers,” said StandardAero president of business aviation Joe Capra. “While the transition of engine maintenance operations from site to site is not a simple task, the outcome of turn time optimization due to the expanded operational capability is worth it to deliver a better service for our customers.”

Since unveiling the SJ36 light jet on Monday at NBAA-BACE, SyberJet has secured letters of intent for more than 50 aircraft. Buyers of the single-pilot light twinjet include charter operators, corporate flight departments, and individual owners. 

With a projected Mach 0.88 Mmo, 3,000-nm range, and a 49,000-foot ceiling, the SJ36 is a longer version of the FAA-certified SJ30-2. After Trevor Milton purchased the program last year, the company began working on the stretched SJ36, and at the Monday event unveiled the SJ34, an upgraded SJ30-2 with more powerful engines and in-house-developed SyberVision Avionics. 

The company also announced plans to incorporate Bongiovi Aviation’s speakerless cabin audio system in the SJ36. Bongiovi’s digital power station technology delivers studio-quality audio through transducers mounted on the backside of cabin interior panels.

“SyberJet World was the first time our customers could walk up to the SJ36 and see what they have committed to, and the response was incredible,” Milton said. “More than 50 commitments tell us the market has been waiting for innovation. Light jet buyers have always had to choose between speed, range, and cost. The SJ36 lets them have all three. We are only on day one; imagine where we will be in a few months with orders.”

A Boeing Business Jet has become the first aircraft to receive Airmont’s live-TV service built into DPI Labs’ cabin entertainment system, the companies announced this week at NBAA-BACE.

Instead of requiring a separate gateway box, the system runs Airmont’s gateway as software on DPI Labs’ Multimedia and Moving Map Server, which DPI Labs said can handle more than 100 simultaneous passenger streams. Airmont, based in France, said its StreamTime technology uses bandwidth efficiently to help operators control connectivity costs. The service runs on Gogo Galileo, which uses Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth-orbit satellite network.

Passengers scan a QR code to control live TV from an iPad, while the Airmont Player app runs on an aviation-grade Apple TV unit from California-based DPI Labs.

“This collaboration reflects our commitment to making advanced live TV technology easier to integrate into business aviation,” said Airmont CEO Jean-François Gault, who called the deployment an important step toward bringing the company’s technology to established avionics platforms.

Martin Hamilton—DPI Labs’ v-p of business development, sales, and marketing—said hosting Airmont’s gateway on the server adds a capability “while keeping the onboard hardware footprint simple and compact.”

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