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In May 2014, a Fresno, CA-area radio station began airing a public service announcement about business aviation's importance to local economies.

NBAA Members say that current and future business aviation capacity looks good for the Los Angeles basin, which is home to several important general aviation airports.

Aviation organizations are fighting to maintain access to New York’s East Hampton Airport, even in the face of adverse court rulings and pressure from local residents who complain about noise.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on May 21, 2014, approved funding to support the transition to unleaded aviation gasoline for piston-engine aircraft.

NBAA and more than 150 other associations and coalitions have signed a letter to the U.S. Senate urging swift passage of a bill to restore a host of tax incentives that expired in 2013, including accelerated depreciation on purchases of business aircraft.

California has became the 50th state since 2010 to formally recognize the importance of general aviation, including business aviation, for its citizens.

In May 2014, the governors of Nebraska and New York issued official statements of support for aviation, including business aviation.

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The International Business Aviation Council and the National Air Transportation Association announced the creation of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling, during the 2014 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition.

NBAA's social media sites provide coverage of the 2014 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition

Once the new runway opens at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in September 2014, there will be a voluntary noise abatement plan implemented for nighttime operations.

The NBAA Safety Committee lists positive safety culture as one of its 2014 Top Safety Focus Areas, and it is actively developing materials and strategies to help Member Companies create such a culture.

Massachusetts plans to invest more than $40 million in the next five years to help build or renovate administration buildings at 15 general aviation airports in the state, officials said.

Mayors across the country continue to voice their approval of general aviation, including business aviation, and the benefits it brings to their communities and states.

Steve Brechter, senior advisor for operations at Gray Stone Advisors, has provided some valuable advice to those in the industry in a blog post titled Five Ways to Get Ahead in Business Aviation.

The FAA has created a new and more efficient operations authorization for U.S.-registered aircraft in order to comply with ADS-B directives mandated by a growing number of other countries, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region.

In May 2015, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced three new partnerships, which may ultimately lead to UAS flights over urban environments and beyond the operator's visual line-of-sight.

GAMA reports that in the first quarter of 2014, business jet shipments were up 19.4 percent over the same period last year, as airframe makers delivered 154 new jets.

The Business Aviation Safety Summit will take place in Weston, FL May 13 and 14, 2015. NBAA jointly produces the annual safety summit along with the Flight Safety Foundation.

NBAA has written a letter in strong support of S. 1893, the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act, and S. 1804, the Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act.