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Industry InsightsStarlink doubled its price and Viasat is shutting off Ku
Two deadlines land in the same quarter, and between them they touch most of the connected fleet. What changed, and how to run the numbers before you commit.
Product UpdatesFrom quote to leverage: a full VHMX walkthrough
One maintenance quote, start to finish: what our team does with it, who it goes to, and what comes back to you.
Industry InsightsDowntime is the real invoice
The days an aircraft sits cost more than most of the line items you are arguing about. Here is how to price them before you choose a shop.
Industry InsightsBenchmarking maintenance pricing: how it actually works
Where the comparison numbers come from, which sources are worth trusting, and the four tests any benchmark has to pass.
Parts & SupplyThe hidden cost of single source parts
You have a guy, and he is good. This is not about firing him. It is about the one thing his pricing has never been measured against.
MaintenanceInstall it during the inspection and stop paying downtime twice
Ten to twenty-five days of downtime, or almost none of it, depending entirely on when you schedule it against your due list.
Parts & SupplyAOG and the clock: sourcing parts under pressure
The aircraft goes down at 6:40 on a Tuesday. The hour by hour version of a competent AOG parts search, and the version that usually happens instead.
MaintenanceFive line items worth questioning on every inspection invoice
The quote was the negotiation. The invoice is the reconciliation. Five charges that quietly inflate the final number, and the question that pressure tests each one.
Industry InsightsThe chief of staff's guide to overseeing aircraft maintenance spend
You manage a principal's assets and one of them is an aircraft you know nothing about. Real oversight takes five habits and one threshold, not an A and P certificate.
MaintenanceWhat a Starlink installation quote should contain, line by line
Three shops, three numbers, and no way to compare them. Every line the quote should carry, and the ten questions that make two of them comparable.
MaintenanceHow to read a six-figure maintenance quote
A $340,000 shop quote is three kinds of numbers stacked into one total. How to tell firm from estimated from placeholder, plus the ten questions to ask before you sign.
Industry InsightsHow pilots skim from Part 145 shops when managing your aircraft
The open secret of business aviation: how maintenance gets steered to favored shops for a quiet cut, and how transparency ends it.
Industry InsightsStarlink, Gogo Galileo, and Viasat JetXP: what actually differs
Orbit, antenna architecture, and who owns what in the supply chain. The four things that decide your cabin experience, none of which is peak speed.
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