Yankee Pacific, Inc. is pleased to announce that effective 1 January 2009, Executive Aircraft Completions, Tulsa, OK and Cabin Innovations, LLC, Lewisville, TX will be merged into a single division, which will be called Cabin Innovations.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that economic conditions have led to the cancellation of the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) in 2009.

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) announced an exclusive agreement with EADS Socata Group to distribute TBM technical publications. NavigatorV ® provides Socata customers with a comprehensive and flexible solution for accessing EADS Socata digital information.

Embraer’s ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jet has been awarded type certification by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Brazilian and European Union aviation authorities, respectively.

StandardAero has been selected to provide PW100 and PT6 engine maintenance services to the Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civile (DDSC) based out of Marseilles, France.

Embraer’s new distribution center, operated by UPS Supply Chain Solutions, in Louisville, Ky., in the U.S., was certified by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC).