Kirby Harrison is a freelance writer for The Weekly of Business Aviation, Business & Commercial Aviation and others in the Informa publishing chain. Harrison joined the Navy in 1962 and spent 20 years in the service, virtually all of it as a photojournalist, traveling from small islands in the South Pacific to Vietnam to the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. When Harrison retired from the Navy, he went back to college and graduated in 1971 from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism. Along the way, he spent two years as a news photographer at the Daily Press & Times Herald in Newport News, Virginia, and three years working for Studio Sebe in Nice, France as a photographer. More recently, before retiring, he worked nearly 20 years for Naval Aviation News.
On-demand private jet charter operator XOJET and JetSmarter, a private jet “mobile marketplace” charter consolidator, have formed a partnership, saying it signals “the continued evolution of private access.”
Sentient Jet, a private aviation jet card company, has launched a booking app which allows Jet Card holders to instantly book private jet flights through their smartphones or electronic tablets using Android or Apple operating systems.
Lufthansa Technik has been selected by an undisclosed customer to perform comprehensive cabin engineering services, as well as parts for provisioning, for entry into service of a BBJ 787-8.