The 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) returns with gusto after the most challenging period in aviation history and leading global trip support solutions provider UAS International Trip Support’s Americas team will be there to reconnect with industry partners and showcase UAS’ operational agility and expertise. Promising to be a transformational event, it takes place from October 12-14 in Las Vegas.
From its headquarters in Houston, UAS Americas offers a wealth of multi-cultural experience and expertise to Americas clients. Acting as an extension of its clients’ flight departments, UAS also offers advanced business aviation technologies designed to revolutionize the user experience. UAS Americas is bolstered by UAS’ global network of two additional continental headquarters in Dubai and Johannesburg, as well as regional offices in Beijing, Nairobi, and Lagos, and ground presence in a total of 31 global locations.
Committed to business aviation’s future growth and prosperity, UAS is delighted to sponsor the Small Operators Symposium, taking place on Monday, October 11. UAS will also facilitate a live panel discussion entitled The Next Twenty-Four Months in Business Aviation on Wednesday, October 13 at 10 am local time. Special guests include Mitch Lanius, CEO 30 West IPC, NBAA IOC Committee Member, NBAA Atlantic Regional Representative, and former Corporate Captain and Dudley King, President and Founder of FlightBridge, will be joined by UAS Regional Operations Director Henry “Duke” LeDuc. Moderated by UAS Regional Vice President Sales, Americas, Crystal Kubeczka, the panel will be broadcast live on UAS Facebook and YouTube platforms.
“NBAA-BACE is the most important event on the business aviation calendar, and we’re delighted to be here to reconnect with our valued clients and connect with new ones. Our Americas team is renowned for consistently delivering seamless flight operations to our clients, something we maintained despite pandemic restrictions, enhancing our operational agility, and facilitating evacuations, cargo operations, and emergency flights in every corner of the world. We are keen to speak with clients in Las Vegas, find out their pain points, and provide them with the customized solutions that will solve their problems and exceed their expectations,” said Abdul Charafeddin, UAS Executive Vice President, Americas.
“We invite delegates to join us in Las Vegas and test us on our problem-solving expertise. UAS truly delivers an experience like no other,” he added.
Be sure to visit the UAS Americas team at NBAA-BACE booth 3514.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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