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NBAA Regional Update - May 2025

From Kristi Ivey,

NBAA Regional Director - Northern Mountain Region

Hello!  If you don't know me, I am YOUR NBAA Regional Director covering Minnesota.  In this role, I am privileged to serve as a resource to connect our members with information, industry experts, and tools needed to help make your businesses more efficient, productive and successful.

Like many of you, I'm noticing how YOUR grassroots BizAv organization, MBAA, is working hard in 2025 to advocate for our industry, strengthen partnerships with fellow aviation stakeholders across the state, provide opportunities for individuals in various roles within our industry to learn and grow through educational opportunities, share best practices and network with each other, and reinforce our collective commitment to safe and secure operations. We at NBAA are truly grateful for MBAA's leadership and members for keeping us informed of your priorities so that we can provide the best resources for our members and advocate for you at the national level.

We know a lot of information comes your way from NBAA and other sources, but I'd like to use this space to make sure you're aware of some key NBAA resources and recent news items that may be relevant to you:  

• MAY is Membership Month at NBAA - which includes an opportunity for you to share YOUR story and how NBAA is and can be more valuable to you.  
• The MAY/JUNE NBAA Business Aviation Insider is out with the theme of SAFETY, including great articles on learning from mistakes, setting personal minimums, lifesaving fire tips, and more.  
• Anyone can subscribe to the NBAA Insider Daily – a weekday-morning email news service showcasing the latest news from across our industry from a variety of news sources.  
• NBAA's Maintenance Committee developed a new NBAA Aircraft Onboarding Checklist.  
• NBAA Joins Coalition Supporting House ATC-Modernization Plan
• NBAA Issues Call to Action: Urge FAA to Move on Planned Aircraft-Ownership Security Protections

Feel free to reach out to me at kivey@nbaa.org with any questions.  I look forward to connecting with you soon!  

MBAA and NBAA collaborate to send a letter to

Minnesotan House and Senate Tax Committees,

supporting the extension of the SAF Tax Credit.

April 14th, 2025

The SAF credit (HF1669 / SF 1312) is expected to be part of the Tax Omnibus Bill. 

Read the letters as sent to Representative Greg Davids, Representative Aisha Gomez, Senator Ann Rest, Senator Matt Klein, and Senator Bill Weber 

MN Letter in Support of State SAF Tax Credits - House Version.pdf

MN Letter in Support of Sate SAF Tax Credits - Senate Version.pdf

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"Duluth airport contributes $1.4 billion

to local economy"

- Duluth News Tribune, 3/20/2025. Peter Passi

Mayor Roger Reinert described the city’s aviation sector as a “critical economic engine for our region” Wednesday as the Duluth Airport Authority revealed the findings of a recently completed economic impact study.

Duluth International Airport pumped an estimated $1.4 billion into the local economy in 2024, according to an analysis by the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. The airport, combined with its tenants and users, joined forces to directly provide more than 3,000 jobs, plus another 943 in supporting industries last year, researchers found.

Read more

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"General Aviation Provides Robust Contribution to US Economy"

 Study Reveals General Aviation Supports Over 1.3 Million Jobs and $339 Billion in Economic Output

Feb 2025

NBAA Press Release

Read the full study by PwC, as supported by GAMA, EAA, AOPA, NBAA, NATA,  NASAO, and Vertical Aviation International (formerly HAI):

Contribution-General-Aviation-US-Economy-in-2023-202502.pdf