{"id":44221,"date":"2025-04-16T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universalweather.com\/blog\/?p=44221"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:41:45","slug":"business-aviation-regulatory-update-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.universalweather.com\/blog\/business-aviation-regulatory-update-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Aviation Regulatory Update &#8211; April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Regulatory Roundup with the BizavGuy - April\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-cookieconsent=\"preferences, statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4lHOgDAhOSw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-preferences cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>ATTENTION: Embedded Video Playback Unavailable<\/strong> - Due to your current cookie preferences, videos embedded on this page cannot be displayed. 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