Canadian drone show company lands US headquarters in Tampa

Christian Ilumin knew a thing or two about aviation startups before starting his own company, Toronto-based Illumin Drone Shows, in 2021. 

In the mid 1990s he got his start at an airline and climbed the leadership ranks at Canadian Skyservice Airlines and Sky Regional Airlines, with a brief stint at Virgin America. His institutional knowledge of the industry prepared him for the life of aeronautical entrepreneurship that would eventually bring his company, which produces drone light shows, to Florida: The company recently announced its U.S. hub will be in Tampa.