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Business Aviation Groups Form Alliance to Push Back on Illegal Charters

The Air Charter Safety Alliance has organized eight global business aviation associations to battle illegal charter operators. NBAA
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Key Takeaways:

  • A new global coalition, the Air Charter Safety Alliance (ACSA), has been formed by major international aviation groups to combat illegal charter operations.
  • ACSA aims to address unauthorized charter flights that evade safety oversight, which endangers passengers and harms approved charter operators.
  • The coalition plans to gather best practices, create an online platform, and launch educational campaigns to raise awareness among stakeholders and promote safer choices.
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A new coalition called the Air Charter Safety Alliance (ACSA) says that while the overwhelming majority of on-demand charter flights comply with national and international safety standards, there have been instances of unauthorized aircraft operators actively avoiding aviation authority oversight by operating illegal flights, placing at risk the safety of passengers and hurting the economic health of approved charter operators.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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