Tag: BACA

Hunt & Palmer’s Julie Black voted Deputy Chair of BACA

Julie Black has been elected Deputy Chair of BACA – The British Air Charter Association, working alongside Chairman Nick Weston. After roles in a number of different sectors of the air charter industry, Black has wide market experience. In the earlier days of her aviation career she worked at ...

BACA appoints Nick Weston as new chairman

BACA - The Air Charter Association has appointed Nick Weston as new chairman and he takes over from Richard Mumford who has held the role since 2016. The decision was made at the 467th meeting of the BACA Council at the Baltic Exchange on 14 March 2019. Weston takes on the role immediately at the...

BACA’s training guide to ‘best practice’ with charter flight focus

BACA held another training session for members this week (February 6), focusing on best practice. In this fast-moving industry, BACA ensures brokers have the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest market trends and regulations, and to get together to share ideas and feedback. The session's...

BACA hosts training day on ‘frequently misunderstood’ topics

BACA members made their way to the Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesday 27th November for training presentations on two subjects that 'are often misunderstood and are of current importance to brokers and operators,' according to a press release. The two topics were EU 261 regulation regarding compe...

New Flight Charters approved for BACA membership

New Flight Charters has announced is has been approved for membership in BACA-The Air Charter Association Ltd., a worldwide air charter association headquartered in London, UK. The BACA approval puts New Flight Charters in an elite group of private aviation companies, one of only five U.S. air char...

BACA ‘disappointed’ in Volga’s choice to cease using brokers

Photo: BACA Chairman, Richard Mumford. BACA has offered a statement on learning Volga Dnepr's decision to cut the use of brokers and deal with customers directly. It reads: "BACA has been advised that Volga Dnepr has announced that it will no longer work with cargo charter brokers. The company h...

BACA builds anticipate for ACE 2018

BACA, the air charter broker association in the UK, is gearing up for the Air Charter Expo this year, with the organisation stating it will showcase some of the best in business aviation in the world. A release from BACA noted "With many fixed wing and rotary aircraft already committed, the organis...

BACA welcomes two new members to council

Ilaria Iacobini of Universal Aviation and Kevin Ducksbury of Emerge Aviation have been elected to join the Council of BACA - The Air Charter Association. Their appointments come following the departure of two of the Council’s longest serving members; Bernard Keay and former Chairman Dick Gilbert. ...

BACA and EBAA unite to crackdown on illegal charter flights

BACA - The Air Charter Association Ltd. and the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) today announced their decision to join forces to combat illegal charter flights – often referred to as grey charter – where aircraft that have not been approved for paying passengers are used for charte...

BACA speaks out on overnight restrictions imposed on London airports

"Business aviation drives investment, it allows businesses to access markets which are not served by regular airline flights, making companies competitive, more successful and, by association, create more British jobs and more tax revenues", reads a statement by BACA on overnight restrictions impose...

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