11 December, 2018:Jet Aviation has received International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 2 Safety Registration from the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) for 20 of its FBOs across EMEA and the Americas. The company intends to achieve IS-BAH Standard registration for its new Hawker Pacific and KLM Jet Centre FBOs next year.
IBAC Programme Director for IS-BAH, Terry Yeomans, presented 20 IS-BAH Stage 2 Safety Certificates to Jet Aviation. “This remarkable achievement demonstrates Jet Aviation’s ongoing commitment to the highest safety standards for its customers and employees,” said Yeomans.
Based around a safety management system that models the structure and format of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operators (IS-BAO), IS-BAH establishes criteria for best handling systems, processes and practices to ensure FBOs meet rigorous safety and security standards.
Jet Aviation received IS-BAH Stage 2 Safety Registration for the following FBOs in EMEA and Asia:
Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland
Berlin (Schonefeld), Dusseldorf and Munich, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Dubai (DXB and DWC), United Arab Emirates
Jeddah, Medina, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Singapore
In the US, Jet Aviation’s IS-BAH Stage 2-registered FBOs include:
Washington Dulles, Virginia
Teterboro, New Jersey
Bedford, Massachusetts
Palm Beach, Florida
Dallas and Houston, Texas
St. Louis, Missouri
Van Nuys, California
Stefan Benz, Jet Aviation’s SVP Regional Operations, EMEA, said, "Two years ago, we announced that we had earned IS-BAH Standard registration at 11 of our facilities.Now, we have achieved Stage 2 at nearly double that number. This is a great credit to our teams of FBO professionals and clearly underscores Jet’s culture of global safety."
IN THE PICTURE: From left: Stefan Benz, SVP Regional Operations, EMEA; Terry Yeomans, IS-BAH Programme Director; Rob Smith, President Jet Aviation; and Kurt H. Edwards, IBAC Director General