Major aviation associations have expressed criticism of the increased rate of duty on private jets announced in yesterday's Autumn Budget. Groups including The Air Charter Association, the British Business and General Aviation Association and the Regional and Business Airports Group released a jo...

The Air Charter Association (ACA) hosted its annual Air Charter Expo on Tuesday 9 September at London Biggin Hill Airport, drawing record numbers of delegates, exhibitors and aircraft. More than 2,000 delegates attended ACE’25, alongside over 100 exhibitors and more than 20 aircraft on display. ...

The global trade body The Air Charter Association (The ACA) is promoting its annual Fly Legal Day on 21 January 2025 to continue to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal air charter. The date marks the 6th anniversary of the air tragedy in which Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala and his...

Hunt & Palmer has, for the second time, been awarded the accolade of Charter Operators’ Broker of the Year at The Air Charter Association’s annual awards, held on 21 November. The award, first introduced in 2022, recognises the value the brokerage community delivers in facilitating execut...

Global trade body, The Air Charter Association (The ACA) hosted the 2024 Air Charter Excellence Awards on 21 November at the DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole. The Air Charter Excellence Awards is a standout event for the industry, with 500 air charter professionals coming together to celeb...

Global trade body for the air charter industry, The Air Charter Association (The ACA), is announcing the latest addition to its international non-executive board – Shaun Quigley who will represent the Asia-Pacific region. Focused on regional geographic areas, The ACA’s international board mem...

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) is announcing the appointment of Ryan Waguespack to its newly incepted international non-executive board, where he will represent the region of North America. The ACA’s International Board members are focused on their regional geographic areas. They focu...

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) is developing its Executive Team with the appointment of a Training Manager to expand the Association’s member training courses, and the promotion of Business & Events Manager, Madeleine Field, to General Manager Operations. With more than twenty year...

Challenge Group is the new member of The Air Charter Association and wishes to actively contribute to its activities. The company thus joins the leading worldwide trade association for companies and individuals engaged in aircraft charter. Inspired by the concept of the shared economy as found...

The Air Charter Association (The ACA), currently in its 71st year, is today announcing the formation of a new group of industry professionals to help set the direction of The ACA and shape the industry’s future.   The group, whose members will all be under the age of 3...

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) is celebrating the success of its charity golf day in association with London Biggin Hill Airport on the 14th September, which raised more than £4,000 for UK aviation charity fly2help, despite the challenges presented by Covid-19. After new guidelines c...

Today, The Air Charter Association (The ACA) and the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is issuing a warning to the business aviation sector regarding an increase in online fraud, as the charter market opens up to new and returning users.  The two industry bodies re...

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) is helping members chart a course to economic recovery with a new partnership with Hamburg-based aviation market intelligence provider WINGX. This exclusive collaboration will make WINGX global business aviation market analysis available to ACA members free of ...

Kevin Ducksbury of Emerge Aviation has been appointed as the new Chairman of The Air Charter Association, succeeding Nick Weston of Weston Aviation. The appointment was made at the February Board Meeting of The Air Charter Association following a vote and the endorsement of the Board. Kevin is the ...