Apprenticeships, early outreach to schools and work experience placements have a big part to play in addressing the talent crunch that’s biting business aviation, an industry media panel at the recent British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) annual conference emphasized.
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Samanda Omanovic, a flight manager at UK-based IW Aviation, was delighted to win a Premium subscription to AC-U-KWIK at the Air Charter Association's spring lunch at London's Guildhall on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The prize was one of several raffle prizes at the event, where numbered tickets are drawn at random at the end of the event.
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Marc Bailey, CEO of The British Business General Aviation Association, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Michael Wheatley Award for Outstanding Services to Aviation. Marc celebrates 15 years steering the largest national business aviation association in Europe, following a four-decade career working with blue-chip aerospace organizations, including British Airways and Cobham. He started his career as a technician apprentice with BA predecessor BOAC at London Heathrow.
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Emphasizing the importance of attracting young people into aviation, The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) was pleased to announce Ben Newman, Group Business Development Manager at Inflite, The Jet Centre, as the recipient of its 2024 Excellence in Aviation – Next Generation award. This category recognizes the achievements of outstanding next-gen professionals who have made a significant impact in their business aviation roles.
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The British Business and General Aviation Association is pleased to recognize Neil Harvey, a renowned and popular industry leader in business aviation, for its 2024 Contribution to Industry award. Neil, Director of Executive Aviation at award-winning charter brokerage Hunt & Palmer, marked 30 years at the company this year. He has introduced many newcomers into the often-complex world of on-demand aviation and earned respect and friendship from industry peers around the world.
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The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) actively engages with young people to help inspire the next generation of aviation professionals. It is involved in various initiatives aimed at promoting careers in aviation, highlighted in its #BizavEnables social media campaign; including through its collaboration with Stansted Airport College and its support of the Aviation Skills Recruitment Platform (ASRP)/TalentView Aviation (TVA).
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Industry peers increasingly ask how the BBGA, the recognized voice of the British business and general aviation sector, is responding to acts of trespass and vandalism of executive jets. Just last month one prominent activist, fresh from spraying orange paint over Stone Henge, Wiltshire’s iconic monument, cut through a security fence at London Stansted Airport, entered a private aviation terminal, and did the same to two, privately owned, visiting business jets.
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The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) is appealing for the ring-fencing of take-off and landing slots for business aviation users on behalf of its operator members who face being locked out of two premier London airports after 11 pm this summer. London Luton (EGGW) and London Stansted (EGSS) airports will be closed from 11 pm to 6 am from June 1 to September 30 as all ad hoc slots are removed – to make way for expected late arrivals by scheduled airlines. Only Ryanair, which operates three business aircraft itself, for AOG flights, is exempt.
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Wally Epton, who has contributed six decades of exemplary service to the aviation industry in civil and defense roles, is this year’s recipient of the British Business and General Aviation Association’s prestigious Michael Wheatley Award for Outstanding Services to the general aviation industry. BBGA Chair Aoife O’Sullivan presented him with the accolade at the Association’s annual conference and AGM on March 7th at London’s Leonardo Hotel, St Paul’s, to an audience of 140 plus industry peers.
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The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) is pleased to welcome Paul Cremer as Chair of its Operations Working Group, a supplementary responsibility that complements his role as Head of Aviation Delivery at the Gama Aviation Group.
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Tom Perry, the face of Cessna Aircraft in Europe for three decades, is this year’s recipient of the British Business and General Aviation Association’s prestigious Michael Wheatley Award for Outstanding Services to the general aviation industry. BBGA Chair Aoife O’Sullivan presented him with the accolade at the Association’s annual conference and AGM on March 2nd at London’s Leonardo Hotel, St Paul’s.
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