Air Partner Renews Membership with Air Charter Safety Foundation

Air Partner, a Wheels Up company and world-leading international private aviation services group, announces the renewal of its membership with Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and enhancing safety within the private aviation sector.

Air Partner originally joined ACSF in 2018, underlining the company’s commitment to ensuring safety in the skies and the highest standards within the private aviation community. The safety of its clients is Air Partner’s highest priority, as evidenced by its Quality Management System that far exceeds Federal Aviation Administration requirements, and its policy of evaluating the safety, operational performance, and financial stability of every air charter operator and crew.

“Safety has always been our highest priority and the foundation of the services we provide,” said Mark Briffa, CEO of Air Partner and EVP of Wheels Up Charter. “We are pleased to continue our relationship with ACSF, whose support underlines our dedication to safety and risk management, and our commitment to the highest standards in private aviation.”

“We are thrilled that Air Partner, a company that exemplifies the highest standards of safety and excellence, remains committed to elevating those standards by partnering with us,” said Bryan Burns, President and CEO of ACSF. “Their rigorous Quality Management System and proactive evaluation policies align perfectly with ACSF’s mission to promote and enhance safety in private aviation. We look forward to supporting Air Partner in their ongoing efforts to maintain and raise these standards.”

Air Partner’s attention to safety long predates its ACSF membership. In 2015, the company bolstered its aviation safety programming with the acquisition of Baines Simmons, a globally trusted advisor on aviation safety, regulation, and quality assurance for more than 750 aviation organizations and over 40 aviation authorities. Together with Redline Assured Security, and Kenyon International Emergency Services, Baines Simmons has become a staple of Air Partner’s Services Division, providing training, consulting and managed services to the aviation industry on all aspects aviation safety management and fatigue risk management.

 

About the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF)  

 

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The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF.aero) is a non-profit organization with more than 350+ member companies. Its mission is to lead and support the advancement of the highest safety standards available; to enable the business, charter and fractional ownership industry to offer the safest air transportation products in the world; and to provide objective information about these standards and services to the public.

In accordance with its mission, the ACSF developed the Industry Audit Standard (IAS) for Part 135 and 91K operators, which serves as a detailed gap analysis of an operator’s management practices. ACSF members can also access the organization’s low-cost Safety Management System (SMS) Tool and Member Assistance Program (MAP), as well as take advantage of its third-party oversight programs: Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) and Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). Each spring, the organization hosts its annual ACSF Safety Symposium.

 

(Source: Air Charter Safety Foundation)