London Oxford Airport, one of the
UK’s busiest business aviation hubs has been formally awarded Stage II of the
International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH).
This industry leading accreditation
is the global standard for best business aviation safety practice.
Significantly, Oxford Aviation Services Limited, OASL with its OxfordJet branded
FBO, is one of only a handful of FBO’s in the World to have received the Stage
II endorsement and only the second in the UK, after TAG Farnborough.
The FBO passed the highly
stringent safety management audit in November following an external assessment
by an IBAC-accredited (International Business Aviation Council) auditor. OASL
was one of the first FBOs in Europe to be awarded IS-BAH Stage I in 2015. The
Stage II achievement represents a higher standard of safety management system
compliance and control than Stage I as well as a broader awareness of the safety
systems amongst all of London Oxford Airport employees.
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Dolores Sardina, Airport
Compliance Manager and Kieran Meikle, Airport Opertations Manager -
responsible for the IS-BAH II audit. |
Commenting on the
achievement, London Oxford Airport Managing Director,
Andi Alexander
said: “We are very proud to have achieved Stage II IS-BAH accreditation. It’s an
important international endorsement for our FBO and its ground handling services
which has been achieved by the sheer hard work and dedication of our great team.
Importantly, it’s an acknowledgement of the highest standard for managing risk
and ensuring quality which will undoubtedly be valued by our operators and
welcomed by our customers.”
Terry Yeomans,
IS-BAH Programme Director, added: “I am delighted to congratulate the team at
Oxford Aviation Services Limited on this great achievement and thank them for
their support and dedication to safety and customer service. We now have 100
FBO’s worldwide who have achieved IS-BAH status and we continue to see more
professional operations like London Oxford embracing the SMS culture that not
only takes the organization beyond compliance but builds on our excellent safety
record goal established by business aviation."
IS-BAH is supported by industry
associations EBAA and the UK’s BBGA and is a voluntary global code of best
practices for ground handlers working in business aviation. |