Some business aircraft operators should start preparing for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) one year ago, announced the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) on the eve of the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition.

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The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has expanded its leadership team for the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) and Business Aircraft Handling (IS- BAH) Programmes, to keep up with growth and increased interest in these global codes of best safety practices for the business aviation community.

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IS-BAO is the only business aviation standard by operators, for operators. It has been a successful safety and operations system for 15 years with nearly 800 operators worldwide.

Beginning in the fall of 2016, the IBAC IS-BAO team went on a listening tour to hear from operators and auditors. You spoke, via industry roundtables, associations, and boards; operator direct feedback; your representatives on the IS-BAO Standards Board; operator focus groups; and auditor focus groups

We heard that the IS-BAO Programme needed to be streamlined and modernized. Read more here.

IS-BAO, the only voluntary safety standard for business aviation by business aviation, was elevated to new heights today with a big vote of confidence from industry leaders in a new and improved standard. The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is rolling out a modernized and consolidated version of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO), the voluntary, global code of best practices for business aviation. This comes after a unanimous vote from the IS-BAO Standards Board made up of flight department industry leaders and recognized subject matter experts.

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