IBM Euroflight has become the first European corporate flight department to complete the new International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) certification process. The IS-BAO certificate now covers IBM’s European and U.S. flight departments, which are based respectively at Paris Le Bourget Airport and White Plains, N.Y.
The two operations’ flight manuals have 95-percent commonality, reflecting the different operational and regulatory environments in which they fly. “IS-BAO has given us the motivation, methodology and guidance for uniting the European and U.S. operations to a common standard,” said IBM director of aviation Jeff Lee. “Having an international standard that is applicable around the world is a tremendous step forward for the business aviation community. We are pleased not only to have the first European flight department to qualify, but also the first flight department to introduce a standard common to operations in more than one country.”
