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Signature Location Earns 1st NATA Sustainability Tier 3 Nod

Signature's Vail Valley Jet Center is the first aviation facility to receive Tier 3 recognition under NATA's new sustainability standard.

Signature Flight Support was the first company to achieve Tier 3 status under NATA's recently launched Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses. Its location at Colorado's Eagle Regional Airport earned the designation. (Photo: Signature Aviation)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

August 3, 2022

Signature Flight Support’s Vail Valley Jet Center at Colorado’s Eagle Regional Airport is the first to achieve Tier 3 in NATA’s Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses. The free, voluntary initiative, developed by a working group under NATA’s environment committee, was launched last November to provide FBOs and other industry operators with a self-certification process for pursuing flexible, cost-effective options to lower their carbon footprint.

Each level of the program builds on the previous tier's guidelines, starting with the initial Green Aviation Business designation which includes a checklist of mandatory features. Further improvements include the installation of low-flow plumbing fixtures, implementation of a sustainable sourcing/procurement policy, adoption of electrically-powered ground handling equipment and vehicles, and upgrade of lighting to energy-efficient LEDs.

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