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New Jersey Charter Operator Earns FAA SMS Conformance

Aviation Charters is now offering assistance to other operators looking to follow it

FlightServ FBO at Trenton Mercer Airport — Based at sister company FlightServ's FBO at Trenton Mercer Airport, Aviation Charters looks to use its expertise in SMS conformance to help other operators reach that status.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

August 7, 2024

Aviation Charters, a sister company to New Jersey-based service provider FlightServ, has achieved FAR Part 5 SMS Active Conformance status. This is one of the industry’s highest levels of safety management certification and makes the company the first in the Greater Philadelphia area to obtain it.

Based at FlightServ’s FBO and maintenance base at Trenton Mercer Airport (KTTN), Aviation Charters embarked on its mission to achieve the standard in March 2019 when the rigorous process was part of the FAA’s Safety Management System Voluntary Program. Its SMS manual was approved in January 2020. In May 2024, the voluntary program became mandatory for Part 135 charter operators, and Aviation Charters recently received its certification.

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