Charter & Fractional
Air Charter Association Promotes Fly Legal Day
Campaign aims to raise awareness of illegal charter on seventh anniversary of fatal flight
Jet on tarmac with caption 'Avoid Illegal Charter Flights'
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The Air Charter Association (ACA) is highlighting the dangers posed by illegal charter flights via its upcoming online campaign, Fly Legal Day, on January 21. As well as commemorating the anniversary of a high-profile fatal accident, the campaign also “aims to educate the industry and the public, to prevent the occurrence of future air tragedies,” explained The ACA.

The industry has established its own reporting mechanism to allow air charter professionals and members of the public to report details of suspected illegal charter flights. This initiative was prompted by a fatal accident in 2019 that killed soccer player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson when a Piper Malibu, operating as an illegal charter, crashed into the English Channel en route between Nantes in France and Cardiff in the UK.