Every operator, aircraft and crew is vetted against a real safety standard before you fly. It is the one part of our work we will never compromise, and the one thing we will always tell you straight.
These are the independent audits an operator has to earn. We look for them first, then keep checking.
An outside firm grades the operator and keeps detailed records on its aircraft, pilots and history. Gold, Gold Plus and Platinum are earned through audit, never bought.
The exact aircraft and the specific crew assigned to your trip are verified against a published safety standard before departure, not just the operator in general.
The global code for business aviation, built on ICAO rules. Operators are audited in stages to prove a safety management system that genuinely works.
A Wyvern or ARGUS badge tells you an operator was audited. It cannot tell you about the exact aircraft, the crew on the day, or the state of the operation this week. So our team keeps checking, by hand, on every trip, because this is who is on board.
Our safety management system
“I don’t care how beautiful the aircraft is. If every one of these checks has not been passed, I will not put a client on board. That is the one line I will never cross.”
Loryn Farnden, Founder of Aaliya Jets
We confirm the operator holds a current Air Operator Certificate that covers the exact type of flight, aircraft category and regions being flown. A certificate for one kind of operation does not authorise another, and without the right one nothing else counts.
We look at who genuinely holds operational control of the aircraft, how the operator runs its safety management system, and its full incident and enforcement history. An aircraft is only ever as safe as the organisation flying it.
We check that the specific tail number is on a recognised maintenance programme, that inspections and airworthiness directives are current, and that its records are complete, not the fleet as shown in a brochure. We also confirm its year of manufacture, its most recent cabin refurbishment and its overall condition, so what you step onto is exactly what you were promised.
We verify both pilots are current and type-rated, with the total hours, the hours on that specific aircraft type and the recent flying to match the trip. Where an operator is Wyvern-audited, the exact crew is confirmed against a published standard before departure.
Some airports ask more of a crew: short runways, high terrain, demanding approaches or special qualifications. We check the crew has the experience and, where it matters, prior familiarity with the specific airport and route being flown.
We confirm adequate liability cover for that aircraft, that mission and every passenger on board, in writing. Verified before you fly, never assumed.
The strongest operators pay outside firms to inspect them against a published standard. ARGUS, Wyvern and IS-BAO each carry real weight, and we look for them first.
Not every trip can be flown to the standard we hold. When it cannot, we say so plainly and help find another way. Turning a flight down is never the failure; putting someone on the wrong aircraft would be.
“If it cannot be done to the standard we hold, we will tell you plainly, and we will not put you on the aircraft.”
These audits are voluntary, and the firms that run them are concentrated in North America. In much of the world, and on many domestic networks in fast-growing markets such as India, far fewer operators hold one.
That does not automatically make an aircraft unsafe, but the reassurance you would look for elsewhere is often absent, so the checking has to go deeper and by hand: the certificate, the insurance, the maintenance and the crew, verified directly. On routes like these the vettable pool is small, and we will not pretend otherwise to win a booking.
We confirm the operator holds a valid Air Operator Certificate for that exact flight, review its operational control, safety management system and incident history, and verify the specific aircraft's airworthiness and the crew's experience before anyone flies.
They are independent safety audits an operator can earn. ARGUS grades operators from Gold to Platinum, Wyvern verifies the exact aircraft and crew against a published standard before a flight, and IS-BAO is the international code for business aviation built on ICAO rules.
A rating is a strong signal but never the whole story, and in much of the world far fewer operators hold one. Where a badge is not there we check deeper and by hand, and if a trip cannot be done to our standard we say so plainly.
We verify both pilots are current and type-rated, with the total hours, the hours on that specific aircraft type and the recent flying to match the trip, and, where it matters, prior familiarity with the specific airport and its approach.
Yes. We check the specific tail number is on a recognised maintenance programme with current inspections, and confirm adequate insurance covers that aircraft, mission and every passenger, in writing.
If you would like to know exactly how a specific aircraft and operator would be vetted for your trip, ask. The check is the same whether you book or not.
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