Based on years of experience at all levels of the aviation industry, ABA provides expert advice and brings innovative business solutions to airlines, corporate aviation, operators, airport managers and developers, and financial investors.

ABA consultants understand every aspect of how the commercial & private aviation sectors operate. Whether developing an airline, planning an airport, or operating aircraft, we can provide the expertise that you need to:

• Minimise risk
• Increase effectiveness
• Save money

Aircraft Sales & Asset Management

Whether a client already owns an aircraft, or has instructed ABA to acquire one (refer to the Professional Aircraft Acquisition page for more information), ABA has the ability to professionally manage the asset. Several economic advantages for the aircraft owner can be achieved by placing the aircraft under management:

• The owner is relieved of a time consuming administrative burden.
• The asset is maintained and operated to the highest industry standards.
• Cost of ownership can be significantly offset through third party income.

Banks and lessors normally require a business plan or strategy, confirmation of financial strength, and verification of management and organisational infrastructure in order to ascertain the ability to safely operate and maintain the asset.

Why ABA?

ABA owns and operates an Airline certificated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority and licensed by the European Airworthiness Safety Agency (EASA).

ABA has the organisational infrastructure mandated for a commercial airline. The group has invested in the latest flight planning, crew control, scheduling, and maintenance tracking systems, and has also developed proprietary programmes that keep track of all operational aspects of an aircraft and its continued airworthiness.

Management Tasks

The following list summarises important tasks carried out by a qualified aircraft management company:

• Maintenance Planning – scheduled inspections, airworthiness directives, service bulletins, and a multitude of component lives which expire on a calendar, hourly, or cyclic basis and which must be tracked and kept up-to-date.
• Aircrew – new entry screening (of key importance to efficient operations) and initial and recurrent training that must be properly structured to attain required levels of safety and professionalism.
• Rostering & Scheduling – assurance the aircraft is serviceable, in the desired place, at the desired time, with a crew having the necessary duty hours
• Operations – aircraft must be cleaned, catered, fuelled, and line dispatched by engineering, in-flight documentation (navigational logs, load sheets, meteorology/notams) prepared, flight plans filed, arrangements made for handling and aircraft care/turnaround.

Atlantic Bridge Aviation
Lydd Airport
Lydd, Romney Marsh
Kent, TN29 9QL
United Kingdom