
| 1988 | Consultancy and aircraft management and trading company established | 1988 – 1991 | UK Government work for the DETR in business troubleshooting and grant recommendations / Aircraft trading and private sector consultancy increased activity in all consultancy sectors, major airline start-ups | 1992 – 1996 | Flagship assignment, started from scratch NEPC Airlines, a multi fleet (Fokker, Boeing and corporate) airline based in Madras, India. ABA drove this company to become number one private sector airline in India by 1996. | 1996 | Acquired Lydd Airport in Southeast Kent | 1997 | Formed an EU-OPS 1 / EASA scheduled airline operation | 1998 | Formed an EASA Part 145 engineering organisation | 1999 – 2000 | Business grouping profitable, development capital sought | 2001 – 2003 | Investment partners inducted, Lydd Airport developed, airline renamed to LyddAir Ltd., introduction of international scheduled and charter operations | 2005 | Multi-faceted lobbying, presentations, and meetings at all levels within the UK Government result in the December 2003 Airports White Paper including Lydd for development | 2005 | Restructuring reduces shareholding in airport and ABA takes 100% ownership of airline | 2006 | Airline restructuring to take account of changing market conditions | 2007 - 2008 | Air Share introduced as a low cost entry fractional ownership programme | 2008 | Aircraft management services and contacts developed in Singapore and Far East | 2008 | Introduction of King Air B200 to AOC | 2009 | Major consultancy programmes underway in the Middle and Far East | 2009 | Appointed as management team for London Ashford Airport Limited. |



