MODERN AVIATION

Safety & operators

How we vet the operators we quote

This page's job is to be believed. So it is prose and records, not photographs.

  • Operator certificate

    AOC verified

  • Safety rating

    ARGUS / Wyvern

  • Insurance cover

    $50M liability

  • Operating since

    2016

Modern Aviation CLT arranges charter as an agent. Every flight is operated by a third-party air carrier that holds its own FAA Part 135 certificate, and we quote an operator only after it clears the checks below — on the specific airframe, not the company in general.

We hold a current independent safety audit on file for each operator — ARGUS or Wyvern — and we re-check it before every booking, because an audit that lapsed last month is not an audit. Where an operator or an airframe cannot produce a current record, we do not quote it, and we tell you why rather than quietly substituting another aircraft.

On every quote we name the operator and state the registration of the aircraft you will fly. You are never asked to accept an unnamed “or similar” aircraft.

What we check

Vetting criterionRequirement
Air operator certificate
Current, matched to route
Independent safety audit
ARGUS or Wyvern, in date
Combined single-limit insurance
$50M minimum
Pilot-in-command total hours
3,500 minimum
PIC hours on type
500 minimum
Aircraft age
≤ 15 years typical
Maintenance programme
Manufacturer-approved

If something isn't right

If an operator's paperwork can't be verified before departure, we cancel and refund rather than fly. That is the whole point of vetting — it has to be able to say no.