Safety & operators
How we vet the operators we quote
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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 Where an operator or an airframe cannot produce a current record, we do not quote it, and we tell you why rather than quietly substituting another aircraft.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
- 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.