Hat trick for Gama Aviation at BACA awards

Monday 1st November, 2010

Gama Aviation has scooped the Baltic Air Charter Association’s (BACA) Excellence Award for Best General Aviation Operator for the third consecutive year, making 2010 a hat trick for the prestigious title.

Paul Cremer, Commercial Manager, collected the award from sports presenter and broadcaster John Inverdale on behalf of the company at the annual BACA Awards luncheon at London’s Guildhall on 26 October. He thanked the brokers and customers for their business and added: “This is for everyone at Gama – in operations, charter and management, IT, engineers, flight crew and admin.”

“This endorsement from BACA is a reflection of the effort and hard work contributed by everyone at the company,” said Marwan Khalek, Group CEO. “I am thrilled that these efforts have again been recognised by fellow BACA members who fully understand and appreciate the challenges within our industry.”

TAG Farnborough Airport, Gama’s UK base, was awarded the title of Best Airport 2010. Like Gama it has also been recognised for the accolade three years in a row.

Gama Group company Airops was also celebrating as several winners, including TAG Farnborough and Titan Airways, (which won best passenger charter airline) plus nominees Synergy Aviation and LEA, use Airops software to manage their operations. “This is the fifth year in a row that winners have been an Airops client, which we are very proud of,” commented Managing Director Daniel Tee.

BACA is the world’s largest and most respected network for Air Charter Professionals, representing the interests of charter airlines, air-brokers, airports, business aircraft operators, freight forwarders and consultants at both a commercial and political level. The annual BACA awards acknowledge those who have contributed an outstanding level of service to the industry.

Established in 1983, Gama Aviation has expanded into a leading business aviation services supplier providing aircraft management, charter and maintenance services. The company operates a worldwide fleet of more than 75 owned and managed aircraft from its bases throughout Europe, North America and the Middle East.

Photo Caption:

Left to right:
Adam Neaves, Commercial Executive, Gama Aviation; Elaine Turner, Events and Marketing Manager, TAG Farnborough Airport; Paul Cremer, Commercial Manager, Gama; Daniel Tee, MD Airops and Tom Wells, Commercial Manager, Gama

Editor’s note:

Gama is an international business aviation services organisation, founded in 1983 in the UK by two commercial pilots, Marwan Khalek and Stephen Wright. The group employs over 300 staff at bases in Europe, North America and the Middle East and operates over 75 business jet aircraft. The group’s companies hold EU-OPS, FAA Part 135 and UAE Charter Certificates, EASA Part 145 Maintenance Approvals, Part 21 Design and Manufacture Approvals and offer business aircraft charter, management, FBO, maintenance, valeting and aviation software services. It is headquartered at Farnborough Airport in the UK, with regional headquarters in Stratford, CT in the USA and at Sharjah in the UAE. Sales offices are located in Teterboro, NJ and at Dubai in the UAE. In addition, the group has over 30 worldwide operating bases.