Business View Magazine | February 2020

84 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 ERNATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION COUNCIL T he International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), based in Montreal, Canada, is a non- profit trade association that represents and promotes the interests of business aviation around the world. As the global coordinating forum for regional and national business aviation associations, IBAC actively promotes the growth of business aviation, benefitting all sectors of the industry, including corporate- operated, on-demand charters, owner-operated, and fractional owner-operated aircraft. Business aviation is a diverse community of operators, with more than 35,200 turbine aircraft used by 17-18,000 operator/owners in business aviation operations worldwide, ranging in size from small single-engine to large air transport aircraft, as well as helicopters. IBAC was originally founded in 1981 by six national member associations in order to represent the interests of business aircraft operators on a global level, particularly with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, aviation safety and security, airport infrastructure, passenger and cargo facilitation, and environmental sustainability. ICAO also defines the protocols for air accident investigations that are followed THE VOICE OF BUSINESS AVIATION