Montreal, 07 April 2025 -- The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) announced today that Elite Wings Media, a prominent Canadian business aviation intelligence provider, has joined the Industry Partner Programme (IPP). In addition, a leading US technology company’s flight operation has also joined the Programme as an Operator Affiliate.

The two new partners increase the distinguished group to 21 business aviation organizations working together as global leaders with IBAC’s 15 Member Associations and the IBAC Secretariat to further build and strengthen the global community for business aviation.

“We welcome Elite Wings and our new operator affiliate to IBAC’s Industry Partner Programme and look forward to their participation and support,” said Kurt Edwards, Director General of IBAC. “Elite Wings continues to grow its business aviation insight with its series of industry guides and magazines, and hosts an important aviation summit each year in Montreal. We are happy to have Elite Wings join us in our mission to advocate for the global business aviation community’s growth, safety, and sustainability.”

Viswanath Tata, Elite Wings Director stated, “It is an honour for all of us at Elite Wings to join IBAC's Industry Partner Programme and we look forward to collaborating with this growing IBAC family to address the challenges and opportunities facing our industry."

In addition to Elite Wings and the new operator affiliate, IBAC Industry Partners include leaders from 4Air, Bombardier, CAE, Corporate Jet Investor, Daher, Jet Aviation, JSSI, Luxaviation, MedAire, Roland Vincent Associates (RVA), UAS International Trip Support, and Universal Weather & Aviation. Other esteemed business aviation operator affiliates include Dupont, GCI Communications, Joby Aviation, KAL Aviation, Metrojet, and Starlink Aviation to round out the active Industry Partners.

To learn more about the Industry Partner Programme, IBAC’s globally recognized IS-BAO and IS-BAH safety programmes, and other key initiatives, or visit IBAC.org.

About International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)

IBAC represents the interests of business aviation worldwide. IBAC is a non-profit, international trade association with official observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN Specialized Agency for aviation matters, in Montreal, Canada. IBAC promotes and manages the industry-leading standards for best safety practices through its International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO^TM); International Standard for Business Aviation Handling (IS-BAH^TM); Safety Management Tool Kit; SMS eLearning training; and Crew Card. Recently introduced in partnership with CTX, the IBAC Carbon Credit Exchange provides the business aviation community with a reliable resource for real-time offsetting to reduce its carbon footprint. More details at IBAC.org.

About ELITE WINGS MEDIA

ELITE WINGS MEDIA publishes its content on ELITE WINGS Magazine, UPLINK Newsletter and ELITE-WINGS.COM. Through these publications, we work every day to stay the most trusted source in Business Aviation Intelligence for private and corporate aircraft owners, operators, brokers, MRO, FBO, completion houses and OEMs. Delivering timely, structured, validated, unbiased, and relevant business aviation intelligence and knowledge backed by top industry experts is our mission.

Media contacts:

Marj Rose

IBAC Communications

comms@ibag.org