Wingman standard validates an organisation's commitment to safety as a core value, and the latest operators to achieve the designation are Hop-A-Jet and Lyon Aviation.

Eddie Ima knows how to make an ugly aircraft beautiful. Every month two or more private owners leave an aircraft needing drastic interior surgery - and return weeks later to take away the finished article.

Florida-based Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter is preparing for a bumper winter season - and it is putting an even stronger emphasis on emphasis on summer refurbishment and upgrade. President Barry Ellis said much of the work had been done ready for the expected rise in business from November.