Press Release

Issued by International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA).

July 5, 2022

The International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) has grown in both size and effectiveness over the past 18 months. Now in its fourth year since rebranding as an international organisation in 2018, IADA has reached new heights in overall membership.

Spurred on by attractive programmes and its members' professionalism in an erratic airplane marketplace, IADA has added an international OEM and signed up six new IADA-accredited dealer members and 21 Verified Products and Services members during the past 18 months.

IADA's roster now includes seven OEMs, 50 dealers and 76 Products and Services members.

“Clearly, IADA's fundamental insistence on a strict code of ethics and the organisation's exclusive and sophisticated AircraftExchange, our online marketplace, have been strong catalysts for the growth of the organisation and our effectiveness,” said IADA executive director Wayne Starling. “In addition, our accreditation and certification processes, regulatory processes and the IADA Foundation have also greatly contributed to the organisation's growth and industry presence.”

Formed more than 30 years ago, IADA promotes growth and public understanding of the aircraft resale industry. The organisation offers the world's only ethics-based accreditation programme for aircraft dealers and the only certification programme for individual brokers. IADA's Products and Services members undergo and pass a rigorous verification process that ensures ethical compliance and professional expertise.

With the addition in 2021 of Airbus Corporate Jets as an OEM member of IADA, there are now seven OEMs participating in the activities of the organisation. The other OEMs include Bombardier, Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., Embraer Executive Jets, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Honda Aircraft Company and Textron Aviation.

IADA's roster of accredited dealers reads like a who's who of leading business aircraft transaction experts, with experience throughout the world. They employ certified aircraft brokers located across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia.

A popular product of IADA is its AircraftExchange, the only aircraft listing site where every aircraft listed for sale is represented by an accredited dealer. To earn accreditation, IADA dealers must meet strenuous accreditation standards, receive sponsorship from current IADA-accredited aircraft dealers and undergo a formal review process. IADA-accredited aircraft dealers agree to adhere to a strict code of ethics that ensures fully transparent transactions between IADA dealers and aircraft buyers.

The AircraftExchange search portal enables organisations to create a confidential dashboard of business jets for sale, filtered based on their features and amenities, aircraft class, age and price. Users can browse through data-rich listings for all categories of business aircraft.

The IADA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organisation, is committed to offering financial support to aspiring students and young professionals while also helping aviation related charities in a time of need. The IADA Business Aviation Scholarship, funded by the foundation was established to benefit university students seeking a career in business aviation, specifically, within the corporate aircraft sales, marketing, finance, legal and insurance community. Recently, to help support those displaced by the war in Ukraine, the IADA Foundation pledged $10,000 to a Romanian orphanage that is also providing support to Ukrainian refugees.