National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) president and ceo Shelley A. Longmuir has reported that in 2003 there were no fatal accidents for corporate aviation, making it one of the safest years ever for corporate flying.

Statistics just released by aviation safety expert Robert A. Breiling indicate that corporate aviation is one of the safest forms of trans-portation available today.

“While we applaud this excellent safety record, corporate aviation operators don’t rest on that impres-sive record,” said Longmuir. ‘In fact, this inspires corporate aircraft oper-ators to even higher safety standards.”

A strong safety culture has been a critical component of corporate aviation for decades. In fact, corporate aviation’s safety record equals and at times exceeds the excellent record of the scheduled

air carriers.

As an advocate of higher standards of business aviation safety, NBAA

says it has been at the forefront of developing guidelines, standards and programmes that recognise

the specific safety needs of this particular community.