TAG Aviation has been awarded an Air Operator Certificate by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI). The operator has already opened a dedicated Cayman office and registered its first managed aircraft, which is a Gulfstream 650.

Receiving the Cayman AOC will further enhance TAG Aviation's aircraft management and charter service portfolio activities. The company also holds AOC's from San Marino, Malta and UK.

“The Cayman AOC allows us to extend the scope of TAG's capabilities and widen our range of bespoke services to our clients by providing the flexibility of various operating solutions,” says president Steven Young.

“The CAACI certification team worked both collaboratively and proactively with TAG throughout the whole process,” adds Cayman accountable manager Julyn Tan.

“We are pleased to issue TAG Aviation (Cayman) with a Cayman Islands Air Operator Certificate," says director general of Civil Aviation Richard Smith. "TAG has been a longstanding operator of Cayman Islands registered aircraft for private owners, and we are delighted that it will now provide commercial air transport services under Cayman Islands jurisdiction. This evolution to commercial operations demonstrates mutual confidence held by our respective organisations in assuring safe and compliant operations. This also bodes well for the Cayman Islands Aircraft Registry with TAG being a leading operator of Cayman registered aircraft. We look forward to its continued growth and success as it serve the needs of this dynamic industry.

"We also want to acknowledge the strategic partnership between the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Enterprise City, that provides key elements required for the jurisdictional establishment for operators engaged in commercial operations offshore.”