Several business aviation companies were recognized in the annual Excellence Awards event organized by the Air Charter Association (ACA). Ten awards were handed out during a gala dinner attended by 500 industry professionals in Brighton, UK, on November 21.

The award for executive passenger charter operator of the year went to Atmospherica Aviation, which is based in the Czech Republic. In the helicopter, commercial, and cargo charter categories, Halo Aviation, Air Charter Europe, and Cargojet were, respectively, announced as the winners.

Gulfstream Aerospace was honored as aircraft manufacturer of the year, while UK-based XLR Executive Jet Centres was named as the top handling agent/FBO. Hunt & Palmer won the charter operators’ broker of the year award.

As part of the ACA’s ongoing work to promote opportunities for a new generation of charter industry professionals, judges chose Saxon Air’s Rachel Harvey as the group’s NextGen Young Person of the Year. William Bush was recognized among the 2024 cohort of ACA interns for the project he conducted during the program.

Business aviation services group Luxaviation won the Sir Michael Marshall Award for sustainability in aviation. The ACA’s sustainability partner 4Air arranged for the awards event’s immediate environmental footprint, in terms of water, energy, and waste, to be offset through carbon credits.