Germany-based Aero-Dienst will be awarded the Platinum Safety of Flight Award at EBACE by the European Business Aviation Association.
Aero-Dienst will receive the award for its record of 100,000 flight hours with zero accidents.
"After receiving the award in gold in 2008, we have now managed to complete more than 20,000 additional flight hours without any accident," said Uwe Marx, Aero-Dienst's flight operations director.
Source: Flight Daily News
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