UAS honours the ‘best in business aviation’: Coinciding with the Dubai Airshow, global aviation solutions company UAS International Trip Support once again honoured the best in business aviation at the annual UAS Outstanding Suppliers Awards ceremony yesterday.
The awards were presented by Mr Mohammed Al Husary, UAS Executive President at an event for business aviation friends and media at Jet Aviation’s stunning FBO conveniently situated adjacent to the Dubai World Central Airport (DWC).
Of the eight award winners announced, all were in attendance to receive the awards accept for Lider Aviacao which was named Best Handler in the Americas.
Tatev Avetikyan, Aviation Fuel Sales Manager- GA and Farid Al Bastaki, Director ENOC Aviation receiving the Global Fuel Supplier Award for ENOC
Phillipe Gerard, Senior Director FBO and Khaled M. Almulla, Chairman of Jet Aviation accepting the award for Global Service Provider-Best Customer Service
The Zarkanis and Sami Elias of Z Aviation Services accepting the award for Best Handler in Africa
George Mavros of Skylink Services accepting the award for Best Handler in Europe
Anna Moroz, COO and Sergey Khramtsov, CEO of Eastunion Business Aviation accepting the award for Best Handler CIS Countries
Aljoscha Subansinghe of Asia Flight Services accepting the award for Best Handler in Asia Pacific and Indian Subcontinent
Dumani Ndebele, Regional FBO Manager ME, ExecuJet Middle East accepting the award for Best Handler Middle East
The winners reflect the strict selection process UAS undertakes when selecting vendors (evaluating performance consistency over the past 12 months).
They have won their awards following an evaluation of feedback from UAS team members, assessment of client satisfaction reports and input from the UAS Procurement Department which continually monitors service levels from UAS suppliers.
The first UAS Outstanding Suppliers Awards took place in 2015 and have since become an important institution for the company, celebrating UAS’s leading industry partners in every region as well as the best performing handlers.
“UAS sets the benchmark for customer service and standards as our partner selection is always based on a rigorous assessment. We congratulate this year’s award winners. They reflect our most excellent strategic partners of the last twelve months which have consistently responded to all our customer demands, no matter how difficult or complex. We’re delighted to work with them, as well as all our partners around the globe, all of which represent the best in operational excellence,” said Mr Al Husary.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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