La Quinta, California – October 16, 2013 – Desert Jet has earned the National Business Aviation Association’s Commercial Business Flying Safety Award for exceptional achievement in maintaining safe flying operations, for a third consecutive year.

Only 45 aircraft charter companies have been presented with this award, from the nearly 2000 charter operators that are in business throughout the U.S.

Desert Jet has maintained a perfect safety rating since its founding in 2007.  In 2009 Desert Jet became one of the first charter companies to earn IS-BAO registration, demonstrating compliance with a global business aviation best practices standard.  Desert Jet has also been an industry leader in safety, creating the first iPad Flight Risk Assessment Tool app for industry use.

Since 1953, the NBAA Flying Safety Awards have brought worldwide recognition to the excellent safety record of business aviation by honoring the safety records of NBAA Member Companies. The awards reflect the skill of a company’s management, maintenance, pilot and support personnel teams and have been endorsed and approved by the National Safety Council.

About Desert Jet

Headquartered in Southern California, Desert Jet is a full-service aviation management company specializing in aircraft charter, management, maintenance, acquisitions and sales.  Desert Jet has ranked on the Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest growing privately-owned companies three years in a row.  Desert Jet’s safety certifications include IS-BAO registration, Wyvern Wingman status and the ARG/US Gold+ rating. For more information visit the Desert Jet website at www.desertjet.com, email info@desertjet.com or contact (800) 381-JETS.