12/08/2026
Congratulations to our fifteen interns who successfully completed The ACA Internship Training Week 2026, last week at London Biggin Hill Airport.
During the course of the week the interns were given a high-level overview of the air charter industry, led by The ACA’s Head of Training Julie Ellis, covering a range of topics including manufacturers and aircraft types, abbreviations and airport codes, charter broking, aircraft operations, sustainability and general employment skills such as CV writing and interview guidance.
In addition, there were a range of inspiring insight sessions from industry guest speakers, as well as the unique opportunity to undertake practical on-site airport visits to operators and FBO’s.
We are immensely grateful to all of the guest speakers who attended throughout the week to share their expertise:
Andy Patsalides, London Biggin Hill Airport; Ekaterina Andreeva, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering; Juan M. Capilla, Bombardier; Lewis Holbrook, Flightworx Aviation Ltd; Mike Rivett, Churchill Aviation; Scott Butcher, Gulfstream Aerospace; Zoë Layden, Claveaux Consulting.
We would also like to thank Bombardier , Castle Air Aviation Group, Jetex, London Biggin Hill Airport and Oriens Aviation for providing our interns access to tour their state-of-the-art facilities.
We wish the best of luck to our interns who will soon begin their work placements at leading member companies, where they will recieve unparalleled access to experience working in the air charter industry for the first time.
