News Release

The ACA appoints deputy chair and expands its NextGen group

The Air Charter Association (The ACA) today announced the appointment of Alina Minaeva as deputy chair of its Next Generation (NextGen) group, to assist chair, Patrick Lucy, in leading the group and promoting greater awareness of the air charter industry to its target audience.

Alina Minaeva, director, Volanteus says: “I am delighted to be appointed as deputy chair of the NextGen group and am excited to support Patrick in leading the initiatives we have planned for the year ahead.”

The ACA NextGen group was formed in October 2020 to showcase and support the industry's many varied, rewarding and challenging career opportunities, support the development of the association's work on sustainability and innovation, and develop wider membership engagement.

To further support the development of the group and implementation of its initiatives, five additional members have been added in 2022: George Romeril of Isle-Fly, Jordan Penning from Air Charter Service, Nicola-Jane Sellers of Luxaviation Group, Samantha Whitfield from Flight Consulting Group and Scott Butcher of Starflight Aviation.

Patrick Lucy, chair of the NexGen group, says: “The appointment of the new members to the group is a great step forward and will enable us to widen our reach and provide valuable additional resources. This will help us to deliver on key projects such as in-person presentations at universities and colleges, support the association's work on sustainability and innovation, and work with charity fly2help with its Aim High Programme.”