ACMIWORLD Lists Eight Aircraft Registry Change and Re-Registration Firms, From Avtrac to Baines Simmons
Why It MattersRegistry transitions involve specialist work that is spread across technical consultancies, CAMOs and title and escrow providers, so owners and operators typically assemble several firms for one move.
ACMIWORLD has published a list of eight firms that manage aircraft registry changes and re-registration, each checked on its own website. The publication kept firms that offer a specific registration, deregistration, import and export or registry transition service and that state where they work or which registers they cover. The group includes technical consultancies, CAMOs and one title and escrow company.
The eight firms are Avtrac, Nordic Aviation CAMO and Consulting, CAC Global Solutions, Oscar Echo Business Jet Services, Insight Aviation Group, Avalon Aero Technical Services (AATS), Insured Aircraft Title Service and Baines Simmons.
Avtrac was founded in 1992 by Valentine Barry, works from Crawley in the UK, and says it has worked on more than 2,000 commercial aircraft projects. Its jurisdictional service obtains the export Certificate of Airworthiness and the import recommendation for the new state of registry. Nordic Aviation CAMO and Consulting is an EASA Part-CAMO with consultants in the Oslo region, the Helsinki area and Toulouse. Insight Aviation Group, based at Bournemouth Airport in the UK, is an approved Technical Coordinator for the Guernsey 2-REG register. AATS is an independent UK CAMO that also supports aircraft acquisition and delivery and the migration of maintenance records. Insured Aircraft Title Service has worked in aviation title and escrow since 1963, including FAA document preparation and filing, title searches, lien clearing and International Registry filings. Baines Simmons, a UK safety consultancy, designs, builds and operates aircraft registries for governments.
The article sets out a typical registry change sequence: choose the destination register and confirm eligibility; run a records review; clear liens and International Registry interests; deregister and obtain the export Certificate of Airworthiness; complete the survey and any work package; register the aircraft, apply the new marks and obtain the new certificates; and update insurance, approvals and the lease or management agreement. It advises starting with the destination register's requirements.
