Curated Providers
Built to Accelerate your Flight Department
Curated Providers
Curated by Robbie Moon
This section distills everything down to a short, focused list — the exact partners and registrars we most frequently recommend when helping Part 91 owners and flight departments build efficient, reliable operations.
These are the providers we would choose if designing a flight department from scratch. They are deliberately kept as simple as possible while covering every category on the Heavy Jet International Checklist, so you can focus on flying instead of vendor management. For greater detail, check out the Flight Department Setup Article.
LEGAL & FINANCE
Ownership Structure - Aviation Tax Consultants
Aircraft Insurance - Wings Insurance
Financing - PNC
Payment/Credit Card Solution - V1 Fintech
AIRCRAFT DOCUMENT
Escrow, Title, Registration, & Declaration of International Operations - AEROtitle
Aircraft Radio Station License (FCC Form 605) - FCC Universal Licensing System
Journey Log - Downloads
Noise Certificate - Downloads
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATIONS
CORE: LOA Acquisition & Operational Manuals - Nimbl
LOA Training Provider - Aircrew Academy
FMS Guided Visual Approaches - Honeywell
REGISTRATIONS
Domestic CPDLC Registration - L3 Harris
EU ATN CPDLC Logon List - Eurocontrol Datalink Team
SELCAL Registration - ASRI
Teterboro (KTEB) Noise Registration (Jets) - TEB Flight Crew Handbook (contains reg. link)
EASA Environmental (Noise) Registration (75,000+ LBS) - EASA Portal
ETS & CORSIA Emissions Tracking - Shockwave Aviation
SAFETY & EMERGENCY
CORE: Safety Management System (SMS) - Nimbl
Emergency Response Plan (ERP) - Nimbl
Aircraft and Life Raft ELT Registration - NOAA
Medical & Security Trip Support - MedAire
Survival Equipment - See List Here
Defibulator and Medical Kit - Medaire
ASAP Program - Air Charter Safety Foundation
FOQA Program - OEM Specific
SCHEDULING & CREW
CORE: Scheduling Software - Airplane Manager
Crew Logistics Booking - Skyward Private
Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit (RR) (FCC Form 605) - FCC Universal Licensing System
Crew Badge Program - International Business Aviation Council
Crew Visas - G3 Global Services
FLIGHT PLANNING & NAVIGATION
CORE: International Flight Planning & Plotting - Foreflight Dispatch with Foreflight Active Navlog
International Trip Support - Jeppesen Trip Support
Worldwide Charts & Aero Data - Jeppesen Charts
Runway Analysis - Foreflight Runway Analysis
XM Weather Subscription - Sirius XM
Internet Solution - Starlink
Datalink Subscription - Satcom Direct (GoGo)
MAINTENANCE & GROUND SUPPORT
CORE: Maintenance Tracking Software - Traxxall
Engine Programs - Engine Manufacturer or JSSI
Engine Trend Monitoring - Hardware dependent
Avionics Program - Avionics dependent
Hangar - ARCO National Construction
Ground Support Equipment - AERO Specialties
Aircraft Consumables - Business Aircraft Consumables (BAC)
Aircraft Detailing - Prime Appearance
FUEL
CORE: Fuel Membership Programs - CAA + Signature Bravo
Fuel Farm - Bassco Services
CUSTOMS
CBP Decal (Annual Renewal) - CBP DTOPS
CBP eAPIS Account - Foreflight Dispatch
CBP Overflight Permit - Apply via CBP eAPIS
EU-LISA Registration (Part 91 Management Companies) - EU-LISA Carriers
CBP Visa Waiver Program - Carrier Application
CBP Reimbursable Security Program (RSP) - CBP RSP
TRAINING
Initial/Recurrent Type Training - Type Specific
International Procedures Course - Scott IPC
SMS / ERP / SOP Training - Nimbl
Emergency & Survival Equipment Training - Aircare International
PRIVACY & TRACKING
Block Aircraft Registration - FAA (CARES)
Block Tracking - FAA LADD
Flight Tracking Service - Flight Aware
RESOURCES
How they work together
The CORE items are your biggest day-to-day operational resources. Most others are accounts or registrations that need to be set up initially, but have few ongoing tasks.
CORE:
Scheduling - Airplane Manager
Flight Planning - Foreflight Dispatch
Maintenance Tracking - Traxxall
Fuel - WFS + AVFuel + CAA + Signature Bravo
LOAs, Operational Manuals, & SMS - Nimbl
Your scheduling software is the hub connecting your entire flight department. Via APIs, data is synced between participating vendors for seamless integrations. Using the above vendors, for example:
Airplane Manager:
builds and communicates the schedule
tracks crew currency and training
pushes flights to ForeFlight Dispatch
communicates with Traxxall to provide aircraft status
records crew accommodations
ForeFlight:
handles trip planning
fuel optimization using your contract and membership fuel programs
runway analysis
flight department document storage
oceanic plotting
Jeppesen charts subscription
eAPISJeppesen international trip support services
Traxxall:
tracks maintenace status
discrepancies
upcoming inspections
and pushes the data to Airplane Manager
Nimbl:
acquires your LOAs
builds flight department manuals
runs the SMS/ERP program
On the backend, Airplane Manager creates reports for owners, flight department leaders, crew members, accountants, maintenace personnel, and emissions tracking.
Four core services, all mobile-capable, are integrated to enable efficient flight department operations of any size.
Aviate
Reach out to vendors and complete required registrations.
More information on setting up a Flight Department is available here.

