Description

The National Business Aviation Association is a U.S.-based trade organization that represents companies that use general aviation (GA) aircraft – fixed-wing and rotary wing, piston-powered and turbine-powered -- in their business operations. The organization’s stated purpose is “to foster an environment that allows business aviation to thrive in the United States and around the world.”

Business aviation is generally considered a subset of the larger general aviation, which encompasses all civil aviation activity except commercial airline.

Background

NBAA was founded in 1947 as the National Business Aircraft Association to promote and protect the interests of business aircraft operators as the global civil aviation sector developed following World War II. Specifically, the founders of the organization were concerned about possible airline domination of the air traffic control system.