Jet Aviation awards donation to Able Flight, a unique non-profit organization that provides flight training scholarships to individuals with disabilities

Jet Aviation has made a donation to Able Flight Inc., the national non-profit organization that provides flight training scholarships to people with a variety of disabilities. The award, which will fund scholarships for 2010, will be presented Tuesday afternoon during NBAA to Charles Stites, executive director of Able Flight. Robert Seidel, senior vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation’s aircraft management and charter division for The Americas and a member of the Able Flight Advisory Board, will make the presentation on behalf of Jet Aviation.

Jet Aviation is a founding partner of Able Flight. Since its establishment in 2006, the organization has awarded 25 flight training scholarships. In 2006 and 2008, Able Flight was recognized with grants from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to further its programs.  Jet Aviation is one of Able Flight’s original corporate sponsors and was the first company to have an Able Flight scholarship in its name.

“With our industry’s renewed focus on the fundamentals of business aviation, and the recent tough economic challenges it has faced, it is important to remember that serious challenges of another kind are faced every day by people with disabilities,” said Seidel. “At Jet Aviation, we hope we can help to remove some of these obstacles, and in 2010, allow some of them to achieve new, meaningful goals through flight. We are proud to be associated with them.”

“From the beginning, our partnership with Jet Aviation has enabled people with spinal cord injuries, disabilities caused by birth defects, and wounded and disabled veterans to use the challenge of becoming a pilot to profoundly change their lives,” said Stites. “With their continued support for 2010, Jet Aviation has once again shown its commitment to our unique mission, and we are honored to continue this valued partnership.”