Sapphire Pegasus Awards Honor Business Aviation Stars

A dozen leading companies and individuals were honored by their peers at this year’s Sapphire Pegasus Awards gala dinner in Prague on April 28. The awards are made by a panel of judges following a month of open online voting that saw 28,633 votes cast for 78 shortlisted nominations across 12 categories. Organizers reported a 32 percent increase in nominations compared with 2016.

The award winners were as follows: Globe Air (business jet operator), Stratajet (broker), Euro Jet Intercontinental (handler/FBO), London Oxford Airport (business aviation airport), Jet Port (outstanding business aviation performance in Russia), My Jet (innovation in business aviation), Globe Air’s Bernhard Fragner (lifetime achievement), Carol Cork of Private Fly (woman in aviation), Kate Sarsfield (business aviation journalist), Stratus Flying (charity/relief effort), VistaJet (outstanding integration of social media), and Signum Aviation (young talent/start-up company).

Next month, the organizers of the Sapphire Pegasus Awards will announce four more awards as part of the Caribbean Aviation Meetup event on the island of St Maarten (June 13-15). The awards are supported by industry groups EBAA, BACA, RUBAA, CEPA and AfBAA.