2007 Press Releases
13 March 2007
LANDMARK AVIATION JOINS UATP CARD NETWORK
TEMPE, Ariz.,- Landmark Aviation has become the first private business charter operator to accept the UATP charge card, an airline-owned global travel payment program. The cardUATP accounts are is usedaccepted by thousands of travel agencies and 13 220 airlines.
“The UATP card corporate travel accounts provides an alternative form of payment for our charter customers and offers Landmark access to companies whose preferred form of payment is UATP,” said Shawn Vick, President, Landmark Aviation. “It will help our charter customers better manage their travel expenditures.”
UATP is designed to offer companies a greater level of detail in their travel expense data; commercial and charter flights are consolidated into one statement. Landmark will settle all UATP transactions through UATP Settlement Services (USS), a web-based, low-cost, weekly settlement system that matches fees and air tickets electronically, allowing for easy reconciliation of accounts. For companies that employ the UATP cardaccounts, there are no annual fees and no foreign exchange fees.
Additional information about Landmark Aviation is available at www.LandmarkAviation.com
Landmark Aviation is one of North America’s largest providers of comprehensive services for the business aviation industry. Serving 43 locations in North America, the company offers a full range of fixed base operations; maintenance, repair and overhaul; aircraft charter, sales and management; and large aircraft completions. Landmark Aviation is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz. Landmark Aviation is a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group.
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Press Contact: Wendy Ward + 1 202 626 4077 wward@uatp.com
