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TWC Aviation, Inc. is an international business aviation company with operations centers at San Jose International Airport, in San Jose, California, Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, and Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, New York.

History
TWC Aviation was founded in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 1998, by Andrew M. Lessman, owner of vitamin manufacturer ProCaps Laboratories. TWC Aviation began operations at McCarran International Airport, and in 2008 relocated its headquarters and FAA 14 CFR Part 145 repair station to Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, one of the world’s busiest commercial aviation airports.

In 2010, TWC Aviation acquired ACM Aviation Services, an aircraft management and charter company founded in 1981 by Mike Markkula, the entrepreneur and investor who helped launch Apple Computer. This acquisition effectively doubled the size of the company, and added operations centers in San Jose, California, and White Plains, New York.

TWC Aviation ranked 3,668 on the 2011 “Inc. 5000” list of America’s fastest growing companies (Inc. Magazine, August 2011), and was named the 35th Fastest Growing Private Company in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal (November 2011). In 2011, TWC Aviation earned an NBAA Commercial Business Flying Safety Award from the National Business Aviation Association for 26,838 accident-free hours over 11 years.

Services
TWC Aviation provides aircraft management, jet charter, jet membership, aircraft sales, aircraft acquisitions, aircraft management, and consulting services to corporations and high net worth individuals. Managed aircraft are based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and operate under the company’s FAA FAR Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate. The company is registered to the International Standard for Business Aviation Operations (IS-BAO) by the nonprofit International Business Aviation Council, and registered to the ACSF Industry Audit Standard (IAS) by the nonprofit Air Charter Safety Foundation.