Cincinnati, Ohio-based Argus reached a milestone of 500 Platinum- or Gold-rated charter operators. These 500 operators are spread through 15 countries on five continents and collectively account for more than 4,000 business jets, turboprops and helicopters.

Once a Part 135 company receives its Argus rating after an audit, passengers or other commercial operators are able to vet those company aircraft and flight crewmembers against a stringent set of requirements, delivered in Argus’ TripCheq reports. Those reports are managed through a proprietary web-based application robust enough to accept the more than 600,000 annual updates that support the rating program.

Since the program’s 2001 inception, Argus has delivered slightly more than half a million TripCheq reports.